Inorganic Ions 



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TABLE 15. SELECTED PHYSIOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS 

 Quantities in grams unless otherwise indicated. 



*If glucose is used, it is added just before saline is to be used. 



Chlorine is the common halogen, and is the most widely dispersed and 

 innocuous anion. Bromine can sometimes be substituted for chlorine but 

 appears not to be a normal constituent in animals. Iodine is essential for 

 thyroxine in the vertebrates. Fluorine occurs in traces in vertebrate bone and 



