Body Fluids: Jayanti Tokkas, Shalini Jain and Hariom Yadav

Body Fluids
Jayanti Tokkas1, Shalini Jain2 and Hariom Yadav3*

1
Department of Biochemistry, CCS HAU, Hisar, Haryana, India
2
Department of Biochemistry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and
Research, Chandigarh, India
3
Nutritional Biotechnology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, India
*Corresponding author: [email protected]
Body Fluids
 Total amount of fluid in the human body is approximately
70% of body weight
 Body fluid has been divided into two compartments –
– Intracellular fluid (ICF)
 Inside the cells
 55% of total body water
– Extracellular fluid
 Outside the cells
 45% of total body water
Body Fluid Compartments
Extracellular fluid includes
 Interstitial fluid
 Present between the cells
 Approximately 80% of ECF
 Plasma
 Present in blood
 Approximately 20% of ECF
 Also includes
 Lymph
 synovial fluid  vitreous body,
 aqueous humor  endolymph,
 cerebrospinal fluid
 perilymph,
 pleural, pericardial
and peritoneal fluids

Body Fluid Compartments
Barriers separate ICF, interstitial fluid
and plasma
 Plasma membrane
 Separates ICF from surrounding interstitial
fluid
 Blood vessel wall
 Separate interstitial fluid from plasma
Composition of body fluids
 Organic substances  Inorganic substances

 Glucose  Sodium
 Amino acids  Potassium
 Fatty acids  Calcium
 Hormones  Magnesium
 Enzymes  Chloride
 Phophate
 Sulphate
Difference
 ECF  ICF
 Most abundant cation - Na+,  Most abundant cation - K+
– muscle contraction – Resting membrane
– Impulse transmission potential
– fluid and electrolyte balance – Action potentials
– Maintains intracellular
volume
 Most abundant anion - Cl-
– Regulation of pH
– Regulates osmotic pressure
– Forms HCl in gastric acid
 Anion are proteins and
phosphates (HPO42-)
Na+ /K+ pumps play major role in keeping K+ high inside cells and Na+
high outside cell
Sodium Na+
– Most abundant ion in ECF

– 90% of extracellular cations
– Plays pivotal role in fluid and electrolyte balance as it
accounts for half of the osmolarity of ECF
Chloride Cl-
– Most prevalent anion in ECF

– Moves easily between ECF and ICF because most
plasma membranes contain Cl- leakage channels and
transporters
– Can help balance levels of anions in different fluids
Bicarbonate HCO3-
– Second most prevalent extracellular anion

– Concentration increases in blood passing through systemic
capillaries picking up carbon dioxide
– Chloride shift helps maintain correct balance of anions in
ECF and ICF
Potassium K+
– Most abundant cation in ICF

– Establish resting membrane potential in neurons
and muscle fibers
– Maintains normal ICF fluid volume
– Helps regulate pH of body fluids when exchanged
for H+
Magnesium
– Mg2+ in ICF (45%) or ECF (1%)

– Second most common intracellular cation
– Cofactor for certain enzymes and sodium-potassium
pump
– Essential for synaptic transmission, normal
neuromuscular activity and myocardial function
Specialized Fluids of the Body
 Lymph
 Milk
 Cerebrospinal fluid
 Amniotic fluid
 Aqueous humor
 Sweat
 Tears
Lymph
 Clear and colorless fluid
 96% water and 4% solids
 Solids –
– Proteins
 2-6% of solids
 albumin, globulin, fibrinogen, prothrombin, clotting factors, antibodies, enzymes
– Lipids
 5-15%
 Chylomicrons
 Lipoproteins
– Carbohydrates
 Glucose mainly
– NPN
 Urea and creatinine
– Electrolytes
 Sodium, calcium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonates
Functions of Lymph
 Return protein from tissue spaces into blood

