Circulation part one ten questions Flashcards
What are three fluid components of the body
Blood plasma
Interstitial fluid(surrounds every cell)
Cytosol
Blood plasma and interstitial fluid are connected and
Not the same
Blood plasma has more in it than interstitial fluid, this includes more
glucose, proteins, and amino acids
Oxygen
Interstitial fluid will eventually
return to the blood
What does interstitial fluid do after it returns to the blood?
becomes blood plasma and carries cellular waste and hormones etc back into the blood
blood plasma and interstitial fluid same
volume
Fluid compartments of blood plasma and interstitial fluid are at an
equilibrium state
As long as blood is moving plasma and interstitial fluid always change and maintain
homeostasis or equlibrium
Osmosis is the movement of water from a high concentration
to a low concentration
Diffusion is
movement of solutes in water