Water

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WATER

>> makes up 70 % of the total body weight

>> lost through urine, sweat, defaecation & evaporation through breathing

FUNCTIONS

Medium for biochemical reactions

Needed for the secretion of digestive juices , mucus , tears and synovial fluid

Regulates body temperature

Maintains osmotic pressure

Removes excretory waste

Component of the cell protoplasm