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PRN 1178 Client Centered Care 2 Exam 1
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4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔Act as a vehicle of transportation of
substances to and from cells
4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔Aid heat regulations by providing perspiration
which evaporates
4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔Assist with maintence of hydrogen balance in
the body
4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔To serve as a medium for the enzymatic action
for digestion
How much of the body is water? - Answer✔More than half - 60% males contain 50% females
contain 60% due to fat tissue
Lose more fluid through skin than adults - Answer✔Infants - kidneys are not as efficient as
adults less fluid absorption
Adults - age related decline in total body water - Answer✔Diminished thirst sensations;
decrease in urine concentrating abilities of kidneys; decreases the effectiveness of the
antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
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Hypovolemia - Answer✔Abnormal decrease in the volume of blood plasma (occurs with
dehydration or bleeding)
What is critical in maintaining homeostasis - Answer✔Water
Cells can't function without - Answer✔Water - death will occur
Electrolytes are - Answer✔Minerals or salt dissolved in body fluid. Major source is from diet
Electrolytes are measured - Answer✔MEq/L
Electrolytes in - Answer✔A solution breaks into particles known as ions from reactions from
hydrogen and electrolyte
Ions - Answer✔Develop a positive electrical charge known as citations; for each positive charge
in a fluid compartment there must be a negatively charged anion so that the balance is
maintained
Circulating blood volume - Answer✔4 to 6 liters
Erythrocytes - Answer✔Red cells - carried in plasma
Leukocytes - Answer✔White cells - carried in plasma
Platelets - Answer✔thrombocytes - carried in plasma
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PRN 1178 Client Centered Care 2 Exam 1
Questions And Answers |Latest 2025 |
Guaranteed Pass
4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔Act as a vehicle of transportation of
substances to and from cells
4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔Aid heat regulations by providing perspiration
which evaporates
4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔Assist with maintence of hydrogen balance in
the body
4 main functions of water in the body - Answer✔To serve as a medium for the enzymatic action
for digestion
How much of the body is water? - Answer✔More than half - 60% males contain 50% females
contain 60% due to fat tissue
Lose more fluid through skin than adults - Answer✔Infants - kidneys are not as efficient as
adults less fluid absorption
Adults - age related decline in total body water - Answer✔Diminished thirst sensations;
decrease in urine concentrating abilities of kidneys; decreases the effectiveness of the
antidiuretic hormone (ADH)
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Hypovolemia - Answer✔Abnormal decrease in the volume of blood plasma (occurs with
dehydration or bleeding)
What is critical in maintaining homeostasis - Answer✔Water
Cells can't function without - Answer✔Water - death will occur
Electrolytes are - Answer✔Minerals or salt dissolved in body fluid. Major source is from diet
Electrolytes are measured - Answer✔MEq/L
Electrolytes in - Answer✔A solution breaks into particles known as ions from reactions from
hydrogen and electrolyte
Ions - Answer✔Develop a positive electrical charge known as citations; for each positive charge
in a fluid compartment there must be a negatively charged anion so that the balance is
maintained
Circulating blood volume - Answer✔4 to 6 liters
Erythrocytes - Answer✔Red cells - carried in plasma
Leukocytes - Answer✔White cells - carried in plasma
Platelets - Answer✔thrombocytes - carried in plasma
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