Body Fluids
OPTOMETRY · SEMESTER 1 Body Fluids Human Anatomy and Physiology START READING NOTES Contents of This Topic BODY FLUIDS COMPARTMENT INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION CONT … Body Water Content BODY FLUIDS Total Body Water Fluid Compartments Intracellular Fluid Compartment (ICF) FLUID COMPARTMENTS Fluid Compartments in the Human Body Intracellular Fluid Intracellular Fluid CONT … Extracellular Fluid Extracellular Fluid CONT … Extra Cellular Fluid Compartment (ECF) Blood Volume Composition of Body Fluids Composition of Body Fluids CONT … The Concentrations of Different Elements in Key Bodily Fluids PART II Fluid Movement between Compartments Fluid Movement between Compartments CONT … Capillary Exchange Capillary Exchange CONT … Exchange Between Plasma and ISF Exchange Between ECF and ICF PART III Solute Movement between Compartments Solute Movement between Compartments CONT … Facilitated Diffusion OF GLUCOSE Water Balance Water Balance CONT … Regulation of Water Intake Regulation of Water Intake CONT … Regulation of Water Output Regulation of Water Output CONT … Role of ADH Role of ADH CONT … Aquaporins diuretic ANY QUESTIONS? BODY FLUIDS COMPARTMENT BODY FLUIDS 1 INTRODUCTION Homeostasis, or the maintenance of constant conditions in the body, is a fundamental property of all living things. In the human body, the substances that participate in chemical reactions must remain within narrows ranges of concentration. Too much or too little of a single substance can disrupt your bodily functions. BODY FLUIDS 2 INTRODUCTION CONT … Because metabolism relies on reactions that are all interconnected, any disruption might affect multiple organs or even organ systems. Water is the most ubiquitous substance in the chemical reactions of life. The interactions of various aqueous solutions—solutions in which water is the solvent—are continuously monitored and adjusted by a large suite of interconnected feedback systems in your body. Understanding the ways in which the body maintains these critical balances is key to understanding good health. BODY FLUIDS 3 INTRODUCTION CONT … The chemical reactions of life take place in aqueous solutions. The dissolved substances in a solution are called solutes. In the human body, solutes vary in different parts of the body, but may include proteins—including those that transport lipids, carbohydrates, and, very importantly, electrolytes. Often in medicine, a mineral dissociated from a salt that carries an electrical charge (an ion) is called an electrolyte. For instance, sodium ions (Na+) and chloride ions (Cl-) are often referred to as electrolytes. BODY FLUIDS 4 INTRODUCTION CONT … In the body, water moves through semi-permeable membranes of cells and from one compartment of the body to another by a process called osmosis. Osmosis is basically the diffusion of water from regions of higher concentration of water to regions of lower concentration of water, along an osmotic gradient across a semi-permeable membrane. As a result, water will move into and out of cells and tissues, depending on the relative concentrations of the water and solutes found there. An appropriate balance of solutes inside and outside of cells must be maintained to ensure normal function. BODY FLUIDS 5 Body Water Content Human beings are mostly water, ranging from about 75 percent of body mass in infants to about 60 percent in adults, to as low as 45 percent in old age. The percent of body water changes with development, because the proportions of the body given over to each organ and to muscles, fat, bone, and other tissues change from infancy to adulthood. Your brain and kidneys have the highest proportions of water, which composes 80–85 percent of their masses. In contrast, teeth have the lowest proportion of water, at 8–10 percent. BODY FLUIDS 6 BODY FLUIDS 7 Total Body Water In normal adult human 70 kg Total body water = 60% of body weight = 42 liters (70*0.6) However, % can change depending on Age, sex, degree of obesity An increase in age is accompanied by increase in fat Hence % of body wt that is water decreases By age of 60 TBW = 50% of body wt in men BODY FLUIDS 8 Total Body Water Women have more fat Contain less water than men Total body water is 45 – 50% of body wt Children Neonate contain more water than adults (75 – 80% TBWt) By about 1 yr body water = 60% of body wt BODY FLUIDS 9 Fluid Compartments Intracellular Fluid Volume = 28 L, 2/3 TBW Interstitial Fluid Volume = 10.5 L, 75% of ECF Plasma Vol = 3.5 L, 25% of ECF BODY FLUIDS ICF (2/3 TBW) ECF (1/3 TBW) Total Body Water (TBW) 42 L, 60% of Body Wt 10 Intracellular Fluid Compartment (ICF) About 28 liters of the 42 liters are inside body cells ICF constitutes 40% of total body weight (for 70kg), or 2/3 of total body water (60% of body water) BODY FLUIDS 11 FLUID COMPARTMENTS EXTRACELLUAR FLUID INTRACELLULAR FLUID INTERSTITIAL FLUID PLASMA TRANSCELLULAR FLUID CSF Intra ocular Pleural Peritoneal Synovial Digestive Secretions BODY FLUIDS 12 Fluid Compartments Body fluids can be discussed in terms of their specific fluid compartment, a location that is largely separate from another compartment by some form of a physical barrier. The intracellular fluid (ICF) compartment is the system that includes all fluid enclosed in cells by their plasma membranes. Extracellular fluid (ECF) surrounds all cells in the body. Extracellular fluid has two primary constituents: the fluid component of the blood (called plasma) and the interstitial fluid (IF) that surrounds all cells not in the blood. BODY FLUIDS 13 FLUID COMPARTMENTS BODY FLUIDS 14 Fluid Compartments in the Human Body The intracellular fluid (ICF) is the fluid within cells. The interstitial fluid (IF) is part of the extracellular fluid (ECF) between the cells. Blood plasma is the second part of the ECF. Materials travel between cells and the plasma in capillaries through the IF. BODY FLUIDS 15 Intracellular Fluid The ICF lies within cells and is the principal component of the cytosol/cytoplasm. The ICF makes up about 60 percent of the total water in the human body, and in an average-size adult male, the ICF accounts for about 25