Where is the water in the human body?

Answer 1

Yes. It happens in nearly every place in the body, because almost all cells- all living cells- have to do osmosis to survive. If a cell cannot perform osmosis, then it dehydrates and stops functioning.

Answer 2

Since osmosis is the movement of water across a semi-permeable membrane and water crosses membranes of all cells in a process called osmoregulation, it would be just to say that osmosis occurs in all body cells and hence in all organs.

Answer 3

Osmosis Examples in the Body

• Salts and minerals from water are transferred through osmosis. Water flows through the plasma membrane of cells and due to osmosis concentration of water, glucose and salt is maintained inside the body. Thus osmotic filtration is important in preventing cell damage.
• Saltwater Fish are adapted to high saline water bodies. Since, salt concentration of the water is higher than the fish, the excess salt present in the surrounding water draws water from the body of the fish. This is how osmosis is regulated.
• Freshwater Fish maintain fluid balance in their body through osmosis. Since the salt concentration in their body is higher than the surrounding water, they do not need to drink water. This is because water is spontaneously absorbed by the salt present in their body
• Osmosis plays a very important role in human life as it helps in the proper functioning of the kidneys. It occurs in the kidneys to recover water from the waste materials of the body.
• Kidney dialysis is also an example of osmosis. It is for patients suffering from kidney diseases. In this process, the dialyzer removes waste products from a patient's blood through a dialyzing membrane, and passes them into the dialysis solution tank. The red blood cells being larger in size cannot pass through the membrane and are retained in the blood. Thus, by the process of osmosis waste materials are continuously removed from the blood.

Answer 4

in almost every cell in the body. water difuses across semipermeable cell membranes wherever the concetration (amount of water vs. amount of other stuff) is ifferent inside the cell to ouside the cell.

Answer 5

The Transportation Of Substances From Low Conc. Areas To High Conc. Areas in order To Achive Equilibrium

Answer 6

Osmosis is the primary method by which water moves in and out of cells. Osmosis maintains the turgor pressure of cells.

Answer 7

every cell contains the water, it is not kept in a 'water tank' except was water in your bladder

Answer 8

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