PHARM111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Oncotic Pressure, Plasma Osmolality, Extracellular Fluid

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Total body water content in adults is about 40l. Infants are 73% or more water (low body fat, low bone mass) Adult females: 50% water (higher fat, lower skeletal muscle) In old age water content decreases to about 45% Electrolytes: inorganic salts, acids and bases and proteins. Meq/l = mmoles/l x number of electrical charges in one ion. For single charged ions (na+) 1 meq = 1 mosm. For bivalent ions 2 meq = 1 mosm. All electrolytes dissociate into ions in water. Ions have greater osmotic power than nonelectrolytes: nacl -> na+ + cl, mgcl2 -> mg2+ + cl, glucose -> glucose (nonelectrolyte) Na and k concentrations are opposite due to activity of na/k atpase. Proteins, phospholipids, cholesterol and fats account for: 90% of mass in plasma, 60% of mass in interstitial fluid, 97% of intracellular solute mass. Increasing plasma osmolality (decrease water -> osmolality = mass solute / kg solvent) releases adh and increases thirst.

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