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Week 13 Terms

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