Fluid and Electrolyte Distribution

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Where are two thirds of body fluid contained?

In the vascular compartment

In the body cells of the ICF compartment (correct)

In the blood plasma

In the interstitial spaces

Which compartment has high concentrations of sodium, chloride, and bicarbonate?

Blood plasma

Intracellular fluid (ICF)

Interstitial fluid (IF)

Extracellular fluid (ECF) (correct)

How do electrolytes move across cell membranes?

Osmosis from low concentration to high concentration

Diffusion from high concentration to low concentration (correct)

Active transport against the concentration gradient

Facilitated diffusion with the concentration gradient

What is the predominant osmotically active particle in the ECF?

Na+ (sodium) Signup and view all the answers

Which condition can lead to a change in osmotic pressure in the extracellular compartment?

Elevated blood glucose levels in people with diabetes mellitus Signup and view all the answers

Where are two thirds of body fluid contained?

In the body cells of the ICF compartment Signup and view all the answers

What is the predominant osmotically active particle in the ECF?

Sodium Signup and view all the answers

How do electrolytes move across cell membranes?

By diffusion from high concentration to low concentration Signup and view all the answers

What is the interstitial fluid (IF) part of?

Extracellular fluid (ECF) Signup and view all the answers

What does osmosis mean?

Movement of water from side of lesser number of particles to the side of greater number of particles Signup and view all the answers

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Where are two thirds of body fluid contained?

Which compartment has high concentrations of sodium, chloride, and bicarbonate?

How do electrolytes move across cell membranes?

What is the predominant osmotically active particle in the ECF?

Which condition can lead to a change in osmotic pressure in the extracellular compartment?

Where are two thirds of body fluid contained?

What is the predominant osmotically active particle in the ECF?

How do electrolytes move across cell membranes?

What is the interstitial fluid (IF) part of?

What does osmosis mean?

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