FNN 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7-8: Hypernatremia, Potassium Chloride, Heart Failure

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Chapter 7: nutrients involved in fluid and electrolyte balance. A uid is characterized by its ability to move freely, adapting to the shape of the container that holds it. Body fluid is the liquid portion of our cells and tissues. About 2/3 of an adult"s body uid is held within the walls of cells and is called. The remaining third of body uid is referred to as extracellular uid because it ows. Intravascular uid found within blood and lymphatic vessels i. e. plamsa is uid portion of blood, transporting red blood cells through blood vessels; contains proteins that are too large to leak out of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue. Body fluid is composed of water and salts called electrolytes. We would quickly die if our cell and tissue uids contained only pure water. Instead, within body uids are a variety of dissolved substances (called solutes) critical to life: incl. four major minerals, sodium, potassium, chloride, phosphorus.

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