Hypothalamic sensory neurons that promote thirst when stimulated are called:

osmoreceptors

Which class of diuretics works in the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney by preventing reabsorption of sodium?

thiazide diuretics

The blood product used for laboratory analysis that does not contain clotting factors is known as:

serum

Treatment of ascites is removal of fluid by which procedure?

paracentesis

Fluid shifts in isonatremic dehydration are:

absent

An example of the action of sodium-potassium pump transport includes which one of the following?

transport of sodium out of the cell

The loss of strong cations and potassium in renal tubulopathy leads to:

metabolic alkalosis

Which of the following combinations of ions are most likely to bind, forming molecules?

anion and cation

Hyponatremia results in:

swelling of cells

The protein-dependent forces that promote fluid movement into the intravascular space are known as:

capillary osmotic pressure

In the initial phases, portal hypertension leads to ascites due to which mechanism of fluid transport?

increased hydrostatic pressure

Which of the following best describes the concentration of solute in a particular volume of fluid based on electrolyte charge equivalency?

mEq/L

Which of the following minerals would you expect to decrease in association with increases in calcium?

phosphate

Solutions in which the extracellular osmotic force is greater than the intracellular environment is known as:

hypertonic

Which of the following complications from HAART is potentially life-threatening?

lactic acidosis