Hydration Flashcards

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1
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Water essential for all

A

Our body’s processes to work

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2
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Water enables circulatory system to carry

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Essential oxygen and nutrients to cells

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3
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Our kidneys need water to

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Filter out waste products

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4
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Water helps digestive system

A

Do it’s job

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5
Q

_ percent of brain mass is water

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75

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6
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Because brain is comprised mostly of water, water plays a crucial role in regulating (3)

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Mood

Productivity

Concentration

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7
Q

Most of us should aim to drink _ water every day (range)

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2.7-3.7 liters

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8
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With child, aim for _ glasses of water a day (range)

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7-10

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9
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Each kidney filters _ ml of blood a minute

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100

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10
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In kidneys _ are separated from water and useful substances (2)

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Waste

Excess water

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11
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Each kidney contains roughly 1 million

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Tiny filtering units

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12
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Tiny filtering units in kidneys called

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Nephrons

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13
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Urine is directed along the

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Ureter to bladder for storage until urination

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14
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The ureter is

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A fine muscular tube to the bladder

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15
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Nephrons return _ to blood supply

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Useful substances

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16
Q

Nephrons create

A

Urine

17
Q

Urine is a mix of (2)

A

Waste substances

Excess water

18
Q

About 20% of our total fluid intake comes from

A

Food we eat

19
Q

At 1 percent dehydration, there are negative effects on (2) functions

A

Mental

Physical

20
Q

1 percent dehydration is equal to

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1% body weight water loss

21
Q

If you find you are constipated regularly, try

A

Increasing fluid consumption

22
Q

Liters of water a day is your weight times

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0.033