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Week 13 Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Aldosterone | A hormone secreted by the adrenal cortex. Function in regulated in sodium and potassium |
| Anabolism | The building up of the body substance, a process by which a cell takes from the blood and substances required for repair and growth |
| Ascites | Accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity in amounts that are clinically detected |
| Catabolism | The destructive phase of metabolism, the opposite of anabolism (usually there is a release in energy) |
| Dependent Edema | Edema affecting most severely the lowermost parts of the body |
| Diffusion | The movement of particles from a high to low area of concentration |
| ECF | Extracellular fluid, or fluid outside the cells |
| Hyperkalemia | Potassium level of 5 mEq/L in the blood stream |
| Hypernatremia | A sodium level above 142 mEq/L in the blood stream |
| Hypertonic | A solution more concentrated than that with which is compared |
| Hypokalemia | Extreme potassium depletion in the circulating blood and weakness can occur |
| Hyponatremia | Decreased concentration of sodium in the blood |
| Hypotonic | A solution of lower osmotic pressure than another |
| ICF | Intracellular fluid |
| Interstitial | Pertaining to the spaces between the cells. A subcompartment of ECF |
| Intracellular | Fluid inside the cells |
| Intravascular | Within the blood vessels |
| Isotonic | Having the same osmotic pressure as the solution it is being compared to |
| mEq | Milliequivalent |
| Oncotic Pressure | Is the osmotic pressure exerted by proteins |
| Osmolarity | The number of dissolved particles within the unit of fluid determines the osmolarity of the solution |
| Osmotic Pressure | Determined by the concentration of solutes, the amount of hydrostatic pressure needed to stop the flow of water by osmosis |
| Osmosis | The movement of water from a low to high area of concentration |
| Periorbital | Surrounding the socket of the eye |
| Plasma | The liquid part of the blood |
| Selectively Permeable Membrane | A membrane that allows selected substances, molecules and ions to diffuse through |
| Specific Gravity | Weight of a substance compared with an equal volume of water |
| Tonicity | In body fluid physiology, this refers to the effective osmotic pressure equivalency and related to the concentration of particles in the solution |
| Tubular Reabsorption | The process whereby useful substance such as water, glucose and sodium chloride are returned to the blood |
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