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A 3 page paper discussing the role of electrolytes, which are minerals in body fluids including blood that carry an electric charge and contribute to the transmission of messages and impulses from the brain to other parts of the body. Electrolytes both affect and are affected by the volume of water in the body; two leading ones are sodium and potassium although there are several others. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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fluids including blood that carry an electric charge (Mushnick, 1999) and contribute to the transmission of messages and impulses from the brain to other parts of the body. Electrolytes
both affect and are affected by the volume of water in the body, as they are minerals that dissolve to ions in solution. Electrolytes
Electrolytes may be positively-charged cations or negatively-charged anions. The major electrolytes of the human body are: * Sodium (Na+) * Potassium (K+) * Calcium (Ca--) * Magnesium (Mg++)
* Chloride (Cl-) * Phosphate (HPO4--) * Sulphate (SO4--) * Bicarbonate (HCO3-) (Ross, 1999). Of these, sodium and chloride ions are the major
electrolytes of interstitial fluid and blood plasma. Within cells, potassium and phosphate ions are the primary electrolytes (Ross, 1999). Sodium Not only
does sodium fill a critical role in the function of muscles and neurons, it "is also of crucial importance in regulating fluid balance in the body" (Ross, 1999). Water
"follows" sodium; it is for this reason that reducing sodium is a leading treatment for high blood pressure. When the individual reduces sodium intake, then water volume declines.
Blood volume then declines to lower blood pressure in that there is less volume pressing against the walls of blood vessels. Sodium is
a critical contributor to muscle function, however. It is an electrolyte operational external to cells so it is not directly involved in muscle function. Rather, its role lies
in the "excitability of muscles and neurons" (Ross, 1999). Potassium Potassium is the leading intracellular electrolyte and is directly involved in muscle function
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