Physiology Week 1 Flashcards
What are the 3 primary compartments in the body
Intracellular, and then Extracellular (Interstitial fluid and plasma)
Where is the majority of the fluid in the body?
Intracellular fluid (40% of body weight)
What are 2 components of extracellular fluid
Plasma, Interstitial fluid
What ions are in Extracellular fluid vs Intracellular fluid
Extracellular fluid: Na+, Cl- HCO3-, protein, small amount of K
Intracellular fluid: K+, phosphates (Buffer)
What is the universal solvent?
Water
Out of plasma, interstitial fluid, and intracellular fluid, where is protein found?
Plasma and intracellular, not interstitial
What does water dissolve?
All polar and charged particles
What is a solution?
Solvent and solute
What is a chemical/concentration gradient dependent on?
Difference in concentration and thickness of membrane
Diffusion of ions depends on
Electrical gradient
The ability of a solution to hold onto a solvent is measured as what?
osmotic pressure
In a solution, during osmosis, water will move towards the side with: 1.More or 2.Less solute?
More solute
Which side of cell is negative?
Inside is negative (-70mv RMP)
Which way does chemical gradient push sodium/potassium?
Pushes sodium inside and pushes potassium outside
Which way does electrical gradient push sodium/potassium?
Sodium: inside
Potassium: Inside
The charge of the cell is negative inside so both are pulled inside
Why does sodium have a stronger overall push in the cell
It has both the chemical gradient pushing it inside and the electrical gradient, whereas K has only the electrical gradient pushing it inside
What are the 4 things that osmotic pressure is related to, and what is the biggest thing that dictates it?
- Temperature of solution
- Gas constant
- Volume of the solution
- Number of particles
(Concentration of particles is really what dictates it)
How many Osm does 1mol of glucose add to a solution?
1
How many Osm does 1mol of NaCl add to a solution?
2, break into Na and Cl
Contrast osmolarity with osmolality
Osmolarity: used in plasma, osmoles/L of solution.
Osmolality: Osmoles per kg of solvent
Osmolarity is affected by volume of solutes, osmolality is not
What is normal blood plasma osmotic pressure?
290 mOsm/L
270 mosm of the 290 mosm in osmotic pressure is contributed by
Na+
What makes up 20/290 mOsm of blood plasma
2 mosm plasma protein, 5mosm glucose and urea (each)
What is tonicity?
A solution’s ability to change the shape of a cell
Lysing vs crenation
Lyse= When cell is in hypotonic solution, it explodes (lyses)
Crenation= when cell is in in hypertonic solution, gets shriveled (crenates)
Primary reason that pH has to stay in a very narrow range
Protein Denaturation
What is normal plasma pH for people?
7.35-7.45
Gastric fluid vs pancreatic fluid pH
Stomach acid: 1
Pancreatic juice: 8
Acid vs base in terms of H+ ions
Acid: Donates H+ to a solution
Bases: Accepts H+ions to a solution
What are the 2 buffering systems important extracellularly and intracellularly?
Extracellularly: Bicarbonate (HCO3)
Intracellularly: Phsophate
What is metabolic acidosis due to
Ketoacidosis and diarrhea
What is respiratory acidosis due to
hypoventilation (not getting rid of enough CO2, building up too much acid (narcotic overdose))