The Diagrams Below Represent Various States of Abnormal Hydration

Multiple Choice

The diagrams below represent various states of abnormal hydration. In each diagram, the normal state (solid lines) is superimposed on the abnormal state (dashed lines) to illustrate the shifts in the volume (width of rectangles) and total osmolarity (height of rectangles) of the extracellular fluid and intracellular fluid compartments.


-Which of the diagrams would represent the changes (after osmotic equilibrium) in a patient with inappropriate excess antidiuretic hormone secretion?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E