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Chloride is an anion in the human body needed for metabolism (the process of turning food into energy). [1] It also helps keep the body's acid-base balance. The amount of serum chloride is carefully controlled by the kidneys. [2] Chloride ions have important physiological roles.
Hyperchloremia is an electrolyte disturbance in which there is an elevated level of chloride ions in the blood. [1] The normal serum range for chloride is 96 to 106 mEq/L, [2] therefore chloride levels at or above 110 mEq/L usually indicate kidney dysfunction as it is a regulator of chloride concentration. [3]
Chloride is present in all body fluids, [12] and is the most abundant extracellular anion which accounts for around one third of extracellular fluid's tonicity. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Chloride is an essential electrolyte , playing a key role in maintaining cell homeostasis and transmitting action potentials in neurons. [ 15 ]
Chloride, after sodium, is the second most abundant electrolyte in the blood and most abundant in the extracellular fluid. [18] Most of the chloride in the body is from salt (NaCl) in the diet. [19] Chloride is part of gastric acid (HCl), which plays a role
About 99% of the mass of the human body is made up of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. Only about 0.85% is composed of another five elements: potassium , sulfur , sodium , chlorine , and magnesium .
Mammals have multiple isoforms (at least 6 different gene products plus splice variants) of epithelial chloride channel proteins, catalogued into the Chloride channel accessory (CLCA) family. [8] The first member of this family to be characterized was a respiratory epithelium, Ca 2+ -regulated, chloride channel protein isolated from bovine ...
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Chloride shift (also known as the Hamburger phenomenon or lineas phenomenon, named after Hartog Jakob Hamburger) is a process which occurs in a cardiovascular system and refers to the exchange of bicarbonate (HCO 3 −) and chloride (Cl −) across the membrane of red blood cells (RBCs).