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Chapter 29 - Fluids, Electrolytes, and
Introduction to Acid-Base Balance
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Plasma
Ans: Extracellular compartment
When blood becomes more concentrated than usual, the
hypothalamus stimulates the release of this hormone, which acts on
the kidney tubules to increase water reabsorption
Ans: Antidiuretic hormone
Results when the patient loses fluid and electrolytes and in that fluid;
also called hypovolemia
Ans: Fluid-volume deficit
The area that holds the fluid that is inside each cell
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Ans: Intracellular compartment
Space between and around cells where fluid is found
Ans: Interstitial fluid
Loss of fluid only; results in an increase of electrolyte concentration in
the remaining body fluid
Ans: Dehydration
Hormone that regulates fluid and electrolyte balance by stimulating
the kidneys to retain more sodium and excrete potassium
Ans: Aldosterone
A substance that can bind with a strong acid or a strong base to
prevent major changes in the pH of body fluid is known as a
Ans: buffer
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A condition where the pH of body fluids is below 7.35, caused by
either inadequate alkalinity or excessive acidity or both is called
Ans: acidosis
When molecules move from an area of higher concentration into an
area of lower concentration to equalize the amount throughout an
area or space, it is termed
Ans: diffusion
The main anion in extracellular fluid, controlled by the kidneys, whose
primary function is to serve as an alkaline buffer in regulating the
acid-base balance of the blood is
Ans: bicarbonate
When water moves through a semipermeable membrane to
equalize the concentration of solutes on each side of the
membrane, it is known as
Chapter 29 - Fluids, Electrolytes, and
Introduction to Acid-Base Balance
Questions and Correct Answers/ Latest
Update / Already Graded
Plasma
Ans: Extracellular compartment
When blood becomes more concentrated than usual, the
hypothalamus stimulates the release of this hormone, which acts on
the kidney tubules to increase water reabsorption
Ans: Antidiuretic hormone
Results when the patient loses fluid and electrolytes and in that fluid;
also called hypovolemia
Ans: Fluid-volume deficit
The area that holds the fluid that is inside each cell
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Ans: Intracellular compartment
Space between and around cells where fluid is found
Ans: Interstitial fluid
Loss of fluid only; results in an increase of electrolyte concentration in
the remaining body fluid
Ans: Dehydration
Hormone that regulates fluid and electrolyte balance by stimulating
the kidneys to retain more sodium and excrete potassium
Ans: Aldosterone
A substance that can bind with a strong acid or a strong base to
prevent major changes in the pH of body fluid is known as a
Ans: buffer
, 3 | Page
A condition where the pH of body fluids is below 7.35, caused by
either inadequate alkalinity or excessive acidity or both is called
Ans: acidosis
When molecules move from an area of higher concentration into an
area of lower concentration to equalize the amount throughout an
area or space, it is termed
Ans: diffusion
The main anion in extracellular fluid, controlled by the kidneys, whose
primary function is to serve as an alkaline buffer in regulating the
acid-base balance of the blood is
Ans: bicarbonate
When water moves through a semipermeable membrane to
equalize the concentration of solutes on each side of the
membrane, it is known as
