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Sweat is largely water. There is no salt in human sweat. Human sweat tastes salty because it contains potassium chloride, not sodium chloride. Salt's main function is as a fluidic electrolyte in blood tissue, and is used in muscle contraction causing calcium and potassium to shift in the muscle cells, the heart muscle cells as well, allowing for engery to be used. Salt is regulated by nephrons of the kidneys (1 million in each) and is excreeted into the urine. High blood sodium/salt levels usually result in high salt content in urine. Sweat and urine are drinkable fluids in the absence of water and can save your life in a crisis.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 10y agoSodium chloride is extracted from mines (formed by the evaporation of sea waters) or from today sea waters.
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∙ 8y agoHuman sweat contain chlorides of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium etc.
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∙ 9y agoThe most important are chlorides of sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium.
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How the skin helps the body get rid of excess water salts and waste such as urea?
They are called pores of the skin. or to have an exact word sweat glands - narutogurl aka nivniv :)
Does sweat excrete through the pours of the skin?
yes ...swet is excretion of water and salts from our body
What are waste products of the skin?
Mostly sweat, oil, and flakes of skin (dead skin cells). The sweat contains things like urea, electrolytes, sodium chloride, etc.
Are there approximately 2 million sweat glands in the human body?
2 million is a good approximation. An adult human has between 1.6 million and 4 million sweat glands.
Does the human nervous system remove wastes?
out of the sweat glands
What kind salts are in the composition of human sweat?
The most important are sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium chlorides.
What kind of substances are used in sports drinks and why?
alot of sugar and salt because when you work out you sweat. When you sweat you lose the water,sugar and salts in your body.
How can you measure inorganic salts in the body?
sweat
What gland excess salts and water.?
sweat glands
Which organ uses sweat to excrete water salts and small amount of water?
The skin,is the organ that uses sweat to excrete water,salts,and a small amount of urea
What glands excretes excess salts and water?
sweat glands
What is the between of hippo sweat and human sweat?
Colour.Hippo sweat is red/orange while human sweat is colourless.
What glands remove water and salts from the skins surface?
sweat glands
Why does scum float to the top of the water from betta fish?
This is just protein. I think it works kind of the same way as our body excretes sweat and salts. It's harmless.
What is the green stuff on my cooper eyeglass frame?
A mixture of copper salts and skin oils. It is harmless and forms naturally from a reaction between copper in the metal alloy and salts in your sweat. Skin oils in the sweat mix with these copper salts, producing this green gooey stuff.
How the skin helps the body get rid of excess water salts and waste such as urea?
They are called pores of the skin. or to have an exact word sweat glands - narutogurl aka nivniv :)
How do you measure the Na concentration in human sweat?
how can i measure the electrolytes concentration in human sweat ?
