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NU155 MED-SURG EXAM 1 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
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NU155 MED-SURG EXAM 1 WITHCOMPLETE SOLUTION
WHAT ARE THE 4 MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF WATER? - ANSWER 1.
INTRACELLULAR AND EXTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT
2. HEAT REGULATION
3. MAINTAIN PH BALANCE
4. AIDS IN DIGESTION
WHAT IS THE LARGEST PORTION OF OUR BODY WEIGHT? - ANSWER WATER
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BODY WEIGHT IS WATER IN AN INFANT? - ANSWER
77%
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF BODY WEIGHT IS WATER IN THE ELDERLY? -
ANSWER 45%
WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES OF MINOR
IMBALANCES OF WATER? - ANSWER VERY YOUNG AND VERY OLD
WHAT ARE FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE WATER IN THE BODY? - ANSWER 1.
SODIUM
2. MEDICATIONS
3. VOMITING & DIARRHEA
4. HEAT LEADING TO DEHYDRATION
MOST OF THE BODY'S FLUIDS ARE INTRACELLULAR/EXTRACELLULAR? -
,ANSWER INTRACELLULAR
THIS FLUID IS IN BLOOD VESSELS IN THE FORM OF PLASMA OR SERUM. -
ANSWER INTRAVASCULAR
FLUID SURROUNDING CELLS, INCLUDING LYMPH. - ANSWER INTERSTITIAL
FLUID
WHAT CAUSES PITTING EDEMA? - ANSWER INTERSTITIAL FLUID BUILD UP
MOVEMENT FROM AN AREA OF HIGHER CONCENTRATION TO LOWER
CONCENTRATION. - ANSWER DIFFUSION
MOVEMENT OF WATER FROM AN AREA OF LOWER CONCENTRATION TO AN
AREA OF HIGHER CONCENTRATION. - ANSWER OSMOSIS
WATER AND SOLUTES ARE PUSHED THROUGH A SEMI-PERMEABLE
MEMBRANE IN EQUAL AMOUNTS AT THE SAME TIME FROM AN AREA OF
HIGH PRESSURE TO LOW PRESSURE. - ANSWER FILTRATION
MOVEMENT OF SODIUM INTO CELL AND POTASSIUM OUT OF CELL ACROSS
A MEMBRANE THAT REQUIRES CELLULAR ENERGY IN THE FORM OF ATP -
ANSWER ACTIVE TRANSPORT
HOW DOES ACTIVE TRANSPORT USE ATP TO MOVE MOLECULES ACROSS
THE MEMBRANE? - ANSWER ATP PUSHES AND PULLS TO FIRE UP AN
ACTION POTENTIAL TO FIRE DOWN A NEURON AND CAUSE THE MUSCLE TO
, CONTRACT.
HOW MUCH TOTAL INTAKE OF FLUIDS DO WE NEED FOR NORMAL DAILY
FUNCTION? - ANSWER 2500 ML
HOW MUCH OF OUR INTAKE OF FLUIDS IS INGESTED (ORAL FLUID)? -
ANSWER 1500 ML
WHAT IS THE MINIMAL OUTPUT OF FLUIDS? - ANSWER 2500 ML
BESIDES INGESTED FLUIDS, WHAT ARE OTHER SOURCES OF FLUID INTAKE? -
ANSWER FOOD AND CELLULAR METABOLISM
WHAT ARE SOURCES OF FLUID OUTPUT? - ANSWER URINE
SWEATING
FECES
EXHALED AIR
HOW DOES THE BODY REGULATE FLUIDS? - ANSWER THIRST
KIDNEYS
HORMONES (ADH AND ALDOSTERONE)
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