Fluid And Electrolyte/Acid-Base Imbalances Flashcards
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What two compartments is body fluid located?
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Intracellular space: 2/3, primarily located skeletal muscle
extracellular space: 1/3, interstitial, intravascular, transcellular fluid spaces
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Approximately what percentage of weight of typical adult consist of fluid?
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60%
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Intravascular space
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- fluid within blood vessels
- contains plasma
- 3.5 L of 6 L of blood
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Interstitial space
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- fluid between cells, tissues, organs, blood vessels,
- totals 10 L in adult
- lymph fluid
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Transcellular space
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- smallest division
- 1L
- examples: cerebrospinal, pericardial, synovial
