This causes increased osmolarity in the extracellular fluid, which will eventually return blood pressure toward normal.
The large movement of potassium from the extracellular fluid can lead to a mild hypokalemic state.
Blood serum tests can also provide useful information about the osmolality of the body's extracellular fluids.
The latter gives a better view of the base excess of the entire extracellular fluid.
They remain apposed to neurons and regulate the extracellular fluid.
Such malfunction results in an inflow of extracellular fluid into the cells.
The remainder of calcium is present within the extracellular and intracellular fluids.
Reduced volume of extracellular fluid also has this effect, but is a less sensitive mechanism.
The pH of extracellular fluid is tightly regulated by buffers around 7.4.
It makes up about 3/4 of all extracellular fluid.