Tom Is on a Health Kick and Wants to Make

question 21

Multiple Choice

Tom is on a health kick and wants to make sure that he is always in balance in terms of total body water.Which of the following is important for him to keep in mind?

• A)He must ingest more water than is lost in the urine.
• B)He must ingest more water than is lost by all output pathways combined.
• C)He must ingest less water than is lost in the urine.
• D)The water filtered into Bowman's capsule must be 100% reabsorbed.
• E)The amount ingested plus that metabolically produced must equal the amount of water in the urine.

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