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The amount of water lost in this way is deemed to be approximately 400ml per day. Some sources broaden the definition of insensible perspiration to include not only the water lost through the skin, but also the water lost through the epithelium of the respiratory tract, which is also approximately
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Insensible perspiration is the main source of heat loss from the body, with the figure being placed around 480 kCal per day, which is approximately 25% of basal heat production. Insensible perspiration is not under regulatory control.
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also known as transepidermal water loss, is the passive vapour diffusion of water through the
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Loss of water through the skin that does not occur as perceptible sweat
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epidermis
epithelial cells
skin
sweating
solutes
Galen
Santorio Santorio


Principles of renal physiology
ISBN
978-1-4614-3785-7
OCLC
796995047
"Insensible Water Loss"


"Fluid Physiology – 3.2 Insensible Water Loss"


"Insensible perspiration Definition and Examples – Biology Online Dictionary"


"The Weighing Chair of Sanctorius Sanctorius: A Replica"
doi
10.1007/s00048-018-0193-z
PMC
5993855
PMID
29761203

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