Question

Infants differ from adults in that their

A. Nitrogen balance is normally positive.

B. Extracellular fluid volume is a larger proportion of total body water.

C. Blood contains reticulocytes.

D. Total peripheral resistance is lower.

E. Brown *** stores are relatively small.

Answer 1

A. True Adults are normally in nitrogen balance.

B. True It exceeds intracellular fluid volume.

C. False Both infants and adults have reticulocytes in the blood.

D. False It is higher; the pressure gradient to cardiac output ratio is much greater.

E. False They are relatively much larger.