2nd Flashcards
How much of the adult male body is water?
60%
How many liters of extra cellular fluid is in the body?
19 liters
How many liters of blood plasma are in the body?
3.2 liters
How many liters of interstitial fluid are in the body?
8.4 liters
How much fluid is inside the cells in total?
about 23 liters
What are the 2 main electrolytes in body water? (Outside cells)
sodium and chloride
What is the main electrolyte in inside cells?
Potassium and other phosphates
At maturity, roughly how many cells are in the body?
30-37 TRILLION
Of the 70kg of weight in the human body, how much is non human cells or non cellular material? and what could this material be?
25kg, it could be bones and connective tissues.
What is a genome?
The genetic material of an organism
What does the genome consist of?
DNA, genes (the coding regions), noncoding DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and chloroplast DNA.
What is the study of the genome called?
Genomics