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Fluids and Electrolytes

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Osmosis Movement of a pure solvent through a semipermeable membrane from a solution with a lower solute concentration to one with a higher solute concentration.
Hypotonic Situation in which one solution has a smaller concentration of solute than another solution; therefore the first solution exerts less osmotic pressure.
Intracellular Fluid (ICF) it comprises all fluid within body cells. It's the liquid within the cell membrane. I makes up about 40% of body weight.
Extracellular Fluid (ECF) It's all fluid outside a cell, and it's composed of the interstitial fluids and intravascular fluids, which is blood plasma. It makes up about 20% of the total body weight.
Water The largest single component of the body; it makes up 60% of the average male's weight and 50% of the average female's weight
Electrolyte An element or compount that, when dissolved in water or another solven, separates into ions and is able to carry an electric current.
Cation Positively charged electrolyte.
Anion Negatively charged electrolyte.
Solvent Any liquid in which another substance can be dissolved.
Diffusion Movement of molecules from an area of high concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Solute Substance dissolved in a solution.
Solution Mixture of one or more substances dissolved in another substance. The molecules of each of the substances disperse homogeneously and do not change chemically. A solution may be a liquid, gas, or solid.
Concentration Gradient Gradient that exists across a membrane separating a high concentration of a particular ion from a low concentration of the same ion.
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