Body Fluids And Blood

Question 1

What % is intracellular fluid?

Answer 1

40

Question 2

What % is interstitial fluid?

Answer 2

15

Question 3

What % is plasma space volume fluid?

Answer 3

5

Question 4

How many litres is intracellular fluid

Answer 4

23 l

Question 5

How many litres is extra cellular fluid

Answer 5

19

Question 6

How to measure plasma volume?

Answer 6

Somthing that doesn’t cross capillaries:
Evans blue
Labelled insulin
Albumin

Question 7

How to measure ecs volume?

Answer 7

Something that doesn’t enter the cell easily:
Na
Sucrose

Question 8

How to measure total body water?

Answer 8

3h20

Question 9

Difference between osmolarity and osmolality?

Answer 9

Osmolarity- 1 osmolarity per litre

Osmolality- 1 osmolarity per kg, total no of ions in solution

Question 10

What’s the osmolarity of plasma?

Answer 10

290 moms/litre

Question 11

What is crystaloid osmotic pa?

Answer 11

Small diffusable ions, na, cl

Question 12

What are the different plasma proteins and how much of each is present?

Answer 12

1- albumin: 48g/litre
2-alpha, beta, gamma globulins: 0.7 -13g/l each
3-fibrinogen: 3G/litre

Question 13

What’s the purpose of fibrinogen?

Answer 13

Heamestatsis

Question 14

What’s the purpose of the globulins?

Answer 14

Transport
Heamostasis
Immune system

Question 15

What’s the purpose of albumin?

Answer 15

Plasma oncotic pa
Transport
Buffering

Question 16

What are the 3 main compositions of blood cells and what are their numbers?

Answer 16

1- erythrocytes: male 5.5 female 4.8 x10^12
2- leaucocytes 4-11 x10^9
3-platelets 150 - 400 x10^9

Question 17

What are the average hb levels of males and females?

Answer 17

Male - 160gg/litre

Female - 1400g/l