Intracellular water represents approximately what proportion of total body water?

a. Approximately one-third of the total body water
b. Approximately one-quarter of the total body water
c. Approximately one-half of the total body water
d. Approximately two-third of the total body water


ANS: D
Intracellular water accounts for approximately two-thirds of the total body water, and extracel-lular water accounts for the remaining third.

Health Professions

You might also like to view...

Which of the following is the step in the infection cycle when an infectious agent leaves the reservoir host?

a. Portal of exit b. Portal of entry c. Mode of transmission d. Infectious agent e. Susceptible host

Health Professions

Which of the following literally means "pain in the chest"?

A. Inadequate tissue perfusion? B. Angina pectoris. C. Myocardial infarction. D. Acute coronary syndrome.

Health Professions

Fuel particles become smaller as the ratio of surface-to-mass:

A. increases. B. decreases. C. stays constant. D. fluctuates back and forth.

Health Professions

In the ________, images from all sources will be integrated and available to surgeons and other personnel displayed on one central screen.

A) new operating room B) computer operating room C) operating room of the future D) None of the above

Health Professions