Fluid And Electrolyte Flashcards
Intracellular fluid
Fluid within the cells
Extracellular fluid
Vascular volume
Interstitial fluid
Between the vascular system and the actual cells
What part of the brain monitors blood osmolality?
Hypothalamus
What happens to osmolality as thirst is stimulated
Osmolality increases
When thirst increased BP…?
BP decreases
Blood osmolality
Blood concentration
Obligatory urine output
Minimum amount of irons needed to ride the body of waste products: 400-600 mL/day or 30 mL/hr
Order of fluid compartments
ICC
ISF
ECF
Osmotic pressure
Force that pulls water into the bloodstream from intracellular fluid to interstitial fluid (opposed hydrostatic pressure)
Hydrostatic pressure
Pushing force from the capillaries to the ISF bad ICF
Tonicity
Amount of solutes in a solution compared to in the bloodstream
Isotonic
Same tonicity as the cell (0.9% NaCl)
Use to increase BP
Hypotonic
Less tonicity causing cell swelling (0.45% NaCl)
Hypertonic
Greater tonicity than the cell and cells shrink (3 % NaCl)