When One Eats a High-Sodium Meal, Why Does It Not

question 83

Multiple Choice

When one eats a high-sodium meal, why does it not raise the sodium ion concentration of body fluids?

• A) The osmolarity of the ECF falls.
• B) Osmosis moves water from the digestive epithelium to the ECF.
• C) Both the ECF and the ICF become more dilute.
• D) There is an increase in the volume of the ICF.
• E) Water is exchanged for sodium chloride as it crosses the digestive epithelium.

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