Body fluids

Water accounts for what percentage of total body weight?

Body water has two components?

Intracellular fluid makes up ... of total body water.
Extracellular fluid makes up...of total body water.

ECF is subdivided into which two compartments and what percentages make up these compartments?

If too much fluid moves out of the plasma and into the interstitial spaces, this results in?

The protein content of the plasma is much higher than in the interstitial fluid?

Plasma proteins contribute towards the osmotic pressure of the plasma. This is called the

Plasma proteins help to ?

What can result if plasma protein levels fall?

What type of fluid is found in the spaces within the brain, and also surrounding the outer portions of the brain and spinal cord ?

Is cerebrospinal fluid part of the ICF or ECF?

CSF volume is around?

Does CSF have cells present?

Is CSF composed differently to plasma fluid?

What function does CSF have?

Are the walls of brain capilliaries more or less permeable than capilliaries elsewhere in the body?

This is known as the...

Intracellular fluid. How many litres?

Interstitial fluid

Plasma

How much water do the kidneys lose each day?

How much water do the lungs lose each day?

How much water do we lose through skin and sweat each day?

How much water do we lose through faeces each day?

What is the barrier between the intracellular fluid and the interstitial fluid?

What is the barrier between the interstitial fluid and the plasma fluid?