1. Test Bank for Pathophysiology Chapter 02
2. Choose58the58correct58proportion58of58water58to58body58weight58to58be58expected58in58a5
8healthy58male58adult’s58body:
a. 30%
b. 45%
c. 60%
d. 70%
ANS:5 8 C
3. Choose58the58correct58proportion58of58blood58(to58body58weight)58in58an58adult58male’s58body:
a. 30%
b. 20%
c. 10%
d. 4%
ANS:5 8 D
4. Which58of58the58following58is58NOT58part58of58the58extracellular58fluid58compartment58(ECF)?
a. Blood
b. Cytoplasm
c. Cerebrospinal58fluid
d. Transcellular58fluid
ANS:5 8 B
5. Insensible58fluid58loss58refers58to58water58lost58through
a. perspiration58only.
b. feces58only.
c. perspiration58and58expiration.
d. urine58and58feces.
ANS:5 8 C
6. The58osmoreceptor58cells58controlling58the58thirst58mechanism58are58located58in58the
a. medulla58oblongata.
b. thalamus.
c. epithalamus.
d. hypothalamus.
ANS:5 8 D
7. When58the58osmotic58pressure58of58the58blood58is58elevated58above58normal,58water58would58s
hift58from58the
a. blood58into58the58cells.
b. interstitial58compartment58into58the58cells.
c. interstitial58compartment58into58the58blood.
, d. cells58into58the58interstitial58compartment.
ANS:5 8 C
8. Which58of58the58following58would58result58from58a58deficit58of58plasma58proteins?
a. Increased58osmotic58pressure
b. Decreased58osmotic58pressure
c. Increased58hydrostatic58pressure
d. Decreased58hydrostatic58pressure
ANS:5 8 B
9. Which58of58the58following58would58cause58ede
ma?
a. Decreased58capillary58hydrostatic58pressure
b. Increased58capillary58osmotic58pressure
c. Decreased58capillary58permeability
d. Increased58capillary58permeability
ANS:5 8 D
10. Which58of58the58following58would58likely58be58related58to58an58elevated58hematocrit58reading?
a. Fluid58excess
b. Fluid58deficit
c. Increased58sodium58level
d. Decreased58erythrocytes
ANS:5 8 B
11. Which58of58the58following58is58a58typical58sign58of58dehydration?
a. Rapid,58strong58pulse
b. Low58hematocrit
c. Increased58urine58output
d. Rough58oral58mucosa
ANS:5 8 D
12. Which58of58the58following58terms58refers58to58a58combination58of58decreased58circulating58bl
ood58volume58combined58with58excess58fluid58in58a58body58cavity?
a. Dehydration
b. Third-spacing
c. Hypovolemia
d. Water58retention
ANS:5 8 B
13. Which58of58the58following58is58the58primary58cation58in58the58extracellular58fluid?
a. Sodium
b. Potassium
c. Calcium
d. Iron
ANS:5 8 A
2. Choose58the58correct58proportion58of58water58to58body58weight58to58be58expected58in58a5
8healthy58male58adult’s58body:
a. 30%
b. 45%
c. 60%
d. 70%
ANS:5 8 C
3. Choose58the58correct58proportion58of58blood58(to58body58weight)58in58an58adult58male’s58body:
a. 30%
b. 20%
c. 10%
d. 4%
ANS:5 8 D
4. Which58of58the58following58is58NOT58part58of58the58extracellular58fluid58compartment58(ECF)?
a. Blood
b. Cytoplasm
c. Cerebrospinal58fluid
d. Transcellular58fluid
ANS:5 8 B
5. Insensible58fluid58loss58refers58to58water58lost58through
a. perspiration58only.
b. feces58only.
c. perspiration58and58expiration.
d. urine58and58feces.
ANS:5 8 C
6. The58osmoreceptor58cells58controlling58the58thirst58mechanism58are58located58in58the
a. medulla58oblongata.
b. thalamus.
c. epithalamus.
d. hypothalamus.
ANS:5 8 D
7. When58the58osmotic58pressure58of58the58blood58is58elevated58above58normal,58water58would58s
hift58from58the
a. blood58into58the58cells.
b. interstitial58compartment58into58the58cells.
c. interstitial58compartment58into58the58blood.
, d. cells58into58the58interstitial58compartment.
ANS:5 8 C
8. Which58of58the58following58would58result58from58a58deficit58of58plasma58proteins?
a. Increased58osmotic58pressure
b. Decreased58osmotic58pressure
c. Increased58hydrostatic58pressure
d. Decreased58hydrostatic58pressure
ANS:5 8 B
9. Which58of58the58following58would58cause58ede
ma?
a. Decreased58capillary58hydrostatic58pressure
b. Increased58capillary58osmotic58pressure
c. Decreased58capillary58permeability
d. Increased58capillary58permeability
ANS:5 8 D
10. Which58of58the58following58would58likely58be58related58to58an58elevated58hematocrit58reading?
a. Fluid58excess
b. Fluid58deficit
c. Increased58sodium58level
d. Decreased58erythrocytes
ANS:5 8 B
11. Which58of58the58following58is58a58typical58sign58of58dehydration?
a. Rapid,58strong58pulse
b. Low58hematocrit
c. Increased58urine58output
d. Rough58oral58mucosa
ANS:5 8 D
12. Which58of58the58following58terms58refers58to58a58combination58of58decreased58circulating58bl
ood58volume58combined58with58excess58fluid58in58a58body58cavity?
a. Dehydration
b. Third-spacing
c. Hypovolemia
d. Water58retention
ANS:5 8 B
13. Which58of58the58following58is58the58primary58cation58in58the58extracellular58fluid?
a. Sodium
b. Potassium
c. Calcium
d. Iron
ANS:5 8 A
