Nursing 2050 Exam 3 Questions Correctly
Answered
Water makes up____ of an adult body and ____ of an infant - answer60%; 80%
Body water decreases with ____ and increases with____. - answerAge; body muscle
What are the two components of body water? - answerIntracellular fluid (ICF)
Extracellular...
Nursing 2050 Exam 3 Questions Correctly
Answered
Water makes up____ of an adult body and ____ of an infant - answer✔✔60%; 80%
Body water decreases with ____ and increases with____. - answer✔✔Age; body muscle
What are the two components of body water? - answer✔✔Intracellular fluid (ICF)
Extracellular fluid (ECF)
ICF makes up ____ of the body water - answer✔✔40%
ECF makes up ____ of the body water - answer✔✔20%
What are the two main types of ECF? - answer✔✔Interstitial fluid
Plasma
What is the composition of body water? - answer✔✔Solution
Solutes
Fluid in all compartments have the same _______ but fluid in the compartments vary in the
________. - answer✔✔composition elements; concentration of elements
What are the two types of solutes? - answer✔✔Electrolytes
Nonelectrolytes
What are electrolytes? - answer✔✔highly active ions which constantly combine and disassociate
to form new compounds (autonomic blocks that are dynamic)
Electrolytes are constantly _________. - answer✔✔binding and unbinding
Ions can be what? - answer✔✔Positively charged (cations) and negatively charged (anions)
In the body, fluid is compose so that _______. - answer✔✔anion-cation
________ are used by the electrolytes to build - answer✔✔Nonelectrolytes
What are the types of fluid movements? - answer✔✔Filtration
Diffusion
Facilitated diffusion
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, Active transport
What is filtration? - answer✔✔movement of fluid through a semi-permeable membrane
(passive)
What is diffusion? - answer✔✔Movement of particles from an area of HIGH concentration to an
area of LOW concentration
What is facilitated diffusion? - answer✔✔Same idea as simple diffusion, but a mediated
transporter or receptor binding action is needed (insulin is an example)
What is active transport? - answer✔✔Transport of a substance across a membrane that is usually
against the concentration gradient
What maintains polarity with active transport? - answer✔✔Pumps
What is osmosis? - answer✔✔Movement of water from an area of low solute concentration to an
high solute concentration
What does a patient need to do to make sure their protein pumps are working efficiently? -
answer✔✔Patient needs to keep eating well
What is osmolarity? - answer✔✔Osmotic concentration minus the number of dissolved particles
per unit of measure
What is the normal serum osmolarity? - answer✔✔275-295 mOsm/kg
What is serum osmolarity? - answer✔✔Thickness of blood
With a high serum osmolarity, all blood components will be _______. - answer✔✔High
With low serum osmolarity, all blood components will be _________. - answer✔✔Low
If a patient has a blood serum of 250, they are probably what? - answer✔✔Dehydrated
What is a hemacrit? - answer✔✔Level of red blood cells in body
What is the normal hemoglobin count? - answer✔✔12-18
What is indicated for a patient with a hemoglobin count that is low? - answer✔✔Patient is
anemic
What is osmotic pressure? - answer✔✔Capacity of a solution to draw water into it
What is Colloid osmotic pressure also known as? - answer✔✔Serum oncotic pressure
What causes serum oncotic pressure? - answer✔✔Proteins in the blood that pulls water into the
bloodstream
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