Test Bank for Pathophysiology Chapter 02

Choose the correct proportion of water to body weight to be expected in a healthy male adult’s body: a. 30% b. 45% c. 60% d. 70% ANS: C 2. Choose the correct proportion of blood (to body weight) in an adult male’s body: a. 30% b. 20% c. 10% d. 4% ANS: D 3. Which of the following is NOT part of the extracellular fluid compartment (ECF)? a. Blood b. Cytoplasm c. Cerebrospinal fluid d. Transcellular fluid ANS: B 4. Insensible fluid loss refers to water lost through a. perspiration only. b. feces only. c. perspiration and expiration. d. urine and feces. ANS: C 5. The osmoreceptor cells controlling the thirst mechanism are located in the a. medulla oblongata. b. thalamus. c. epithalamus. d. hypothalamus. ANS: D 6. When the osmotic pressure of the blood is elevated above normal, water would shift from the a. blood into the cells. b. interstitial compartment into the cells. c. interstitial compartment into the blood. d. cells into the interstitial compartment. ANS: C 7. Which of the following would result from a deficit of plasma proteins? a. Increased osmotic pressure b. Decreased osmotic pressure c. Increased hydrostatic pressure d. Decreased hydrostatic pressure ANS: B 8. Which of the following would cause edema? a. Decreased capillary hydrostatic pressure b. Increased capillary osmotic pressure c. Decreased capillary permeability d. Increased capillary permeability ANS: D 9. Which of the following would likely be related to an elevated hematocrit reading? a. Fluid excess b. Fluid deficit c. Increased sodium level d. Decreased erythrocytes ANS: B 10. Which of the following is a typical sign of dehydration