Electrolytes and Body Fluids — Flashcards

ECF volume _____ produces a(n) increase in capillary hydrostatic pressure (Pc)

ECF volume _____ produces a(n) decrease in capillary oncotic pressure (C)

Capillary fluid transudation results in clinically apparent edema when the _____ has risen sufficiently to overwhelm the resorptive capacity of tissue lymphatics

Values of _____ and ICF cannot be measured directly

Volume _____ refers to a decrease in ECF volume

ECF volume _____ produces a(n) increase in capillary oncotic pressure (C)

The _____ is a circumventricular organ that senses changes in serum osmolarity

Adrenal insufficiency is a cause of _____-osmotic volume contraction

The major cation of _____ fluid is Na+

_____ ,125I-iothalamate, Thiosulfate and Inulin are used for measurement of ECF volume