Electrolytes Flashcards
How much of total body weight (blood volume) is plasma?
4%
What is the range of total body water in % of weight? what causes the variance?
45-75%
dependable on sex, body fat, skeletal muscle, and age
what is the typical body water for males and females? (%wt)
male - 60%
femae - 50%
what is the %wt body water for a newborn, 1 year old, and adult?
nb - 75%
1yo - 65%
adult - 50%
where is the capillary membrane and what is its function?
between plasma and interstitial fluid
allows easy movement of electrolytes and water
where is the plasma (cell) membrane and what is its function?
located between interstitial fluid and intracellular fluid
limits movement of electrolytes through tightly regulated pumps/channels but allows free movement of water
What is the Na concentration in the plasma, interstitial, and intracellular? Also state for K, Ca, Cl, and HCO
Order from plasma to interstitial to intracellular:
Na: 140, 146, 12
K: 4, 5, 150 (only one higher intracellularly)
Ca: 5, 1, 10^-7
Cl: 103, 104, 3
HCO: 24, 27, 10
what occurs once ion gradients are established?
little ion movement between ECF to ICF
water moves easily across membranes based on osmotic forces
Na added to ECF - does not change amount in ICF, only ECF
What %body wt is intracellular fluid? extracellular?
intra - 40%
extra - 20%
what is ICF?
volume within cells that is very tightly controlled
most ICF located in skeletal muscle
what is ECF?
volume not within cells that isn’t as tightly controlled
What causes water and solute movement between plasma and interstitium?
starling forces
What is Pc?
hydrostatic pressure in capillary that increases with incr. venous pressure (leads to edema)
what is pii?
oncotic (colloid) pressure in interstitium
what is Pi?
hydrostatic pressure in interstitium
what is pic?
oncotic pressure of plasma early in capillary
what are the relative pressure measurements for the following: Pc pii Pi pic
Pc = 37-20mmHg pii = 0mmHg Pi = 1mmHg pic = 25mmHg
where do preload and afterload occur?
after - in artery after left ventricle (arterial resistance)
pre - in veins before right atrium (venous return)
where do preload and afterload occur?
after - in artery after left ventricle (arterial resistance)
pre - in veins before right atrium (venous return)
what is hypertension in terms of preload and afterload?
increase in afterload
what is the difference between left sided and right sided heart failure?
left: blood backs up in lungs (drowning feeling - could be life threatening)
right: blood backs up in periphery (edema)
what on the cell maintains ICF solute/electrolyte levels?
Na/K ATPase
what drives water movement?
difference in osmolality