Vocabulary Flashcards
What is an acid?
A chemical compound with a pH below 7
What is anasarca?
Severe generalized edema
What is an anion?
A negatively charged ion
What is ascites?
abnormal fluid collection in the peritoneal cavity.
What is a base?
A compound that contains the hydroxyl ion.
What is a base also called?
An alkali
What is a buffer?
A chemical system set up to resist changes, particularly in the level of hydrogen ions.
What is a cation?
An ion that carries a positive electrical charge.
What is dehydration?
removal of water, lack of fluid/water in the body
What is diffusion?
state of being widely spaced; the process whereby molecules move in an effort to equalize the concentration of a liquid or gas
What is edema?
Abnormal fluid accumulation in the intercellular tissue spaces of the body
what is an electrolyte?
a chemical substance that dissociates into electrically charged ions when melted or in solutions
What is feedback?
relaying of information about a given condition to the appropriate organ or system
What is third space fluid?
edema fluid accumulation resulting from trauma, infection, etc
What is a solvent?
A liquid that dissolves a solute
What is a solute?
a substance dissolved in a solvent
Define hypertonic
outside cell is greater, fluid leaves inside and goes outside to try and equalize. cell shrinks
Define hypotonic
Outside cell is less than. Outside moves into inside cell gets bigger
What is insensible?
not perceptible to the senses
what is interstitial?
Inside the cell
what is inter vascular?
found in blood vessels
What is an ion?
An atom that has gain/lost one or more electrons
What is isotonic?
A solution that exerts equal pressure on opposite sides of the membrane
What is osmosis?
h2o diffusion over semi-permeable membranes
