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1
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Isovolemia

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Constant volume

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2
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Isotonia

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Constant osmotic pressure

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3
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Isoionia

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Constant ion composition

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4
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Isohydria

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Constant pH

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5
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The ‘flickering cluster’ is used to describe…

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The quarternary order of water

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7
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What are the most important functions of water?

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  1. Solvent; a medium for reactions
  2. Source of osmotic forces
  3. Comparment and form
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8
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Give the water content of blood

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90%

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9
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Give the water content of liver, muscle and brain

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70-75%

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10
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Give the water content of bone

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25%

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11
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Give the water content of fat

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10%

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12
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Give the barriers separating compartments

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Cell membranes

Capillary walls

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13
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Cell membrane

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  • Permeable for water without restriction
  • Selective for every other substance
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14
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Capillary wall

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  • Retains colloids
  • Permeable for every other substances
  • >50,000 daltons cannot pass through capillary wall
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15
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Which parts of the membrane determine transport?

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  • Lipid double layer
  • Complex proteins:
    • Receptors
    • Enzymes
    • Carriers
    • Channels
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16
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What are the types of membrane transport?

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  • Passive transport:
    • Simple diffusion
    • Facilitated diffusion
  • Active transport:
    • From direct energy source
    • From indirect energy source
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17
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What is the ratio of extracellular water to intracellular water in the body?

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18
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Total body water (TBW) =

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Extracellular compartment + Intracellular compartment

600-650 ml/bwkg

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20
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What are the subcompartments of the EC space?

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  • Intravasal (circulation)
  • Tissues (interstitial)
  • Transcellular (seperated by epithelial cell layers)
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21
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Give examples of transcellular extracellular subcompartments

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  1. Synovial fluid
  2. Aqueus humour
  3. Glandular discharges
  4. Urinary bladder contents
  5. Gastrointestinal tract
  6. Rumen
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22
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Intravascular water is divided into…

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  • Plasma water
  • Blood cells
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23
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Interstitium water is split into…

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  • Soft tissues
  • Fibrous connective tissue
  • Bone tissue
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24
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What proportion of body water is in plasma water?

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45 ml/bwkg

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25
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What proportion of body water is in blood cells?

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35 ml/bwkg

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26
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What proportion of body water is in soft tissue?

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120-150 ml/bwkg

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27
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What proportion of body water is in bone tissue?

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45 ml/bwkg

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28
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What proportion of body water is in fibrous connective tissue?

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45 ml/bwkg

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29
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What proportion of water is in the Interstitium?

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250 ml/bwkg

30
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What proportion of water is in the Trancellular compartment?

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15 ml/bwkg

31
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When measuring the EC compartment by dilution principle, what are the two phases of dilution of indicator in the extracellular space?

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  • Quickly equilibrating space
    • Fast (0.5 - 1 hour)
    • Bloody plasma
    • Interstitium
    • Lymph
  • Slowly equilibrating space
    • Uniform distribution (8-10 hours later)
    • Bone
    • Transcellular space
32
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What is the formula for Stewart dilution principle in a living organism?

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  • S = Substance*
  • C0 = Calculated original concentration*
  • V = Volume*
33
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Give the graph for the Stewart dilution principle

34
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The intracellular compartment is considered to be…

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Uniform

even though it contains a number of small compartments

35
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What is the green arrow indicating?

36
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What does this graph show?

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Concentration of indicator with time

Shows EC fluid distribution from the compartment at differnet rates

37
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What is the green arrow indicating?

38
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What is the green arrow indicating?

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Slow excretion

39
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What is used to quantify volume of the EC space?

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Sterwart dilution principle

42
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How does the concentraion of indicater change in a living organism?

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It decreases constantly

  • Permeate barriers
  • Metabolised
  • Excreted by kidney, lung or skin
46
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Extrapolation of the concentration/time graph allows…

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Extrapolation of data to calculate the C0

47
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What is assessment of total body water based on?

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Dilution principle:

  • 3H2O
  • 2H2O
  • Antipirina
  • Urea
  • Thiourea
48
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What is exsciccation?

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Dessiccation until a constant mass is reached

at 105°C

49
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“in vivo”

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“Within the living”

50
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What does the green arrow show?

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Fast distribution

C0 (f)

shows the volume of the soft tissues

51
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What does the green arrow show?

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Slow distribution

C0 (s)

Shows the volume of the soft plus fibrous tissues

52
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What does the green arrow show?

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Late distribution

C0 (l)

Shows the volume of the soft, fibrous and bone tissues

53
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Formula to calculate density

54
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Density of bone

55
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Density of soft tissue

56
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Density of fat

57
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As % fat in the body increases, TBW…

58
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How is quantification of the EC compartment measured?

A

Substances observed diffusing accross the capillary wall

These do not cross the cell membrane

59
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Which substances are suitable for Quantification of the EC compartment?

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  • Inulin
  • Mannitol
  • Sacharose
  • Isotopes of EC ions
    • Na+
    • Cl-
    • Br-
63
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How can the intravascular compartment be quantified?

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Substances do not cross the capillary wall

Do not cross the cell membrane

64
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Which substances are suitable for measuring the proprotion of body water in plasma?

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In albumin, globulin or fibrinogen:

  • Evans blue
  • 131 v. 125 iodine
65
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Quantity of Intracellular component =

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Total Body Water - Extracellular Compartment

66
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Quantity of Interstitial volume =

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Extracellular volume - Intravasal volume

67
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Symptoms of Isoosmotic hypovolemia

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  • Hemorrage
  • Burn
  • Vomiting
  • Diarrhoea
68
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Symptoms of Hyperosmotic hypovolemia

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  • Hydropenia: Decreased intake
  • Increased loss
  • Increased evapouration
  • Diabetes insipidus
69
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Symptoms of Hypoosmotic hypovolemia

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  • Decreased salt intake
  • Primary salt loss
  • Sweating
  • Hypoadrenocorticalismus (Salt loss through kidney)
70
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Give the three types of dehydration/hypovolemia

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  1. Isoosmotic hypovolemia
  2. Hyperosmotic hypovolemia
  3. Hypoosmotic hypovolemia
71
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Give the three types of Hyperhydration/Hypervolemia

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  1. Isoosmotic hypervolemia
  2. Hyperosmotic hypervolemia
  3. Hypoosmotic hypervolemia
72
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Symptoms of Isoosmotic hypervolemia

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  • Oedema
  • Overdose physiological saline
    • per os (through mouth)
    • Parenterally
73
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Give the symptoms of Hyperosmotic hypervolemia

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Hyperosmotic fluid intake orally or parenterally

74
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Symptoms of Hypoosmotic hypervolemia

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  • Exaggerated water uptake
  • Water retention in the kidney (ADH overproduction)
75
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Time taken for IC and EC isoosmosis to form

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30 minutes

76
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Time taken for isovolemia to restore

77
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‘Milieu interieur’

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  • “The living organism does not live in an outer environment but in its own fluid environment”*
  • Claude Bernard

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