Sunday, October 30, 2011

2.68b Osmoregulation

  • Osmoregulation means control of Osmosis.
  • Tissue fluid, surrounding the cells in the body are isotonic with the cytoplasm of the cells.
  • It means  that the amount of water going in and out of these cells are equal, and the cells will stay the same size and maintain their function.
  • The danger of the tissue is that blood circulating into the tissue is concentrated, causing a hypertonic tissue fluid.
  • It also may be very dilute causing a hypotonic tissue fluid.

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