Fluid Blanance, Water, and alcohol (C.8)

Question 1

Define fluid?

Answer 1

A substance composed of molecules that moves freely.

Question 2

How are fluids characterized?

Answer 2

By their ability to conform to the shape of whatever holds them.

Question 3

What is the main component of all fluids?

Answer 3

Water.

Question 4

Where is most of the body fluid aka (intracellular fluid) hidden?

Answer 4

Within our cells.

Question 5

What is extra cellular fluid?

Answer 5

Fluid that flows outside the cells.

Question 6

How many functions does body fluid have?

Answer 6

Four.

Question 7

List four ways body fluids function within the human body.

Answer 7

1. ) Fluid dissolve and transport substances.
2. ) Fluid account for blood volume.
3. ) Fluid help maintain body temperature.
4. ) Fluid protect and lubricate body tissues.

Question 8

What are solvents?

Answer 8

The capability of dissolving a variety of substances.

Question 9

What is blood volume?

Answer 9

The amount of fluid in the blood.

Question 10

What are two factors that cools the power of fluids?

Answer 10

1. ) It takes a lot of external energy to raise the temperature of water.
2. ) Body fluids are the body primary coolant.

Question 11

What part of the brain make a person thirsty?

Answer 11

The hypothalamus.

Question 12

What is thirst mechanism?

Answer 12

A groups of cells that makes people feel thirsty.

Question 13

What two sources of fluid the body needs each day comes from?

Answer 13

1. ) From dietary foods and beverages.

2. ) Metabolic water.

Question 14

What is metabolic water?

Answer 14

The by~product of the body’s breakdown of fat, carbohydrates, and protein.

Question 15

List four ways the body lose fluids?

Answer 15

1.) Urine.
2.) Feces.
3.) Evaporation.
4,) Exhalation.

Question 16

Define the term diuretic.

Answer 16

Substances that increase fluid loss via the urine—can result in dangerously excessive fluid loss

Question 17

What are two common causes for diuretics?

Answer 17

1. ) Alcohol.

2. ) High blood pressure meds.

Question 18

What age group of people infants likely to become dehydrated?

Answer 18

Infants.

Question 19

Why are infants at high risk of dehydration?

Answer 19

Because, a larger proportion of their body weight is water.

Question 20

What is heatstroke?

Answer 20

A failure of the body’s heat-regulating mechanism.

Question 21

List three roles of a heat stroke?

Answer 21

1. ) Environment.
2. ) Clothing.
3. ) Body size can all play a role

Question 22

What is water intoxication?

Answer 22

Over-hydration.

Question 23

What are four popular beverages?

Answer 23

1. ) Milk and milk substitutes
2. ) Energy drinks
3. ) Tea
4. ) Hot beverages containing coffee

Question 24

Name three reasons energy drinks are dangerous?

Answer 24

1. ) contain such high levels of caffeine
2. ) Can be consumed fast.
3. ) Significant amount of added sugar.

Question 25

What is alkaline water?

Answer 25

Raises PH balances by using electrolytes to separate incoming water into acidic and alkaline.

Question 26

How much alcohol is safe to drink?

Answer 26

.

Question 27

What is proof?

Answer 27

A measure of the alcohol content of a liquid.

Question 28

How is alcohol classified?

Answer 28

Drinks per day.

Question 29

Why does alcohol cause an increase in water loss?

Answer 29

Because alcohol is a diuretic.

Question 30

Name three health benefits moderate alcohol has on the body?

Answer 30

1. ) Protective HDL-cholesterol.
2. ) Lowers harmful LDL-cholesterol concentrations.
3. ) Reduces the risk for clot formation in the arteries.

Question 31

List four alcohol beverages that contains health benefits for moderate drinkers?

Answer 31

1. ) red wine.
2. ) white wine.
3. ) distilled spirits.
4. ) beer.

Question 32

What is binge drinking?

Answer 32

The consumption of 5 or more alcoholic drinks on one occasion.

Question 33

What is alcohol posing?

Answer 33

depresses the areas of the brain that regulate breathing and cardiac function, resulting in respiratory and heart failure, then death.

Question 34

What is chronic alcohol abuse?

Answer 34

Excessive intake over a period of several months to years.

Question 35

What does chronic alcohol abuse do to the body?

Answer 35

impairs brain function in a number of ways, and damage the liver.

Question 36

What is Cirrhosis of the liver?

Answer 36

A chronic condition that develops after many years of alcohol abuse.

Question 37

Name three things that happens to the body when it has Cirrhosis of the liver?

Answer 37

1. ) scarring of liver tissue.
2. ) impaired blood flow through the liver.
3. ) a life-threatening decline in liver function.

Question 38

What is fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)?

Answer 38

The range of effects that can occur in the child of a woman who drinks during pregnancy.

Question 39

What is Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)?

Answer 39

is the most severe form of FASD.

Question 40

What are the symptoms of Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)?

Answer 40

malformations of the face, limbs, heart, and nervous systems.

Question 41

List 5 problems new borns have that survive Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)

Answer 41

1. ) emotional problems.
2. ) behavioral problems.
3. ) social problems.
4. ) learning problems.
5. ) developmental problems.

Question 42

List 3 symptoms babies experience when alcohol passes into their mother’s breast.

Answer 42

1. ) can make the baby sleepy.
2. ) depress its central nervous system.
3. ) over time, slow the child’s motor development.