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Question: Bone serves as a mineral reserve for which two ions?
Choices:
sodium and potassium
calcium and phosphate
chloride and bicarbonate
calcium and bicarbonate
Question: The largest amount of water leaves the body via ________.
Choices:
the GI tract
the skin as sweat
expiration
urine
Question: How soon after drinking a large glass of water will a person start increasing their urine output?
Choices:
5 minutes
30 minutes
1 hour
3 hours
Question: The largest amount of water comes into the body via ________.
Choices:
metabolism
foods
liquids
humidified air
Question: Electrolytes are lost mostly through ________.
Choices:
renal function
sweating
feces
respiration
Question: The major cation in intracellular fluid is ________.
Choices:
sodium
potassium
chloride
bicarbonate
Question: The major cation in extracellular fluid is ________.
Choices:
sodium
potassium
chloride
bicarbonate
Question: Solute contributes to the movement of water between cells and the surrounding medium by ________.
Choices:
osmotic pressure
hydrostatic pressure
Brownian movement
random motion
Question: Interstitial fluid (IF) is ________.
Choices:
the fluid in the cytosol of the cells
the fluid component of blood
the fluid that bathes all of the body's cells except for blood cells
the intracellular fluids found between membranes
Question: A cation has a(n) ________ charge.
Choices:
neutral
positive
alternating
negative
Question: Insensible water loss is water lost via ________.
Choices:
skin evaporation and in air from the lungs
urine
excessive sweating
vomiting or diarrhea