Flashcards in Fluid, Electrolyte and Balance Deck (155)
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Between an adult male, female, elder, and baby which has the higher body water content?
the baby due to low body fat therefore low bone mass
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Why do males have 10 percent more body water content that females?
Males have more skeletal muscle than women who have higher body fat
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What are the 2 main fluid compartments?
Intracellular fluid and extracellular fluid
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What are the 2 subparts of the extracellular fluid? Percentages?
Plasma- 20%
Interstitial fluid-80%
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What is the fluid in the blood called?
plasma
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Which of the compartments consist of 2/3 total fluid content?
intracellular fluid
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What is the fluid between cells called?
Interstitial fluid
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Which of the compartments consist of 1/3 total fluid content?
Extracellular fluid
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What is the percentage of the ICF in the body?
40%
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What is the percentage of ECF in the body?
20%
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What is the percentage of the total body weight of ECF and ICF?
60%
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Nonelectrolytes
do not dissociate in water; no charged particles are created
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Electrolytes
dissociate into ions in water; ions conduct electrical current
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What are some examples of electrolytes?
acids, bases, salts, and some proteins
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What are some examples of nonelectrolytes?
glucose and most organic molecules
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What is the major cation in the ECF?
Na+
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What is the major anion in the ECF?
Cl-
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What is the major cation in the ICF?
K+
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What is the major anion in the ICF?
HSO4-(2-)
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Where are the electrolyte concentrations similar except for higher protein content of plasma?
ECF
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Where are there more proteins than in plasma?
ICF
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Where do exchanges between plasma and IF occur?
Across capillary walls
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Where do exchanges between IF and ICF occur?
Across plasma membranes
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What must occur for the body to remain stable?
its inout through ingestion or metabolic production = its output through excretion or metabolic consumption
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Which 2 factors are regulated to maintain fluid balance?
1. ECF osmolality
2. ECF volume
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How is ECF osmolality regulated?
must be regulated to prevent swelling or shrinking of cells
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What is ECF osmolality involved in maintaining?
water balance
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How is ECF volume regulated?
must be regulated to help maintain BP
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What is ECF volume involved in maintaining?
maintaining sodium balance
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