extracellular fluid in a sentence
Examples
- Mineralocorticoid effects can include salt and water retention, extracellular fluid volume expansion, hypertension, potassium depletion, and metabolic alkalosis.
- In humans, the normal glucose concentration of extracellular fluid that is regulated by homeostasis is approximately 5 buffers around 7.4.
- This myelin sheath insulates the nerve fiber from the extracellular fluid as well as speeds up the signal conduction in the nerve fiber.
- Assuming adequate blood flow, the complex diffuses through loose endothelial junctions of capillaries at sites of inflammation and enters the extracellular fluid.
- The sodium ion ( Na + ) is an important electrolyte in neuron function, and in osmoregulation between cells and the extracellular fluid.
- Elevated levels of progesterone potently reduce the sodium-retaining activity of aldosterone, resulting in natriuresis and a reduction in extracellular fluid volume.
- The same effect can be seen in therapeutics such as mannitol, which is used to increase urine output and decrease extracellular fluid volume.
- Of this, 53 % is located in bone, 19 % in non-muscular tissue, and 1 % in extracellular fluid.
- Reactions taking place in the nucleus can be more difficult, and the extracellular fluids can create unique obstacles in the performance of immunocytochemistry.
- Conversely, when renin levels are low, angiotensin II and aldosterone levels decrease, contracting the extracellular fluid compartment, and decreasing blood pressure.