Entorno Socioeconomico y Politico De Mexico

Andrea Stephania Collazo Esparza

Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance: Introduction to Body Fluids

1. a. Where are fluids absorbed? Into the plasma in the intestine

b. Whereare excess fluids and electrolytes lost? kidneys
2. Name four of the six functions of water.
a.Temperature regulation
b.Lubricant
c.Transport
d.Solvent
3. A. The amount ofwater in the body depends on the amount of ages.
B. From the CD, list the person with the highest and lowest percentage of water and give the percentage.
1. Highest new born 73%2. Lowest woman 40%
4. List the three fluid compartments and the percentage of total body water in each.
A. intracellular 62%
B. interstitial fluid 30%
C. plasma fluid 8%
5.Give an example of each of the following solutes:
a. Ions/electrolytes: proteins
b. Colloids: proteins
c. Nonelectrolytes: glucose
6. List the major extracellular and intracellularcations and anions
a. Extracellular Cations: sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium
Anions: chloride, bicarbonate, phosphates, sulfate, organic acids, protein

b. IntracellularCations: sodium, potassium, magnesium
Anions: phosphates, proteins
7. Within a fluid compartment, the total number of positive charges
must be equal to the total number ofnegative charges.
8. Name four of the seven functions given for electrolytes:
a. cofactors for enzymes
b. muscle contraction
c. osmosis
d. acid/base balance
9. Osmosis: When moresolute particles are added to one side of a container with a selectively permeable membrane, which way will the water move? It will be hypertonic
10. What happens to a patient’s red bloodcells when the following solutions are given:
a. Hypotonic solution it will expand
b. Hypertonic solution it will shrink or crenate
c. Isotonic solution the volume will remain constant