Sweat consists of:
a. 80% water, 12% salts, 8% urea and other wastes.
b. 90% water, 4% salts, 6% urea and other wastes.
c. 95% water, 3% salts, 2% urea and other wastes.
d. 99.4% water, 0.2% salts, 0.4% urea and otherwastes.
d
Sweat plays an important role in fluid and electrolyte
regulation, as well as heat regulation.
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