Chapter 26 - Fluid Loss Flashcards
What % of body weight is water?
45-75%
What % of body weight is water for the following groups: infants, men, women?
Infants 73%
Men 60%
Females 50%
Why do women have higher body weight water % than men>
Higher Fat Content
Less Skeletal Muscle Mass
What is the total water capacity of both fluid compartmnets?
40L
What is ICF? How much water does it account for?
Intracellular Fluid Compartment
Accounts for 2/3 or 25L of the body’s water
What is ECF?
Extracellular Fluid Compartment
About 1/3 or 15L
What are the 3 parts of ECF?
Plasma, 3L
Interstitial Fluid, 12L
Other
What are the “other” ECFs?
Lymph CSF Humors of Eye Synovial Fluid Serous Fluid Gastrointestinal Fluid
How many fluid compartments do we have?
2
What type of solvent is water?
Universal
What are the 2 solutes?
Electrolytes and Non-Electrolytes
What are electrolytes? Give examples
Have electric charge when dissolved in water
Dissociate in water
Inorganic Salts
Acids and Bases
Some Proteins
What are non-electrolytes? Give examples
Do not carry charge
glucose
lipids
creatine
urea
What are the major cation and anion for ECFs?
Anions - Cl-, HCO3-
Cations: Na+
What are the major cation and anion for ICFs?
Cations: K+
Anion: HPO4^2-
What is fluid movement driven by?
Osmotic and hydrostatic pressures
What is osmotic pressure?
Water’s willingness to move
What is hydrostatic pressure?
The “pushing” pressure
How does water move in osmosis?
Water moves to areas of low solute concentration
Is the 2-way flow of water possible within the body?
Yes, if solute concentration changes, water will move to even it out
What is the most significant source of water loss?
urine, accounts for 60% of loss
What are sources of water intake?
Beverage
Food
Metabolic Water
What are sources of water output?
Urine
Insensible water loss in skin and lungs
Perspiration
Feces
How does water input compare to output?
Equal, roughly 2500mL or 2L daily
Who regulates the intake of water?
Hypothalamic osmoreceptors, driven by thirst
What stimulates water intake?
Increase in plasma osmolarity by 2-3%
Increase in angiotensin II
Dry Mouth
Decrease in blood volume
How do we regulate water output?
Insensible water loss from lungs and skin due to evaporation
Feces
What is our minimum sensible loss in urine?
500mL to secrete waste
What effect does ADH have on water retention?
Causes aquaporins to be inserted into cell membrane of collecting ducts.
ADH saves water
How does water absorption in the collecting duct compare to ADH release?
They are proportional
What happens if you release LESS ADH?
Dilute urine and decreased body fluids
What happens if you release MORE ADH?
Concentrated Urine and increased body fluids
When is ADH release?
When ECF osmolarity is HIGH (concentrated blood)
What are other influencing factors that stimulate ADH release?
Fever Sweating Vomiting Diarrhea Blood Loss Traumatic Burns