Fluid & Electrolytes | 58 Questions and Answers(A+ Solution guide)

What is insensible loss - Perspiration and sweat What % of body fluid is ICF and where is ICF found - 2/3 of body weight-fluid inside of cells What is ECF - 1/3 of body weight-fluid outside of cells What are the 3 components of the ECF - Interstitial, Intravascular, Transcellular What is the interstitial space - Fluid between the cells and outside of blood vessels (contains lymph) How does adipose tissue and fat relate to a persons water quantity - The more adipose tissue and fat you have the less water you will have b/c the fat is pushing out the water or taking up the space where the water would be What areas in the body have the highest amount of water - Muscle, skin and blood What is the intravascular compartment - Blood plasma within the vein What is the transcellular compartment - CSF, sweat, peritoneal, synovial and pleural "protective component" What does the blood volume represent - What is inside the intravascular space What is the electrolyte unit of measurement - mEq What are 3 ways we intake water - Drinking, ingesting food and oxidation of food during metabolic processes (500mL/day)What is Cl- "married" to---following each other - sodium