Water and Sodium Balance, Hypernatremia and Hyponatremia, Animation
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Water moves from the more diluted solution to the more concentrated solution - from lower to higher osmolality.
Sodium, being the major extracellular solute, is the principal determinant of plasma osmolality and the most important regulator of fluid balance. A normal blood sodium lev