Sodium and Chloride Spaces and Water Content of Tendon in Normal and Depleted Rats
- 30 November 1958
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content
- Vol. 195 (3) , 702-704
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajplegacy.1958.195.3.702
Abstract
In normal rat tail tendon where evaporation is prevented, sodium space is significantly lower than water (P < 0.001), while chloride space is not significantly different from water (P = 0.2). On acute sodium and chloride depletion by intraperitoneal dialysis with 4.5% mannitol, the observed changes in sodium or chloride space/water are not significant (P > 0.05). Rat tail tendon water closely resembles plasma ultrafiltrate with respect to chloride concentration, but its sodium concentration is less than that of an ultrafiltrate.Keywords
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