The body has two main "fluid spaces." What are these spaces and how do the electrolytes Na+ and K+ influence the flow of water into and out of these spaces?
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The two spaces include the intracellular and extracellular spaces. Water always follows sodium, so movement of sodium across a membrane causes movement of water molecules across that same membrane. Sodium and potassium are exchanged by way of the sodium-potassium pump that moves sodium from one side of the cell while moving potassium to the other side of the cell.
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