Seminar 1

Question 1

Water functions ~>

Answer 1

60% of body is water, helps in movement of molecules, separates charged molecules, dissipates heat, participates in chem reactn

Question 2

Do fat people have more or less water?talk about men and women,old and young also.

Answer 2

Since fat is less associated with water ,obese people have lesser % of body water than thinner. Men have more than women and younger have more than older.

Question 3

How much of total body water is intercellular and extracellular?

Answer 3

60% ~> intra and 40%~> extra

Question 4

What constitutes extracellular water?

Answer 4

Fluid in plasma, intracellular fluid,transcellular water

Question 5

What is transcellular water?

Answer 5

Is a small part of extracellular water which has gastrointestinal secretions, urine, sweat and fluid that’s leaked through capillary walls cus of processes such as hydrostatic pressure or inflammation.

Question 6

Ph of blood?

Answer 6

7.36-7.44