 Redistribution of fluid
 Removal of bacteria, toxins and other foreign
bodies from tissues
 Maintain structural and functional integrity of
tissue
 Route for intestinal fat absorption
 Transport lymphocytes
Milk
 Secreted by mammary glands
 Complete natural food
 83-87% water and 13-17% solids
 Solids
– Carbohydrates
 Lactose
– Lipids
 Triacylglyerols
 Palmitic acid, myristic acid, stearic acid, lauric acid, butyric acid,oleic acid
– Proteins
 Caesin (80%), Lactalbumin
 Enzymes (proteases, xanthine oxidase,lysozyme), immunoglobulins
– Minerals
 Ca, Mg, P, Na, K, Cl
– Vitamins
 Fat and water soluble vitamins except Vit - C
Functions of Milk
 Milk sugar provides galactose, a structural

unit for growing infant.
 In intestine, it gets metabolized to lactic acid
which eliminates harmful bacteria.
 Source of protein, mineral and vitamins
Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
 Clear, colorless liquid formed within the

cavities of brain and around spinal cord
 %00ml CSF is formed everyday
 At any given time, there is 120-150ml CSF in
the system
 CSF is completely replaced about three
times a day.
Functions of CSF
 Hydrolic shock absorber

 Regulation of intracranial pressure
 Influences the hunger sensation and eating
behaviours
Amniotic Fluid
 Liquid produced by membranes and fetus

 Volume of fluid increases with gestational
age
 Clear with some desquamated fetal cell and
a little lipid.
Functions of AF
 Physical protection to the fetus

 Medium for exchange of various chemical
Aqueous Humor
 Fluid that fills the interior chamber of eye

 Secreted by ciliary body, enters anterior chamber
 Blockade in the flow of aqueous humor causes
glaucoma due to increased intraocular pressure.
 Posterior chamber of eye is filled with vitrous humor
which contains a gel (vitrous body of hyaluronic acid
secreted by retina)
Sweat
 Secretion of sweat gland

 Regulates body temperature by cooling and
evaporation
 Sweat glands controlled by ANS, Adrenal
cortical steroid - which affect the quantity of
electrolyte present
Sweat
 Insensible perspiration amounts to 800-1200ml/day

 Volume of sweat produced/day during muscular
exercise at elevated temperature may range from
10-14l, which may lead to water and electrolyte
imbalance
 Water content of sweat varies from 99.2-99.7%
 pH – 4.7 to 7.5
 Total non protein nitrogen (urea) varies from 0.07-
1% per hour during copius sweating
Sweat
 Electrolyte in sweat varies

– Na+ 12.6-127 meq/l
– K+ 5-32 meq/l
– Cl- 8.5-85 meq/l
Tears
 Produced by lachrymal glands

 Isotonic but becomes hypertonic due to
evaporation as fluid passes over the cornea
 When the tear flow is copius, fluid is isotonic
 Under stimulus with a slow rate of tear flow,
the fluid is about 25m osm hypertonic
Copius – Rapid tear flow induction
Tears
 pH – 7 to 7.6 due to loss of CO2

 Protein content is 0.6 to 0.18g/dl with an
albumin/globulin ratio of 1:5 or 2:1
 Small amount of mucin is also present
 Lysozyme – lyses the cells of a number of
micro-organisms by breaking down the
polysaccharides of their outer layer
Functions of Tears
 Lysozyme protects eye from infectious

agents
 Lubricate the surface of the cornea
 Fill the irregularities of the corneal surface to
improve optical properties
 Protects eyes from injury

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Body Fluids

Jayanti Tokkas1, Shalini Jain2 and Hariom Yadav3*

and peritoneal fluids

 Organic substances  Inorganic substances

– Most abundant ion in ECF

– Most prevalent anion in ECF

– Second most prevalent extracellular anion

– Most abundant cation in ICF

– Mg2+ in ICF (45%) or ECF (1%)

 Return protein from tissue spaces into blood

 Milk sugar provides galactose, a structural

 Clear, colorless liquid formed within the

 Hydrolic shock absorber

 Liquid produced by membranes and fetus

 Physical protection to the fetus

 Fluid that fills the interior chamber of eye

 Secretion of sweat gland

 Insensible perspiration amounts to 800-1200ml/day

 Electrolyte in sweat varies

 Produced by lachrymal glands

 pH – 7 to 7.6 due to loss of CO2

 Lysozyme protects eye from infectious

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