Module 7 - Electrolytes

Question 1

Electrolytes

Answer 1

chemicals or nutrients present in the body’s fluid compartments and have important functions

Question 2

What do electrolytes do?

Answer 2

regulate fluid volume, regulate cardiac contractions, and provide stimulation to skeletal muscles that allow for movement

Question 3

Where is sodium found

Answer 3

in extracellular fluid compartments (plasma and interstitial fluid)

Question 4

Where is chloride found

Answer 4

in extracellular fluid compartments (plasma and interstitial fluid)

Question 5

Where is calcium found?

Answer 5

in ECF, ingested in foods and milk products, stored in bones as well

Question 6

what hormones control calcium? and what else influences calcium levels?

Answer 6

Parathyroid hormone and calcitonin
Vitamin D and phosphate ions

Question 7

what mineral typically follows sodium

Answer 7

chloride

Question 8

how does the body get potassium?

Answer 8

Ingested through food, stored in bone and plasma proteins

Question 9

What direction does the potassium sodium pump move each respective particle?

Answer 9

sodium out of the cell and potassium into the cell

Question 10

How do humans get magnesium?

Answer 10

they ingest it in their food and 50% is stored in bones

Question 11

Serum levels of magnesium are closely related to serum levels of …

Answer 11

potassium and calcium