FRAME 12
QUESTION: State the body's two major types of
fluids and the approximate percentage of total
body water each contains.
BODY FLUID
APPROXIMATE % OF
TOTAL BODY WATER
a. _____________
__________
b. _____________
__________
Solution to Frame 12
FRAME 13
The body's extracellular fluid can be further
Answer:
divided into two types, interstitial fluid and
intravascular fluid. The interstitial fluid surrounds
BODY
APPROXIMATE
cells and it serves as a transporting medium to
FLUID
% OF TOTAL
carry materials to and from cells. Approximately
BODY WATER
three-fourths of the extracellular fluid is contained
in the interstitial fluid. Interstitial fluid accounts for
Intracellular
2/3 (or 66.6%)
approximately 15 percent of a person's body
Fluid
weight. The second division of the extracellular
fluid is the intravascular fluid (plasma). The
Extracellular 1/3 (or 33.3%)
intravascular fluid is found in the body's circulatory
Fluid
system. It accounts for approximately five percent
of a person's body weight.
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