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  2. Fluid balance - Wikipedia

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    Fluid balance is an aspect of the homeostasis of organisms in which the amount of water in the organism needs to be controlled, via osmoregulation and behavior, such that the concentrations of electrolytes (salts in solution) in the various body fluids are kept within healthy ranges.

  3. Renal physiology - Wikipedia

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    Reabsorption is a two-step process beginning with the active or passive extraction of substances from the tubule fluid into the renal interstitium (the connective tissue that surrounds the nephrons), and then the transport of these substances from the interstitium into the bloodstream.

  4. Dealing with water weight? Why it's happening and 7 ways to ...

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    The brain and kidneys work to achieve a fluid balance, which occurs when the amount of water consumed equals the amount of water excreted through urine, feces or sweat. The body is constantly ...

  5. Body water - Wikipedia

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    Extracellular fluid (1/3 of body water) is fluid contained in areas outside of cells. For a 40-litre body, about 15 litres is extracellular, [9] which amounts to 37.5%. Plasma (1/5 of extracellular fluid). Of this 15 litres of extracellular fluid, plasma volume averages 3 litres, [9] or 20%. Interstitial fluid (4/5 of extracellular fluid)

  6. Osmoregulation - Wikipedia

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    Osmoregulation is the active regulation of the osmotic pressure of an organism's body fluids, detected by osmoreceptors, to maintain the homeostasis of the organism's water content; that is, it maintains the fluid balance and the concentration of electrolytes (salts in solution which in this case is represented by body fluid) to keep the body fluids from becoming too diluted or concentrated.

  7. Electrolyte imbalance - Wikipedia

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    This compartment consists of the fluid surrounding the cells and the fluid inside the blood vessels. ECF has a sodium concentration of approximately 140 mEq/L. [ 27 ] Because cell membranes are permeable to water but not sodium, the movement of water across membranes affects the concentration of sodium in the blood.

  8. Fluid compartments - Wikipedia

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    Fluid shifts occur when the body's fluids move between the fluid compartments. Physiologically, this occurs by a combination of hydrostatic pressure gradients and osmotic pressure gradients. Water will move from one space into the next passively across a semi permeable membrane until the hydrostatic and osmotic pressure gradients balance each ...

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