Osmosis and Osmotic Pressure — MCQs

A 4-year-old child is brought to the emergency department with severe dehydration due to diarrhea. What is the initial management for severe dehydration?

In which of the following conditions is blood osmolality increased?

Equilibrium potential of calcium is

Diffusion of lipid-insoluble substances across the cell membrane depends on all of the following factors except which one?

What is the preferred fluid in a poly-traumatic patient with shock?

With reference to human body's requirement for proteins, they are essential because they are: 1. an important alternative source for energy during specific metabolic states. 2. the primary molecules responsible for maintenance of osmotic pressure within the extracellular compartment. 3. critical for upkeep of cell mediated immune response. 4. vital for the synthesis of certain hormones. Which of the statements given above are correct?

Two solutions with equal osmotic pressures are called:

Using the quadrant method, if the mean QRS vector in lead I is negative and in lead aVF is positive, what is the axis?

In multiple sclerosis, slow conduction of motor and sensory pathways is due to?

Type I muscle fibers are rich in myosin heavy chain. What is their characteristic property?