Body Fluids Flashcards
TBW
About 60% of body weight
ICF
40% of body weight
2/3 TBW
ECF
20% of body weight
1/3 of TBW
ISF + blood plasma
About 1 L in humans
ISF
15% of body weight
75% of ECF
Blood plasma
5% of body weight
Contains various proteins while other compartments don’t
25% of ECF
Hematocrit
Proportion of blood volume made up by RBC
About 45% in men, 40% in women
Total blood volume calculation
Plasma volume + (TBV * Htc)
OR
TBV = .75 x body weight
Indicator dilution method
Putting dyes that isolate to one compartment to measure volume
Volume calculation (w/ dye)
Amount of dye (- excreted amount) / diluted concentration of dye
TBW indicators
Heavy water
Antipyrine
ECF indicators
Na, mannitol, inulin, l-iothalamate
Plasma
I-albumin
Evans blue dye
Ions higher extracellularly
Na (!), Cl, Ca, HCO3
Ions higher intracellularly
K (!), Mg
Calcium
Very low intracellular, highest concentration gradient, would flow from ECF to ICF
pH gradient
ICF is more acidic, 2x [H+]
ICF = 7.0
ECF = 7.4
Protein distribution
Should be no proteins ISF, only ICF and plasma
Electroneutrality
Each compartment is electroneutral - # of cations = anions but can be different across membrane