VUJC A+P Exam 2 Chapter 21 Water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
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What is water balance
What you're putting in is what you should be putting out
How do we maintain balance
Replacing lost water and electrolytes by eating or drinking
Eliminate excess through urine and feces or sweat and evaporation
What are body fluids
Electrolytes dissolved in water
Why do body fluids matter
Changes ion concentration and pH
What is extracellular fluid
outside of cells
What is intracellular fluid
Fluid inside the cell
What is in intracellular fluid
Potassium, magnesium, and phosphate
What is in extracellular fluid
Sodium, calcium, chlorine, and bicarbonate
What is the movement of fluid
Through pressure changes
What is hyponatremia
low sodium in the body
What is edema
imbalance of location of fluid
What balances electrolytes
Sodium, potassium, calcium, and magnesium m
What is bicarbonate
Released by kidneys, makes us more basic
What is respiratory acidosis
to little co2 exhaled
What is metabolic acidosis?
to much H+ produced
What is respiratory alkalosis
to much co2 exhaled
What is metabolic alkalosis
to much H+ lost or base retained