Pathophysiology Daily Quiz 1 Flashcards
The cellular chemicals that irritate pain receptors to warn the body of injury are _____
Bradykinins
The cellular chemicals that trigger the cycle of changes that begin the inflammatory response are known as _____
Prostaglandins
The four basic types of tissue include epithelial, connective, muscle, and ____ tissue.
Nervous
The types of muscle tissues are striated (skeletal), smooth, and involuntary striated (_____) muscle
Cardiac
Mechanical cells that respond to changes in pressure are known as ____.
Baroreceptors
Mechanical cells that respond to changes in temperature are known as _____ receptor cells.
Thermal
Intracellular fluids account for ___% of total body water.
75
Fluid outside the cells and outside the vascular space, which includes special fluids such as CSF and intra-ocular fluids, is known as ____ fluid.
Interstitial
Total body water accounts for ____% of body weight in a normal adult
60
Total body water accounts for ____% of the body weight of a newborn
80
The movement of water across a semipermeable membrane from low solute concentration to high solute concentration is known as ____
Osmosis
Membranes that allow water to pass freely but restrict solute movement based on size, shape, electrical charge, or other chemical properties are called _____ membranes
Semipermeable
Severe net movement of water out of the cell can cause the cell to shrink or ____ and lead possibly to cell death
Crenate
If a living cell is placed in a solution with a higher solute concentration than the cell, the solution is then considered ____ as opposed to the cell.
Hypertonic
An ion with a positive charge is known as a ____
Cation
