Question

a, and lymph) or intracellular fluid. Complete the sentence below about body fluid. About two-thirds of our body fluid is known as _______________. Over half of a healthy adult’s weight comes from fluid. It is present as extracellular fluid (which includes tissue fluid, plasma, and lymph) or intracellular fluid. Complete the sentence below about body fluid. About two-thirds of our body fluid is known as _______________.
a) intravascular fluid
b) tissue fluid
c) intracellular fluid
d) extracellular fluid

Answer 1

Answer:

c) intracellular fluid

Explanation:

Body fluids are dilute and watery solutions and contain the dissolved chemicals that are found inside cells as well as surrounding them. The body fluid which is present within cells is called intracellular fluid (ICF). The fluid present outside body cells is extracellular fluid (ECF). The extracellular and intracellular body fluids of individual cells are separated from each other by the plasma membrane.

The intracellular fluid makes cytosol which is a fluid component of the cytoplasm in which the organelles are suspended. In lean adults, body fluids make between 55% and 60% of total body mass in females and males, respectively.

Around 45% and 40% of the total body mass of males and females is solid. Out of the total body fluid, 2/3 is constituted by intracellular fluid while rest 1/3 of the body fluid is extracellular fluids. The interstitial fluid makes 80% of the total extracellular fluid while the rest 20% is blood plasma.