Nu 308- Fluid and Electrolytes UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Intracellular - CORRECT ANSWER - Largest fluid compartment
1. Interstitial
2. Transcellular
3. Intravascular - CORRECT ANSWER - Three categories of the extracellular
compartment
Interstitial - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluid around the cells
Intravascular - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluid in the blood
Transcellular - CORRECT ANSWER - 3rd Spacing
Hypovolemia - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreased blood volume in vascular
Hypervolemia - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased blood volume in vascular
Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreased fluid in the body as a whole
1. Skin
2. Kidneys
3. Lungs
4. GI - CORRECT ANSWER - Organs that determine water distribution
,1. Osmotic pressure
2. Hydrostatic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 Forces that determine water
distribution
Hydrostatic Pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - Moves from higher to lower pressure;
pushes out of capillaries into tissue/body cavity
1. Gravity/Standing
2. CHF
3. Late pregnancy
4. HTN
5. Wearing girdles and hose - CORRECT ANSWER - Factors that cause increased
hydrostatic pressure
Osmotic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - Water moves towards higher solute
Lymph nodes - CORRECT ANSWER - Extra fluid in the interstitial space is picked up by
the ___ and returned to the blood after being filtered
Nephrotic Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - kidneys are damaged, the protein albumin,
normally found in the blood, will leak into the urine
Burns - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasma proteins lost in the tissue. Water follows the
higher solute into the tissue, leading to massive edema
Cellular dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER - When the blood becomes hypertonic, and
draws fluid from the interstitial back into the vascular it causes what to happen to the cells
Shock - CORRECT ANSWER - Cellular dehydration can lead to ___
, Thirst - CORRECT ANSWER - Triggered when increased solute concentration in the
blood that is flowing through the hypothalamus
Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER - What part of the brain triggers thirst
Hypertonic blood - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased serum osmolality
Hypotonic blood - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreased serum osmolality
275-295 - CORRECT ANSWER - Normal osmolality
Hypertonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Serum osmolality of 300= ____ blood
Hypotonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Serum osmolality of 215= ____ blood
ADH (Anti-diuretic hormone) - CORRECT ANSWER - Also known as vasopressin
Increase BP and constricts blood vessels - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the role of
ADH?
Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is ADH made ?
Posterior Pituitary - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is ADH release from?
Kidneys - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is ADH sent after its released?
Decreases - CORRECT ANSWER - Does ADH increase of decrease urine output?
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Intracellular - CORRECT ANSWER - Largest fluid compartment
1. Interstitial
2. Transcellular
3. Intravascular - CORRECT ANSWER - Three categories of the extracellular
compartment
Interstitial - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluid around the cells
Intravascular - CORRECT ANSWER - Fluid in the blood
Transcellular - CORRECT ANSWER - 3rd Spacing
Hypovolemia - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreased blood volume in vascular
Hypervolemia - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased blood volume in vascular
Dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreased fluid in the body as a whole
1. Skin
2. Kidneys
3. Lungs
4. GI - CORRECT ANSWER - Organs that determine water distribution
,1. Osmotic pressure
2. Hydrostatic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - 2 Forces that determine water
distribution
Hydrostatic Pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - Moves from higher to lower pressure;
pushes out of capillaries into tissue/body cavity
1. Gravity/Standing
2. CHF
3. Late pregnancy
4. HTN
5. Wearing girdles and hose - CORRECT ANSWER - Factors that cause increased
hydrostatic pressure
Osmotic pressure - CORRECT ANSWER - Water moves towards higher solute
Lymph nodes - CORRECT ANSWER - Extra fluid in the interstitial space is picked up by
the ___ and returned to the blood after being filtered
Nephrotic Syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER - kidneys are damaged, the protein albumin,
normally found in the blood, will leak into the urine
Burns - CORRECT ANSWER - Plasma proteins lost in the tissue. Water follows the
higher solute into the tissue, leading to massive edema
Cellular dehydration - CORRECT ANSWER - When the blood becomes hypertonic, and
draws fluid from the interstitial back into the vascular it causes what to happen to the cells
Shock - CORRECT ANSWER - Cellular dehydration can lead to ___
, Thirst - CORRECT ANSWER - Triggered when increased solute concentration in the
blood that is flowing through the hypothalamus
Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER - What part of the brain triggers thirst
Hypertonic blood - CORRECT ANSWER - Increased serum osmolality
Hypotonic blood - CORRECT ANSWER - Decreased serum osmolality
275-295 - CORRECT ANSWER - Normal osmolality
Hypertonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Serum osmolality of 300= ____ blood
Hypotonic - CORRECT ANSWER - Serum osmolality of 215= ____ blood
ADH (Anti-diuretic hormone) - CORRECT ANSWER - Also known as vasopressin
Increase BP and constricts blood vessels - CORRECT ANSWER - What is the role of
ADH?
Hypothalamus - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is ADH made ?
Posterior Pituitary - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is ADH release from?
Kidneys - CORRECT ANSWER - Where is ADH sent after its released?
Decreases - CORRECT ANSWER - Does ADH increase of decrease urine output?
