body fluids
body fluids
body fluids
Extracellular fluid
Outside the cells
pleural, pericardial
Plasma membrane
Separates ICF from surrounding
interstitial fluid
Blood vessel wall
Separate interstitial fluid from
plasma
Composition of body fluids
Na+ /K+ pumps play major role in keeping K+ high inside cells and Na+
high outside cell
Sodium Na+
fluids
Bicarbonate HCO3-
exchanged for H+
Magnesium
potassium pump
Essential for synaptic transmission, normal