Multiple Choice
Which compartment contains the greatest amount of body fluid?
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What are fluid shifts? What is their function, and what factors can cause them?
Body water content is greatest in:
a. Infants
b. Young adults
c. Elderly adults
Water balance is regulated by control of amount(s):
a. Ingested
b. Excreted in urine
c. Lost in perspiration
d. Lost in feces
Two substances regulated by parathyroid hormone are:
a. Ammonium ions
b. Bicarbonate
c. Calcium
d. Chloride
e. Hydrogen ions
f. Magnesium
g. Phosphate
h. Potassium
i. Sodium
j. Water
Part of an important chemical buffer system in plasma is:
a. Ammonium ions
b. Bicarbonate
c. Calcium
d. Chloride
e. Hydrogen ions
f. Magnesium
g. Phosphate
h. Potassium
i. Sodium
j. Water