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