Body fluid: Difference between revisions

'''Body fluids''', '''bodily fluids''', or '''biofluids''', sometimes '''body liquids''', are [[liquid]]s within the [[Body (biology)|body]] of an organism.<ref name=Tabers_BodyFluid>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748149/all/fluid?q=body+fluid#4|title=body fluid|access-date=2021-06-22|website=Taber's online – Taber's medical dictionary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621125044/https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/748149/all/fluid?q=body+fluid|archive-date=2021-06-21|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-06 |title=Human Biofluids for Research: Unveiling Scientific Progress |url=https://www.ibiospecimen.com/ffpe-liver-disease-tissue-blocks/ |access-date=2024-08-11 |language=en-US}}</ref> In lean healthy adult men, the total [[body water]] is about 60% (60–67%) of the total [[Human body weight|body weight]]; it is usually slightly lower in women (52–55%).<ref>{{cite web| title = The water in you|url = https://water.usgs.gov/edu/propertyyou.html | publisher = [[Howard Perlman]]| date = December 2016 }}</ref><ref name="lote">{{cite book |last=Lote |first=Christopher J. |title= Principles of Renal Physiology, 5th edition|publisher=Springer |page=2}}</ref> The exact percentage of fluid relative to body weight is inversely proportional to the percentage of body fat. A lean {{Convert|70|kg|lb|abbr=on}} man, for example, has about 42 (42–47) liters of water in his body.