NUR 1175 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid Base Imbalances
- What are two things that can stimulate ADH?
Answer
- increased serum osmolality
- decreased blood volume
- True or False
Albumin acts like a magnet to attract water and hold it inside the blood vessel
Answer
True
- How does fluid move through capillaries?
Answer
When hydrostatic pressure builds inside a capillary, it forces fluids and solutes out through the capillary walls into the interstitial fluid.
- What is reabsorption?
Answer
a process that prevents too much fluid from leaving the capillaries no matter how much hydrostatic pressure exists within the capillaries 1 / 2
- What is osmosis?
Answer
fluid moves passively from areas w/ more fluid (and fewer solutes) to areas w/ less fluid (and more solutes).
- What is the difference between diffusion and osmosis?
Answer
In diffusion, solutes move, whereas in osmosis, fluids move
- What is active transport?
Answer
when energy from ATP moves solutes from an area of lower concentration to and area of higher concentration
- What is diffusion?
Answer
The movement of particles from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration until the concentration is equal in both areas.
- To help the body maintain a balance of sodium and water as well as a healthy blood volume
and bp, special cells secrete and enzyme called
Answer
renin
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