REGULATION OF BODY FLUIDS Flashcards
The body has an () which is maintained more or less constant by certain biological mechanisms.
internal environment
body fluid outside of cells is called
extracellular fluid
fluid within the cells are called
intracellular fluid
difference between ECF and ICF
ICF - More protein, more potassium, less sodium, more phosphate
ECF - Protein in plasma, less K, more Na, more chloride
process by which living organisms regulate their body’s internal water and ionic balance
osmoregulation
is a measure of the amount of solute (e.g. sugar) dissolved in a solvent
osmolarity
movement of water from high to low concentration across permeable membrane
osmosis
hypoosmotic environment
swelling and bursting of organism
isosmotic environment
suitable for survival
hyperosmotic environment
shrinkage of organism
Organisms that cannot adapt to
changing salinities.
Osmoconformers
examples of osmoconformer
hagfish and invertebrates like: mollusks, jellyfish, squid, octopus
animals that cannot tolerate substantial changes in external osmolarity
stenohaline
animals that can survive large flactuations in external osmolarity
euryhaline
no active adjustment of internal osmolarity
(marine animals); isoosmotic to environment
osmoconformer