water

Question 1

Water that has been vaporised and recondensed, leaving it free of minerals

Answer 1

distilled water

Question 2

On average, daily water losses total about 2 ½ litres. How much of this is passed as urine?

 a. 350mL  	
 b. 500 – 1400mL  	 
 c. 450 – 900mL  	
 d. 150mL

Answer 2

On average 500 – 1400mL is amount of fluid excreted from the kidneys each day

Question 3

Describe extracellular fluid

Answer 3

Extracellular fluid is a combination of interstitial and intravascular (plasma)

Question 4

What is the amount lost from the skin as sweat and evaporation?

Answer 4

450 – 900mL is the amount lost from the skin as sweat and evaporation

Question 5

Describe the fluid within the cell

Answer 5

Intracellular fluid is the fluid within a cell

Question 6

What is hard water?

Answer 6

Hard water is water with a high calcium and magnesium content

Question 7

What is water with a high calcium and magnesium content?

Answer 7

Water with a high calcium and magnesium content is called hard water

Question 8

What is the amount lost from the lungs as breath?

Answer 8

350mL is the amount lost from the lungs as breath

Question 9

What is artesian water?

Answer 9

Water drawn from a well that taps a confined aquifer in which the water is under pressure is referred to as artesian water.

Question 10

What is water drawn from a well that taps a confined aquifer in which the water is under pressure?

Answer 10

Artesian water is water drawn from a well that taps a confined aquifer in which the water is under pressure.

Question 11

What is soft water?

Answer 11

Water that is high in sodium or potassium is called soft water.

Question 12

What is water called, that is high in sodium or potassium?

Answer 12

Soft water is water that is high in sodium or potassium

Question 13

What amount of water is lost through the gastrointestinal trace (faeces)

Answer 13

150mL is the amount lost through the gastrointestinal trace (faeces)

Question 14

On average, daily water losses total about 2 ½ litres. How much of this is passed as urine?

Answer 14

On average 500 – 1400mL is the amount of fluid excreted from the kidneys each day.

Question 15

WHAT AM I IF THESE ARE MY FUNCTIONS?

• carries nutrients and waste products
• participates in metabolic reactions
• solvent for minerals, vitamins, amino acids, glucose and others
• lubricant and cushion around joints, inside the eyes, the spinal cord, and in amniotic fluid during pregnancy
• regulation of body temperature
• maintains blood volume.

Answer 15

Water:

• carries nutrients and waste products
• participates in metabolic reactions
• solvent for minerals, vitamins, amino acids, glucose and others
• lubricant and cushion around joints, inside the eyes, the - spinal cord, and in amniotic fluid during pregnancy
• regulation of body temperature
• maintains blood volume.

Question 16

Water functions:

Answer 16

WATER FUNCTIONS

• carries nutrients and waste products
• participates in metabolic reactions
• solvent for minerals, vitamins, amino acids, glucose and others
• lubricant and cushion around joints, inside the eyes, the - spinal cord, and in amniotic fluid during pregnancy
• regulation of body temperature
• maintains blood volume.

Question 17

Extracellular fluid - what is it made up of and what proportion of the body’s water dies ECF represent?

Answer 17

Extracellular fluid makes up 1/3 of body's water.
Extracellular fluid (outside the cells) has two components – the interstitial fluid and plasma.

Question 18

How much of the body’s water is ICF?

Answer 18

2/3

Question 19

Kidneys maintain fluid balance using ADH or aldosterone.

Answer 19

Kidneys maintain fluid balance using ADH

Question 20

Kidneys maintain electrolyte balance using ADH or aldosterone

Answer 20

Kidneys maintain electrolyte balance using aldosterone