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What percentage of body weight does water constitute in a 70kg man?
What percentage of body weight does water constitute in a 70kg man?
Which component regulates water distribution and exchange in tissues and blood?
Which component regulates water distribution and exchange in tissues and blood?
What physiological function does water serve by maintaining the three-dimensional structures of biomolecules?
What physiological function does water serve by maintaining the three-dimensional structures of biomolecules?
Which property of water makes it the most important biological solvent?
Which property of water makes it the most important biological solvent?
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What does polarity determine?
What does polarity determine?
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What is responsible for the distribution of electrolytes and water-soluble materials in the blood and tissues?
What is responsible for the distribution of electrolytes and water-soluble materials in the blood and tissues?
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What happens to nonpolar molecules in relation to water?
What happens to nonpolar molecules in relation to water?
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What is the main function of stable micelles (lipoprotein particles-vesicles)?
What is the main function of stable micelles (lipoprotein particles-vesicles)?
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How are molecules with both polar and nonpolar groups arranged in round vesicles of lipoprotein particles?
How are molecules with both polar and nonpolar groups arranged in round vesicles of lipoprotein particles?
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What is the clinical relevance of excess common salt (Na+ Cl-) intake?
What is the clinical relevance of excess common salt (Na+ Cl-) intake?
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What is the function of hydrophobic attraction?
What is the function of hydrophobic attraction?
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What determines the arrangement of fatty acids in stable micelles?
What determines the arrangement of fatty acids in stable micelles?
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What is the function of phospholipids, proteins, and bile salts in the digestive system?
What is the function of phospholipids, proteins, and bile salts in the digestive system?
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What determines the transport of cholesterol and lipid-soluble compounds in blood as lipoprotein particles?
What determines the transport of cholesterol and lipid-soluble compounds in blood as lipoprotein particles?
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What is the clinical relevance of body water distribution?
What is the clinical relevance of body water distribution?
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What determines the surface and core composition of micelles and membranes?
What determines the surface and core composition of micelles and membranes?
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