Lecture 10 Assignment

Question 1

The dissolved substances in a solution are called ______________________.

Answer 1

solutes

Question 2

What is the type of fluid called that includes all fluid enclosed in cells by their plasma membranes?

Answer 2

intracellular fluid

Question 3

The force exerted by a fluid against a wall is called what type of pressure?

Answer 3

hydrostatic pressure

Question 4

_____________________is the accumulation of excess water in the tissues.

Answer 4

Edema

Question 5

What do we call the ratio of solutes to water in blood plasma?

Answer 5

Plasma Osmolality

Question 6

The production of urine in excess of normal levels is called

Answer 6

diuresis

Question 7

What hormone controls the amount of water reabsorbed from the collecting ducts and tubules in the kidney?

Answer 7

Antidiuretic hormone (ADH)

Question 8

What is the major cation of the extracellular fluid?

Answer 8

Sodium

Question 9

__________is a lower-than-normal concentration of sodium.

Answer 9

Hyponatremia

Question 10

The principal function of ______________________ is to maintain your body’s acid-base balance by being part of buffer systems.

Answer 10

bicarbonate

Question 11

Which hormone increases the excretion of potassium and the reabsorption of sodium in the distal tubule?

Answer 11

aldosterone

Question 12

Angiotensin II causes what to occur to blood vessels?

Answer 12

vasoconstriction

Question 13

The respiratory system contributes to the balance of acids and bases in the body by regulating the blood levels of __________________________.

Answer 13

carbonic acid

Question 14

Another term for diabetic acidosis is ____________________________.

Answer 14

DKA

Question 15

______________________ occurs when the blood is overly acidic due to an excess of carbonic acid, resulting from too much CO2 in the blood.

Answer 15

Respiratory acidosis