Body Fluids and Blood

Question 1

What are the 3 main fluid compartments?

Answer 1

Blood (technically plasma)
Intracellular
Interstitial

Question 2

What is interstitial fluid?

Answer 2

Fluid that surrounds cellls

Question 3

What is the extracellular space?

Answer 3

Plasma Volume

Interstitial Space

Question 4

What are compartments?

Answer 4

Physiological collections of organs and tissues containing water- divided by cell membranes

Question 5

What are some examples of other fluid compartments?

Answer 5

CSF
Aqueous and vitreous humours of the eye
Synovial fluid
Amniotic fluid
GI tract secretions
Lymph

Question 6

What space are transcellular fluids part of?

Answer 6

Extracellular fluid

Question 7

What is the dilution method?

Answer 7

Add known amount of substance to unknown volume

Measure conc in grams per litre

Question 8

What is the dilution methods used for?

Answer 8

To measure fluid compartments

Question 9

What is the interstitial space?

Answer 9

ECS-Plasma Volume

Question 10

What is the intracellular space?

Answer 10

TBW-ECS

Question 11

What constituents body fluids?

Answer 11

Ions in solution
Proteins
Dissolved gases,nutrients,metabolites
Cells in blood

Question 12

What is the ionic composition of extra and intracellular fluids?

Answer 12

Sodium ions
Chloride ions
Potassium ions

Question 13

What is the osmolality of ICF and ECF?

Answer 13

Equal

Question 14

What controls Plasma volume?

Answer 14

Osmolarity of plasma