5. Determination of Volumes of Specific Fluid Compartments
Cards (20)
- What substances can be used to measure total body water?
- How do tritium and deuterium measure total body water?
- What principle is used to calculate total body water?
- What is another substance used to measure total body water?
- Why is antipyrine effective for measuring total body water?
- How can extracellular fluid volume be estimated?
- What types of substances are used to measure extracellular fluid volume?
- How long does it take for substances to disperse in extracellular fluid?
- What is meant by "sodium space" or "inulin space"?
- How is intracellular volume calculated?
- What substance is commonly used to measure plasma volume?
- Why must a substance used to measure plasma volume not penetrate capillary membranes?
- What dye can be used to measure plasma volume?
- How is interstitial fluid volume calculated?
- How can blood volume be calculated?
- What equation is used to calculate total blood volume?
- If plasma volume is 3 liters and hematocrit is 0.40, what is the total blood volume?
- How can blood volume be measured using labeled red blood cells?
- What radioactive material is commonly used to label red blood cells?
- Why is radioactive chromium used for labeling red blood cells?