REGULATION OF WATER AND ELECTROLYTE LEVELS IN INTRACELLULAR FLUID (ICF) Flashcards
What plays a critical role in regulating ICF composition?
Plasma membrane
True/False
IF and ICF hydrostatic and colloid pressures regulate water transfer between ECF and ICF
True
True/False
colloid osmotic pressures are chief regulators of blood transfer across cell membranes, and these are directly related to the electrolyte concentration gradients maintained across cell membranes
False
colloid osmotic pressures are chief regulators of WATER transfer across cell membranes, and these are directly related to the electrolyte concentration gradients maintained across cell membranes
In a hypertonic solution a cell shrinks by osmosis because H2O leaves the cell. What is this called?
Crenation
In a hypotonic solution a cell swells and bursts because osmosis causes too much H2O to enter the cell. What is this called?
Lysis