Extracellular fluid (1/3 of body water) is fluid contained in areas outside of cells.Jackson's texts states 70% of body fluid is intracellular. In a 72 kg (159 lb) body containing 40 litres of fluid, about 25 litres is intracellular, which amounts to 62.5%. Intracellular fluid (2/3 of body water) is fluid contained within cells.In Netter's Atlas of Human Physiology (2002), body water is broken down into the following compartments: Adipose tissue contains about 10% of water, while muscle tissue contains about 75%. Water is also contained inside organs, in gastrointestinal, cerebrospinal, peritoneal, and ocular fluids. These include intracellular fluid extracellular fluid plasma interstitial fluid and transcellular fluid. Most animal body water is contained in various body fluids. So there is not, and cannot be, a figure that is exactly the same for all people, for this or any other physiological measure. These statistical averages will vary with factors such as type of population, age of people sampled, number of people sampled, and methodology. This is due to how fat tissue does not retain water as well as lean tissue. The body water constitutes as much as 75% of the body weight of a newborn infant, whereas some obese people are as little as 45% water by weight. The figure for water fraction by weight in this sample was found to be 58 ☘% water for males and 48 ☖% for females. However, this varied substantially by age, sex, and adiposity (amount of fat in body composition). In a large study of adults of all ages and both sexes, the adult human body averaged ~65% water. There can be considerable variation in body water percentage based on a number of factors like age, health, water intake, weight, and sex. Ensuring the right amount of body water is part of fluid balance, an aspect of homeostasis.īy weight, the average adult human is approximately 70% water, and the average child is approximately 60% water. This water makes up a significant fraction of the human body, both by weight and by volume. The percentages of body water contained in various fluid compartments add up to total body water (TBW). In physiology, body water is the water content of an animal body that is contained in the tissues, the blood, the bones and elsewhere.
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