What is the force that moves water into a space where a solute is more concentrated?
a. Buffer action
b. Osmotic pressure
c. Permeable selectivity
d. Electrolyte imbalance
e. Hypertonic pressure
Q. 2What is the sodium-potassium pump?
a. A cell membrane protein that uses energy to pump sodium into the cell
b. A cell membrane protein that uses energy to pump sodium out of the cell
c. A mechanism present throughout interstitial fluid for draining sodium from the circulation
d. A mechanism present in the kidneys that exchanges sodium with lactic acid in order to regulate organic acid concentration
e. A mechanism present in the stomach and small intestine wall that facilitates the absorption of minerals.
Q. 3What is the term for the pressure that develops when two solutions of varying concentrations are separated by a membrane?
a. Hypotension
b. Hypertension
c. Osmotic pressure
d. Hypertonic pressure
e. Centripetal pressure
Q. 4The concentration of electrolyte charges is measured in
a. solute minerals.
b. milliequivalents.
c. ionic dissociates.
d. total atomic masses.
e. millijoules.
Q. 5What is the major extracellular cation?
a. Sodium
b. Sulfate
c. Protein
d. Potassium
e. Phosphorus
Q. 6What is the major intracellular anion?
a. Protein
b. Sodium
c. Phosphate
d. Bicarbonate
e. Bisphosphonate
Q. 7What is the major intracellular cation?
a. Sodium
b. Calcium
c. Phosphate
d. Potassium
e. Sulphate
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