True or False If plasma volume is below normal an increase i

True or False: If plasma volume is below normal, an increase in only water reabsorption is not enough to return plasma to normal.

Solution

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Blood plasma is a component of blood that normally holds the blood cells in whole blood in suspension; this makes plasma the extracellular matrix of blood cells. It is the intravascular fluid part of extracellular fluid (all body fluid outside of cells). It is mostly water (up to 95% by volume), and contains dissolved proteins (6–8%) (i.e.—serum albumins, globulins, and fibrinogen), glucose, clotting factors, electrolytes (Na⁺, Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, HCO₃, Cl, etc.), hormones, carbon dioxide (plasma being the main medium for excretory product transportation) and oxygen. Hence, if water is only reabsorbed, it doesn’t mean the plasma is normal. It need all elements to get normal.