Fluid & Electrolytes 58 Questions And Answers

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