NUR 180 - Fluid & Electrolytes TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (GUARANTEED SUCCESS).
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Water
~60% of average healthy adult's weight
- total amount affected by gender, body size
- transports nutrients, waste products
- lubricant, insulator, shock absorber
- regulates body temperature
Intracellular Fluid (ICF)
- fluid within cells
- 2/3 of total body fluid in adults
- co...
NUR 180 - Fluid & Electrolytes
TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024-
2025(GUARANTEED SUCCESS)
Water - answer ~60% of average healthy adult's weight
- total amount affected by gender, body size
- transports nutrients, waste products
- lubricant, insulator, shock absorber
- regulates body temperature
Intracellular Fluid (ICF) - answer - fluid within cells
- 2/3 of total body fluid in adults
- contains solutes: oxygen, electrolytes, glucose
ICF Cations - answer potassium and magnesium
ICF Anions - answer phosphate and sulfate
Extracellular Fluid (ECF) - answer - fluid outside of cells
- 1/3 of total body fluid
- two compartments: intravascular and interstitial
- smaller compartments: lymph and transcellular fluid
ECF Cations - answer sodium and calcium
, ECF Anion - answer chloride and bicarbonate
Osmosis - answer movement of water across cell membranes from
less concentrated to more concentrated solution
Osmotic Pressure - answer power of solution to draw water across
membrane
Colloid Osmotic pressure - answer - also called oncotic pressure
- plasma proteins pull water from interstitial space into vascular
compartment
Diffusion - answer - the process by which molecules move from an
area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration
- rate varies by size of molecules, concentration of solution,
temperature of solution
Filtration - answer - movement of fluid and solutes together across a
membrane from one compartment to another
- from area of higher pressure to lower pressure
Hydrostatic Pressure - answer pressure a fluid exerts on walls in
closed system
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