A young woman was experiencing severe edema as a result of her menstrual cycle two days before her weddingConsequently, her wedding dress would not fit. The bridal shop owner offered to alter the dress in the coming 48 hours. The bride declined and proceeded to take a diuretic (a pill that caused her to lose water), drank excessive water and limited her meals to lettuce only. The morning of the ceremony the bride felt nauseated and weak. She made it to the church via wheel chair, too weak to even put on her gown. Moments before the ceremony she began having convulsions; emergency assistance was called and the bride was whisked away by ambulance leaving the groom at the altar. Blood tests at the hospital revealed the following : Electrolyte (in blood) Bride's Values Normal Values Na+120 mEg/ liter 136-145 mEq/liter K+ 4.7 /liter 3.5-5.0 mEq/ liter 95 / liter 96-106 mEg/liter Blood is an extracellular fluid (ECF ). 1. What is edema ? (1 point ) I 2. The diuretic that the bride took caused her body to excrete excess sodium (Na+) in her urine. How would that alleviate her edema (swelling )? In other words, how would that cause her to lose water? And what type of membrane transport do we call this ? (3 points) 3. Given the sodium excretion effects of the diuretic and the fact that the bride took in very few electrolytes over the course of the last 48 hours, would the ' saltiness of her blood (ECF) increase or decrease ? 4. How would you describe the Toni city of her blood(ECF) given the value above(in the table) 5. Will this change in Tonicity of her ECF cause her cells to swell or cremate and why