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Q: Are the principal ions in extracellular fluid sodium and chloride and bicarbonate?
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What is the most abundant anion in extracellular fluid?

Extracellular fluid refers to all body fluid outside of cells. The most abundant anion in the extracellular fluid is chloride (Cl-).


What is the major cation in extracellular fluid?

The Chief Extracellular cation is sodium.


What is the major anion in the extracellular fluids of the body?

Major Intracellular cation - K+ (Potassium) Major Extracellular cation - Na+ (Sodium) Major Intracellular anion - PO4+ (Phosphate) Major Extracellular anion - Cl- (Chloride)


What is sucrose sodium bicarbonate and sodium chloride?

Sucrose has the chemical formula C12H22O11. Sodium chloride has the chemical formula NaCl. Sodium bicarbonate has the chemical formula NaHCO3.


What is found in extracellular fluid?

The principal elements in the extracellular fluid are sodium, potassium and calcium.


What is a chemical equation for sodium bicarbonate that reacts to form sodium chloride?

Sodium bicarbonate will react with hydrochloric acid to form sodium chloride. NaHCO3 + HCl --> NaCl + H2O + CO2


Main intracellular ion maintains icf osmotic pressure?

Potassium is the major intracellular ion, not sodium as was previously answered. Sodium is the major extracellular ion (along with chloride, and smaller amounts of potassium and bicarbonate)


What names do you give sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate and how is each one used today?

Sodium Chloride is commonly know as salt. Sodium bicarbonate is commonly known as baking soda. The uses are endless.


What does hydrochloric acid plus sodium bicarbonate equals?

Hydrochloric acid + Sodium Bicarbonate--------------->Sodium Chloride + Water + Carbon Dioxide


What are the three common compounds formed for sodium?

sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate


Most common extracellular ion is what?

There are more than 2. Any molecule with a negative charge is an anion. Inside cells, these include bicarbonate, chloride, ATP, and any other molecule with phosphate groups, and amino acids having negative charge (glutamate, aspartate). So, there are a wide variety of intracellular anions.


What is Calcium Chloride plus Sodium Bicarbonate equal?

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