Fluids in human bodies and biomineralization – parallels to global water resources and reactions

Abstract

The amount of surface freshwaters on Earth is remarkably small considering the human population needing drinking water to survive and to ensure water in their bodies is at that very important locale where cells operate, the transcellular fluid. Like the fluid in and on the planet, body fluid is highly mobile. Cells that cause biomineralization contain and function within a fluid fraction. The mineral bioapatite is constructed by these cells in an environment containing a small amount of transcellular fluid.