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What factors determine the water weight? ANS>> Infants have greater water
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Women have lower water weight n, n, n, n,
n, Obese people have lower water
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After age 60 water content drops to about 45%
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Skin is n, n, so it snaps right back ANS>> Elastic
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Why would skin elasticity to go down? ANS>> Decrease in interstitial fluid
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What is ECF? ANS>> Extracellular fluid
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Fluid outside of the cell
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Either interstitial (in between tissues) or intravascular (within the vessel)
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What is ICF? ANS>> Intracellular fluid
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,Fluid within or inside the cell
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What is the average water weight for young males?
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What is the average water weight for young females? ANS>> For males it is 60%
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For females it is 50%
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What electrolytes are considered cations?
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What type of charge does a cation have? ANS>> Sodium, potassium, calcium, and
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magnesium are cations n, n,
n, Cations have positive charges
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What electrolytes are considered anions?
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What type of charge does a anion have? ANS>> Chloride, bicarbonate, and
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phosphate are anions n, n,
Anions have a negative charge
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What electrolytes are ICF? ECF? ANS>> IntraCF electrolytes - (2+/1-) - generally
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• Potassium - K+ permeates cell membranes n, n, n, n, n,
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, • Phosphate - P- (aka phosphate) n, n, n, n,
• Magnesium - Mg+ n, n,
ExtraCF electrolytes - (2+/2-) (generally larger numbers
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• Sodium - Na+ n, n,
• Chloride - Cl- n, n,
• Calcium - Ca+ n, n,
• Bicarbonate - HCO3 n, n,
Osmolality measures n, n,
Osmolarity measures n, n, ANS>> Kilograms n,
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What are the normal levels of sodium in the blood? ANS>> 135 - 145 mEq/L
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What is the main ECF cation? ANS>> Na+
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What does sodium do for you? ANS>> Controls body water distribution and
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governs osmolarity (solute to water ratio)
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