Fluids and Electrolyte Balance

Blood plasma is located in which of the following fluid compartments?

• Intracellular fluid (ICF)

• Interstitial fluid

• Extracellular fluid (ECF)

• Intravascular fluid

The elderly patients are at a higher risk for developing dehydration because they have a(n):

• Higher total body water volume

• Increase in thirst

• Decreased muscle mass

• Increased tendency towards developing edema

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For a patient experiencing metabolic acidosis, the body will compensate by

• Excreting H+ through the kidneys

• Hyperventilating

• Retaining CO2 in the lungs

• Secreting aldosterone

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Choose the incorrect facts about Potassium

• Major cation of extracellular fluid

• Major cation of intracellular fluid

• Major anion of intracellular fluid

• Can easily consumed by eating banana

Hypernatremia happend due to all the list below, except

• Excess water intake

• Diabetes insipidus

• Sweating

• Burns

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Major cation in the extracellular space

• Sodium

• Calcium

• Potassium

• Magnesium

Major cation in the intracellular space

• Sodium

• Calcium

• Potassium

• Chloride

When blood starts to become too acidic, the kidneys respond by

• ynthesizing and secreting bicarbonate ions while reabsorbing H⁺.

• synthesizing and reabsorbing bicarbonate ions while secreting H⁺.

• increasing filtration rate and increasing reabsorption of H⁺.

• synthesizing and reabsorbing H⁺ while filtering bicarbonate ions.

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If someone begins to hyperventilate due to anxiety, the CO₂ concentration in their blood decreases; this causes __________ in blood pH.

• an increase

• a decrease

• no change

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Cerebrospinal fluid of the central nervous system and synovial fluid of joint capsules are both examples of

• intracellular fluid.

• transellular fluid.

• interstitial fluid.

• intravascular fluid.