Explain The Major Fluid Compartments In The Body
Fluids The amount of fluids in the body is extremely large. There are many different forms of fluid throughout the body, such as blood, urine, hormones, cerebral spinal fluid, water, albumin, and bile. The fluids that make up the body are required for homeostasis. There are many different functions of body fluids such as transporting nutrients, waste and gases, transforming food into energy and generate electrical activity to power body functions.
Physiologic Fluid Compartments
The major fluid compartments in the body are intracellular and extracellular fluid. Both compartments consist of oxygen, dissolved nutrients, carbon dioxide, and ions. Intracellular fluid (ICF) is the fluid located inside the cells of the body and is vital to normal …show more content…
The pressure that is formed when the fluid and dissolved particles move out of the compartment is called filtration pressure. Filtration is part of the transfer of water between the capillary and interstitial spaces. The other three forces that control the movement of water are capillary colloidal osmotic pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and tissue colloidal osmotic pressure. Capillary colloidal osmotic pressure pulls water back into the capillary while tissue colloidal osmotic pressure pulls water out of the capillary into the interstitial …show more content…
Water attempts to equalize the concentrations on either side of the membranes by moving toward the higher concentrated solution. Solutes, substances that dissolve in liquid, can be crystalloids or colloids. Crystalloids are salts that dissolve in true solutions and colloids are substances that do not dissolve into a true solution, such as large protein molecules. The solution that can dissolve a solute is called a solvent. The concentration of solutes in the body fluids is referred to as the osmolality and the term tonicity referrers to the osmolality of a solution. The cells in the body are exposed to three different solutions classified as isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic.
Isotonic solutions have the same osmolality as body fluids. They do not change the size or shape of the cells, leaving them in a balanced state. Examples of isotonic fluids include 0.9% saline, Lactated Ringers (LR), D5W, 0.225% saline, D5/0.225%, Whole Blood, and Packed Red Blood Cells. 5% Dextrose, Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers are also examples of crystalloids which means they dissolve in true
Physiologic Fluid Compartments
The major fluid compartments in the body are intracellular and extracellular fluid. Both compartments consist of oxygen, dissolved nutrients, carbon dioxide, and ions. Intracellular fluid (ICF) is the fluid located inside the cells of the body and is vital to normal …show more content…
The pressure that is formed when the fluid and dissolved particles move out of the compartment is called filtration pressure. Filtration is part of the transfer of water between the capillary and interstitial spaces. The other three forces that control the movement of water are capillary colloidal osmotic pressure, hydrostatic pressure, and tissue colloidal osmotic pressure. Capillary colloidal osmotic pressure pulls water back into the capillary while tissue colloidal osmotic pressure pulls water out of the capillary into the interstitial …show more content…
Water attempts to equalize the concentrations on either side of the membranes by moving toward the higher concentrated solution. Solutes, substances that dissolve in liquid, can be crystalloids or colloids. Crystalloids are salts that dissolve in true solutions and colloids are substances that do not dissolve into a true solution, such as large protein molecules. The solution that can dissolve a solute is called a solvent. The concentration of solutes in the body fluids is referred to as the osmolality and the term tonicity referrers to the osmolality of a solution. The cells in the body are exposed to three different solutions classified as isotonic, hypotonic, and hypertonic.
Isotonic solutions have the same osmolality as body fluids. They do not change the size or shape of the cells, leaving them in a balanced state. Examples of isotonic fluids include 0.9% saline, Lactated Ringers (LR), D5W, 0.225% saline, D5/0.225%, Whole Blood, and Packed Red Blood Cells. 5% Dextrose, Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers are also examples of crystalloids which means they dissolve in true