Cell and Body Fluid Physiology
Body water, ions, membrane transport and homeostasis at speed. The physiology warm-up.
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Roughly what percentage of an adult man's body weight is water?
- About 90%
- About 40%
- About 20%
- About 60%
What fraction of total body water is intracellular?
- About one-tenth
- About two-thirds
- All of it
- About one-third
What fraction of total body water is extracellular?
- About two-thirds
- About 5%
- About half
- About one-third
Blood plasma is part of which compartment?
- Transcellular fluid
- Intracellular fluid
- Extracellular fluid
- Neither
What is the main cation of extracellular fluid?
- Potassium
- Magnesium
- Calcium
- Sodium
What is the main cation of intracellular fluid?
- Calcium
- Potassium
- Chloride
- Sodium
What is the main anion of extracellular fluid?
- Protein
- Phosphate
- Chloride
- Sulphate
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