Exam 14: Fluid Balance and Blood Health

The main cause of high blood potassium and potassium toxicity is kidney failure.

Describe several actions an individual can take to prevent hypertension.

A dietary deficiency of ______ is associated with retarded growth and inadequate sexual development in humans.

Iron plays a role in all of the following functions EXCEPT ________.

Most of the iron in the body is found as a part of ________.

When body cells need more iron, the number of transferrin receptors on the cell surface ________.

List 3 factors that can increase iron absorption.

When large doses of zinc are consumed, the excess is excreted primarily via ________.

Ferritin is a key iron-binding protein in the intestinal mucosa that prevents it from entering the bloodstream.

Joe Smith, age 52, has a blood pressure of 145 mm Hg over 95 mm Hg.This is considered ________.

ADH is ________.

Too much dietary sodium, rather than too little dietary sodium, is a major nutritional problem today.

Compare and contrast the characteristics of a high-sodium diet to that of a high-potassium diet.

A diet that contains an average of 4,000 mg sodium and 1,500 mg potassium daily is likely to ________.

Most of the world's water consumption is for __________.

As dehydration progresses and blood volume decreases, blood pressure will ______ and heart rate will _______.

Dietary zinc absorption is increased by ________.

Vitamin K adds carbon dioxide to glutamic acid to promote ________.

Compared to dry environments, evaporation of sweat is ________ in humid environments, resulting in _______ body cooling.

Aldosterone is ________.