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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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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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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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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