Deck 9 Flashcards
0
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The tendency of a solution to hold water or “pull” water into it is called
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Osmotic pressure
1
Q
What does intravenous mean?
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Into-the-vein
2
Q
The ability of a solution to change the size and shape of cells by altering the amount of water they contain is called
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Tonicity
3
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Solutions that have the same solute and water concentrations as cells do
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Isotonic (“same tonicity”)
4
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A solution that contians more solutes, or dissolved substances, than there are inside the cells
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Hypertonic
5
Q
Swelling of the feet and hands due to fluid retention
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Edema
6
Q
Solution that contains fewer solutes and more water than the cell does, it is said to be what?
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Hypotonic
7
Q
Moves substances out of the cell
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Exocytosis
8
Q
(“Into the cell”)
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Endocytosis
9
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Flowing cytoplasmic extensions
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Pseudopods
