Overall, water makes up Choose...30-55%,40-60%45-75%70-85% of your weight. The body maintains its electrolyte balance through the intake and excretion of water and the movement of ions. Positively charged ions are known as Choose...cationsanionssodium-potassiumosmotic. Negatively charged ions are known as Choose...cationsanionssodium-potassiumosmotic. About Choose...1/32/31/43/4 of body water is in the intracellular fluid and Choose...1/32/31/43/4 is in extracellular fluid. The major components of extracellular fluid are interstitial fluid and Choose...electrolyteslymphblood plasmalymphocytes. To maintain the balance of sodium and potassium, all cell membranes incorporate sodium-potassium pumps that actively pump sodium out of the cell while allowing potassium back in. When electrolytes are more concentrated on one side of the membrane, then Choose...the solute travels through the membrane to create a balancewater flows to the side of lower concentrationwater flows to the side of higher concentrationsodium travels to the side of lower concentrations. Cells must contain the right amount of water. Too much and the cell will burst; too little and the cell will shirnk. Too much water in the surrounding spaces causes Choose...edemavasoconstrictiondesynthesis synthesis.