Chapter 14: Water and major minerals Flashcards
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How much of your body is intracellular fluid?
2/3
2 types of extracellular fluid
Interstitial (between cells) and intravascular (blood and lymph)
Solute in body fluid
Electrolytes (cation and anion)
What is osmosis?
passive diffusion of water across membranes
How does water move in osmosis?
Low electrolyte concentration to high until equilibrium is reached
What is sodium potassium pump?
Moves ions against concentration gradient
What is required for the sodium-potassium pump?
ATP
5 functions of water
Transport of nutrients and oxygen, body fluids, lubrication, assists in some enzyme reactions, temperature regulation
How many cups of water do adults need a day?
MAle: 15 cups
Female: 11 cups
(80% fluid intake, 20% food intake)
Body’s response to dehydration:
Anti-diuretic hormone: renin-angiotension and aldosterone
Water toxicity:
Hyponatremia
What is bioavailability:
degree to which a nutrient is absorbed and available to the body
Factors influencing bioavailability
Intake of other minerals and phytic acid (found in plant fibers and binds cations), oxalic acid, polyphenols, vitamins
what are polyphenols?
Diverse group of molecules found in plants that binds and limits absorption of some mineral
Most abundant minerals in our bodies:
Calcium, phosphorous
Functions of sodium and potassium
- absorption of glucose and amino acids
- muscle contraction
- nerve impulses
- water balance
Deficiency of potassium
hypokalemia
Functions of chloride
- fluid volume and balance
- acid balance
- nerve impulses
% skeleton mass of cortical bone
75%
What is the trabecular bone?
where most bone remodeling occurs
What cells are involved in bone remodeling?
Osteoblasts (add minerals)
Osteoclasts (remove or dissolve minerals)
Calcium functions
- blood clotting
- muscle contraction
- enzyme activity
- nerve impulses
Bone building nutrients:
- vitamin D
- calcium
- phosphorous
functions of phosphorous:
- major component of bones and teeth
- critical to function of every body cell