Suggest where in the human body, apart from the blood, you might find signnificant quantites of water.?

Question

For each of your suggestions, suggest the function of water.

Answer 1

Every single cell. They all contain water. The cytoplasm is the water based substance that fills each cell, giving it turgidity. The water itself is the solvent in which many organic molecules are mobilised in.

Answer 2

The human body is two-thirds water. Water is essential nutrient that is involved in every function of the body. It helps transport nutrients and waste products in and out of cells. It is necessary for all digestive, absorption, circulatory, and excretory functions, as well as for the utilization of the water-soluble vitamins. It is also needed for the maintenance of proper body temperature.

Water must be continuously replaced since on average 250ml is lost on a daily basis through breathing. Nutritionists have difficulty in suggesting an exact daily requirement because the amount of water required will vary depending on the on the climate and whether any type of activity is undertaken. By drinking an adequate amount of water each day-at least eight glasses (2 litres) -you can ensure that your body has all it needs to maintain good health.

Your fluid needs might be double or even triple that amount when you work out for more than an hour in the heat. Even on cool days and shorter workouts, you still need to drink more than nonathletes.

You can live without food for several weeks, but you can go less than a week without water. The best way to get this water is by drinking plain water. But other beverages, such as fruit juices, milk, and noncaffeinated drinks are also good sources of water. Fruits and vegetables can also be good sources of water.

Caffeinated and alcoholic beverages, while they do supply water to the body initially, contain diuretics that cause the body to lose water.

It would appear that most people do not drink enough water. The classic signs and symptoms include:

Headaches
Poor concentration
Tiredness
Increased risk of developing kidney infections, and
Constipation.
It is almost impossible to drink to much water, although if large volumes of water are taken in a short space of time it can provide short lived symptoms similar to being drunk.

Answer 3

It's mostly in the intercellular fluid, not in a container like the bladder. Except for the solid structures, the cells are filled with the fluid which is water with a lot of stuff dissolved in it. So it is really spread pretty evenly throughout the body, since your organs are all made of cells.

Answer 4

Blood represents about 7% of the body mass. So if a person weights 70 kg 70 * 0.07 = 4.9 kg or 5 liters (approx).

Answer 5

My bladder currently has more water than it can hold. However, it probably has a lot of waste products that need to be outside my body, and that is the function of the bladder.

Answer 6

My bladder has significant amounts of water and seems to want to get rid of it whenever there isn't a toilet, just when I get into bed even though I've just been and when I've just started a long car journey. The function of the water is to PISS me off xx

Answer 7

Tissue fluid, which is basically blood plasma that has leaked out of capillaries to bathe cells in a solution through which diffusion of necessary and waste material can take place.

Answer 8

in the kidneys and then through the urethra to the bladder - function so that you dont have to pass dry pellets of uric acid (ouch) and to get rid of excess water and waste products of the body

Answer 9

Gosh, the question could be turned around to ask, where aren't there significant quantities of water?

Answer 10

Lumen of the bladder - waste transport