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extracellular fluid::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ecf |
| Type of | bodily fluid, liquid body substance, body fluid, humor, humour |
| Has types | plasma, interstitial fluid, plasm, blood plasma |
the body normally has about 15 quarts of extracellular fluid.
Examples of extracellular fluid
extracellular fluid
The depolarization of neurons tends to raise potassium concentration in the extracellular fluid.
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Cerebral edema is extracellular fluid accumulation in the brain.
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Changes in chemical composition of extracellular fluid can disrupt this balance, sometimes with damaging consequences to health.
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The twisting of these amino acid segments exposes a different set of charges to the neighboring intracellular or extracellular fluid.
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Astrocytes have large numbers of potassium ion channels facilitating removal of potassium ions from the extracellular fluid.
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The researchers traced ascorbate's anti-cancer effect to the formation of hydrogen peroxide in the extracellular fluid surrounding the tumors.
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Muscles and neurons are activated by electrolyte activity between the extracellular fluid or interstitial fluid, and intracellular fluid.
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This primarily occurs through maintenance of the extracellular fluid compartment, the size of which depends on the plasma sodium concentration.
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Sodium chloride is the salt most responsible for the salinity of the ocean and of the extracellular fluid of many multicellular organisms.
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