General Animal Physiology Course Syllabus
Biology 436
 
Lecture 37:  Fluid and Acid-Base Balance


Sherwood - Chapter 13

Objective:  Fluid balance is maintained by regulating extracellular fluid volume and extracellular fluid osmolarity.

1.  Intracellular fluid
2.  Extracellular fluid
        a.  plasma
        b.  interstitial fluid
        c.  lymph
        d.  transcellular fluid
3.  Controlling extracellular fluid volume
        a.  baroreceptor reflex mechanism

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