Blood 1 and 2 Lectures Flashcards
What percent of the body is water, minerals, proteins, and fats?
water: 60%
minerals: 7%
proteins: 18%
fats: 15%
What physical properties make water ideal for transport?
It has a high specific heat (it can absorb energy without changing the temperature much), and it povides lubrication.
What are the 2 main fluid compartments?
Intracellular fluid (inside the cells)
extracelluar fluid (plasma + interstisial fluid)
How do you calculate total body water of a person?
It is 60% of the body weight
Intracellular fluid is what percent of body weight?
40%
The extracellular portion of body fluid is ____% of the body weight, and it is split into 2 subsections, interstisial fluid and plasma. IF is __% of the ECF volume and plasma is __% of the ECF volume.
20%
80%
20%
The interstisial fluid has a _____ consistency.
Gel-like
The composition of interstisial fluid depends on ______, meaning the fluid ______ in different tissues.
the exchanges between the cells in the specific tissue, has a different composition
In terms of ionic composition in the ECF and the ICF, what are the most abundant ions in each?
ECF: mostly Na+ and Cl-
ICF: mostly K+ and PO4 3-
What role does sodium play in tissue fluids?
It controls the extra cellular volume and water distribution: changes in Na+ will change the plasma volume, blood pressure, etc.
What are the mjaor ways that we intake water?
Drinking it (60%)
Food (30%)
Metabolism (10%)
What are the major ways we excrete water?
Urine (60%)
Skin and lungs (28%0
Sweat (8%)
Feces (4%)
What are the two driving forces that cause water to move in the body?
Osmotic pressure and hydrostatic pressure
Why is hydrostatic pressure not a driving force for movement across cell membranes in animals?
Because hydrostatic pressure is the pressure of a fluid exerted on its container, and since animal cell membranes are flexible, it has no effect
What is a good definition for osmosis?
The movement of water across a membrane down its concentration gradient
The solution with the _____ number of particles will have the highest osmotic pressure.
Highest
Osmotic pressure is:
the amount of hydrostatic pressure that will prevent omsosis from moving water from high to low concentration across a cell membrane
Osmolarity is maintained at around _____
280-300 mOsm
What is molar concentration?
The amount of moles per unit volume. If you have 1mol per 1L of water, that would be 1 M
What is osmotic concentration?
It is a measurement of the solute concentration, in osmols per unit volume. So 1 osmol per 1 L is 1 osmolar
Osmolarity is decided by the _____ of the solute and not the size, charge, shape, or molecular weight.
concentration
Why is fat not a good conductor or electricity?
It is anhydrous (no water content)