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Which of the following is the main component of all body fluids?
Which of the following is the main component of all body fluids?
- Water (correct)
- Blood plasma
- Electrolytes
- Solute concentration
Where is the majority of the body's fluid located?
Where is the majority of the body's fluid located?
- Blood plasma
- Extracellular fluid (ECF)
- Interstitial fluid
- Intracellular fluid (ICF) (correct)
What percentage of extracellular fluid is interstitial fluid?
What percentage of extracellular fluid is interstitial fluid?
- 80% (correct)
- 60%
- 20%
- 40%
What is the primary way water moves in and out of body compartments?
What is the primary way water moves in and out of body compartments?
What is the main determinant of fluid balance?
What is the main determinant of fluid balance?
What are most solutes in body fluids?
What are most solutes in body fluids?
What does fluid balance imply?
What does fluid balance imply?
What does Figure 26.4 show?
What does Figure 26.4 show?
What does Figure 26.5 show?
What does Figure 26.5 show?
What does Figure 26.4 represent as the largest volume of water in the body?
What does Figure 26.4 represent as the largest volume of water in the body?
Which buffer system is the most abundant in body cells and plasma?
Which buffer system is the most abundant in body cells and plasma?
Which buffer system is based on the bicarbonate ion?
Which buffer system is based on the bicarbonate ion?
Which buffer system is an important regulator of pH in both red blood cells and kidney tubular fluids?
Which buffer system is an important regulator of pH in both red blood cells and kidney tubular fluids?
Which mechanism can adjust the pH of body fluids by changing the rate and depth of respirations?
Which mechanism can adjust the pH of body fluids by changing the rate and depth of respirations?
Which mechanism involves the excretion of H+ ions by the kidneys to aid in the maintenance of pH?
Which mechanism involves the excretion of H+ ions by the kidneys to aid in the maintenance of pH?
What is the normal pH range of systemic arterial blood?
What is the normal pH range of systemic arterial blood?
Which disorder of blood carbon dioxide levels is characterized by an elevated carbon dioxide and decreased pH?
Which disorder of blood carbon dioxide levels is characterized by an elevated carbon dioxide and decreased pH?
Which disorder of blood carbon dioxide levels is characterized by a decreased arterial blood carbon dioxide and increased pH?
Which disorder of blood carbon dioxide levels is characterized by a decreased arterial blood carbon dioxide and increased pH?
Which primary disorder of bicarbonate concentration is characterized by a decreased bicarbonate level and decreased pH?
Which primary disorder of bicarbonate concentration is characterized by a decreased bicarbonate level and decreased pH?
Which primary disorder of bicarbonate concentration is characterized by increased bicarbonate concentration?
Which primary disorder of bicarbonate concentration is characterized by increased bicarbonate concentration?
Which of the following is the largest single constituent in the human body?
Which of the following is the largest single constituent in the human body?
What is the main way to regulate body water balance?
What is the main way to regulate body water balance?
Which part of the brain governs the urge to drink?
Which part of the brain governs the urge to drink?
Under normal conditions, fluid output (loss) is adjusted by which hormone?
Under normal conditions, fluid output (loss) is adjusted by which hormone?
What are the four general functions of electrolytes in the body?
What are the four general functions of electrolytes in the body?
What is the most abundant extracellular ion in the body?
What is the most abundant extracellular ion in the body?
What is the major extracellular anion in the body?
What is the major extracellular anion in the body?
What is the most abundant cation in intracellular fluid?
What is the most abundant cation in intracellular fluid?
What is the most abundant ion in the body?
What is the most abundant ion in the body?
What regulates the level of calcium in plasma?
What regulates the level of calcium in plasma?
Which of the following is the primary way water moves in and out of body compartments?
Which of the following is the primary way water moves in and out of body compartments?
What is the main determinant of fluid balance in the body?
What is the main determinant of fluid balance in the body?
What is the range of water content in the human body?
What is the range of water content in the human body?
What regulates the urge to drink in the body?
What regulates the urge to drink in the body?
Which hormone regulates urine production to adjust fluid output?
Which hormone regulates urine production to adjust fluid output?
What is the main component of all body fluids?
What is the main component of all body fluids?
What is the main way to adjust body water balance?
What is the main way to adjust body water balance?
What is the main function of electrolytes in the body?
What is the main function of electrolytes in the body?
Which body compartment contains about two-thirds of the body's fluid?
Which body compartment contains about two-thirds of the body's fluid?
What is the main way water moves in and out of cells?
What is the main way water moves in and out of cells?
Which disorder is characterized by a nonrespiratory loss of acid and increased bicarbonate concentration?
Which disorder is characterized by a nonrespiratory loss of acid and increased bicarbonate concentration?
What causes metabolic acidosis?
What causes metabolic acidosis?
What causes metabolic alkalosis?
What causes metabolic alkalosis?
Which disorder is characterized by a decreased bicarbonate level and decreased pH?
Which disorder is characterized by a decreased bicarbonate level and decreased pH?
What causes respiratory alkalosis?
What causes respiratory alkalosis?
Which disorder is characterized by an abnormal increase in acid metabolic products (other than carbon dioxide)?
Which disorder is characterized by an abnormal increase in acid metabolic products (other than carbon dioxide)?
What causes hyperventilation?
What causes hyperventilation?
Which disorder is characterized by an increased bicarbonate concentration?
Which disorder is characterized by an increased bicarbonate concentration?
What causes loss of bicarbonate in metabolic acidosis?
What causes loss of bicarbonate in metabolic acidosis?
What causes nonrespiratory loss of acid in metabolic alkalosis?
What causes nonrespiratory loss of acid in metabolic alkalosis?
Which of the following is NOT one of the general functions of electrolytes in the body?
Which of the following is NOT one of the general functions of electrolytes in the body?
Which ion is the most abundant extracellular ion?
Which ion is the most abundant extracellular ion?
Which hormone controls the regulation of chloride (Cl-) balance in body fluids?
Which hormone controls the regulation of chloride (Cl-) balance in body fluids?
Which ion is the most abundant cation in intracellular fluid?
Which ion is the most abundant cation in intracellular fluid?
Which ion is principally an extracellular ion and plays a role in blood coagulation and neurotransmitter release?
Which ion is principally an extracellular ion and plays a role in blood coagulation and neurotransmitter release?
Which buffer system is the most abundant in body cells and plasma?
Which buffer system is the most abundant in body cells and plasma?
What is the main way to adjust the pH of body fluids by changing the rate and depth of respirations?
What is the main way to adjust the pH of body fluids by changing the rate and depth of respirations?
Which buffer system is an important regulator of pH in both red blood cells and kidney tubular fluids?
Which buffer system is an important regulator of pH in both red blood cells and kidney tubular fluids?
Which disorder of blood carbon dioxide levels is characterized by an elevated carbon dioxide and decreased pH?
Which disorder of blood carbon dioxide levels is characterized by an elevated carbon dioxide and decreased pH?
What is the normal pH range of systemic arterial blood?
What is the normal pH range of systemic arterial blood?
