Question

Water Balance between the Blood and the Intestinal Contents Normally, when a person eats food, the amount of solutes inside the bowel increases. What will happen to water balance between the blood and the bowel contents? What will happen to blood volume as this process occurs? Drag the appropriate labels and arrows into position.

Answer 1

By increasing the amount of solutes in the intestine, these will increase in the bloodstream, that is, there will be a higher concentration of solutes in the volume.

To compensate for this phenomenon, the brain will coordinate, together with the tongue, the sensation of "dry mouth or thirsty mouth" in order to encourage the individual to consume water.

Once the individual takes the water, it is absorbed at the intestinal level and the general systemic volume increases, thus generating an increase in blood pressure, body hydration and a decrease in the concentration of solutes in the blood.

Step-by-step explanation:

The renin angiotensin aldosterone system is a system that indirectly regulates the sensation of thirst and blood volume. This system connects the lung, with the cardiovascular system and the kidneys since they all work together.

When a person eats or eats a very salty food, or even drinks very sugary drinks or with salts and minerals, all this is absorbed, and this is how after ingestion thirst is triggered to compensate for the amount of solutes it has a rise in volume.