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This document discusses osmosis and how effective solutes regulate fluid compartments in the body. It explains that osmosis is the process by which water moves through aquaporin channels across cell membranes. The two fluid compartments, intracellular and extracellular fluid, are in osmotic balance, and cellular volume depends on the balance of effective solutes and water exchange between the intracellular and extracellular fluid compartments. Cells shrink in hypertonic extracellular fluid conditions and sw
- Author
- Jaanhgir Alam
- Language
- EN