Chapter 2 H20 and micronutrients

Question 0

Name 3 ways we can get water

Answer 0

1. Liquid
2. Food
3. Metabolic processes

Question 1

What happens to the plasma volume when you are sweating excessive?

Answer 1

The extracellular fluid lost through excessive sweating comes from your blood plasma ( mostly). So you lose plasma volume when you sweat.

Question 2

How does the body lose water?

Answer 2

1. Urine
2. Through the skin
3. Water vapor in exposed air
4. in feces

Question 3

How much water does an adult need per kcal of energy?

Answer 3

1 mL per Kcal of energy used.

Question 4

How does iron deficiency anemia affect the body’s capacity to exercise?

Answer 4

low iron impairs the body’s ability to transport oxygen and process it in energy transfer reactions.

Symptoms: loss of appetite, slugishness.

Review: Iron are important part of the hemoglobins on RBC where oxygen sticks to. Each hemogloblin has 4 iron sites ( need to verify this)