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CH 6 Fluids & Electrolytes Unitek LVN with complete verified solutions 2025
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CH 6 Fluids &Electrolytes / Unitek
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verified solutions 2025
Homeostasis means - answer Maintains relatively constant conditions as
in fluid compartments
How is an internal balance maintained - answer The body must be able to
regulate fluids
All organs and structures of the body are involved in ____________ - answer
Homeostasis
What is intracellular fluid? - answer Fluid within a cell
Most of the body's fluids found within the cell
What is extracellular fluid? - answer fluid outside of cells (interstitial and
plasma, including lymph, and elsewhere such as digestive secretions,
sweat, & cerebrospinal fluid)
intravascular fluid - answer In blood vessels in the form of plasma of
serum
Interstitial fluid - answer Fluid surrounding cells, including lymph
Composition of Body Fluids - answer water and solutes
,Water makes the largest portion of body weight, about ____ to ___ percent -
answer 50 to 60%
Percentage of water is affected by - answer Age
Sex
Body fat
Percentage of body water ________ with age - answer Decreases
Females have a _________ percentage of body water than males throughout
adult years b/c women have more fat than men and fat cells contain less
water than other cells - answer Lower
Obese people have a _______ percentage of body water b/c of the increased
number of fat cells - answer Lower
What is an electrolyte? - answer a liquid containing free-moving ions
which conducts electricity
Examples of electrolytes - answer Sodium
Potassium
Calcium
Chloride
Bicarbonate
Magnesium
For every positively charged cation, there is a negatively charged anion
which combine to _________ one another(homeostasis) - answer Balance
Sodium (Na) is the most _______ electrolyte in extracellular fluid - answer
Abundant
, Sodium (Na) plays a major role in __________ body fluid volumes, muscular
activity, nerve impulse conduction & acid-base balance - answer
Regulating
Ions have either a positive or negative charge - answer Cation —->
positive
Anion —-> negative
Potassium (K) is mainly found in ___________ fluid - answer Intracellular
*major intracellular cation
Potassium (K) is important for maintaining fluid __________ and volume
within the cell - answer Osmolarity
potassium is essential for normal membrane _________ ; which is a critical
factor in transmitting nerve impulses. - answer Excitability
Potassium is needed for protein synthesis, synthesis & breakdown of
glycogen, & to maintain plasma ______-______ balance. - answer Acid-base
Chloride (Cl) is an extraxellular fluid that is usually bound with other ions
especially ________ or ________ - answer Sodium or potassium
Chloride (Cl) functions are to regulate the _________ ________ between fluid
compartments and assist in regulating acid-base balance - answer
Osmotic pressure
Calcium (Ca) is usually combined with _________ to form the mineral salts of
the bones and teeth - answer Phosphorus
Only ____ percent of Calcium is found in extracellular fluid - answer 1%
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