Body fluids, bodily fluids, or biofluids, sometimes body liquids, are liquids within the body of an organism. In lean healthy adult men, the total body...
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cell biology, extracellular fluid (ECF) denotes all body fluid outside the cells of any multicellular organism. Total body water in healthy adults is about...
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A simulated body fluid (SBF) is a solution with an ion concentration close to that of human blood plasma, kept under mild conditions of pH and identical...
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include fluidic matters other than liquids or gases. A fluid in medicine or biology refers to any liquid constituent of the body (body fluid), whereas...
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Occasional use of body fluids such as blood, urine, feces, etc. in works of art is most common in shock art or transgressive art. New York artist Vincent...
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physiology, serous fluid or serosal fluid (originating from the Medieval Latin word serosus, from Latin serum) is any of various body fluids resembling serum...
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The human body and even its individual body fluids may be conceptually divided into various fluid compartments, which, although not literally anatomic...
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Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is a clear, colorless body fluid found within the tissue that surrounds the brain and spinal cord of all vertebrates. CSF is...
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contained in various fluid compartments add up to total body water (TBW). This water makes up a significant fraction of the human body, both by weight and...
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The amniotic fluid is the protective liquid contained by the amniotic sac of a gravid amniote. This fluid serves as a cushion for the growing fetus, but...
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Volume contraction (redirect from Fluid loss)
volume of body fluid, including the dissolved substances that maintain osmotic balance (osmolytes). The loss of the water component of body fluid is specifically...
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refractive index of 1.336. The vitreous fluid is not present at birth (the eye being filled with only the gel-like vitreous body), but found after age 4-5, and...
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the various body fluids are kept within healthy ranges. The core principle of fluid balance is that the amount of water lost from the body must equal the...
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Synovial fluid, also called synovia,[help 1] is a viscous, non-Newtonian fluid found in the cavities of synovial joints. With its egg white–like consistency...
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fluid inside cells. The content, acidity and composition of the water inside and outside cells is carefully maintained. The main electrolytes in body...
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Semen (redirect from Seminal fluid)
Semen, also known as seminal fluid, is a bodily fluid that contains spermatozoa. Spermatozoa are secreted by the male gonads (sexual glands) and other...
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Sampling (medicine) (section Body fluid sampling)
types of tissues and body fluids. Examples are thoracocentesis to sample pleural fluid, and amniocentesis to sample amniotic fluid. The main method of...
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Excretory system (redirect from Body waste)
materials from the body fluids of an organism, so as to help maintain internal chemical homeostasis and prevent damage to the body. The dual function...
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hydroskeleton is a type of skeleton supported by hydrostatic fluid pressure, common among soft-bodied invertebrate animals colloquially referred to as "worms"...
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profiles can provide insight on when or how body fluids were left at crime scenes, identify the kind of body fluid, and approximate age, gender, and phenotypic...
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mathematically stated problem, describes the heat transfer between a body and a fluid flowing over or inside it as a result of the interaction of two objects...
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Plethora is an ancient medical sign describing an excess of body fluid. The excessive fluid is usually blood, and can be a sign of a number of conditions...
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Paracentesis (section Fluid analysis)
Paracentesis (from Greek κεντάω, "to pierce") is a form of body fluid sampling procedure, generally referring to peritoneocentesis (also called laparocentesis...
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Blood plasma (redirect from Intravascular fluid)
It makes up about 55% of the body's total blood volume. It is the intravascular part of extracellular fluid (all body fluid outside cells). It is mostly...
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Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the...
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blood vessels to expand (dilate), so body fluid moves into the hands or legs by gravity. The balance of salt in the body is also a risk factor for heat edema...
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Vaginal lubrication (redirect from Vaginal fluids)
Vaginal lubrication is a naturally produced fluid that lubricates the vagina. Vaginal lubrication is always present, but production increases significantly...
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physical chemistry and engineering, fluid dynamics is a subdiscipline of fluid mechanics that describes the flow of fluids—liquids and gases. It has several...
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Perspiration (category Body fluids)
Perspiration, also known as sweat, is the fluid secreted by sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Two types of sweat glands can be found in humans: eccrine...
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Glucocorticoid (section Body fluid homeostasis)
addition, glucocorticoids play important roles in fetal development and body fluid homeostasis. Glucocorticoids function via interaction with the glucocorticoid...
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