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Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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What is an acid?

A

A chemical compound with a pH below 7

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2
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What is anasarca?

A

Severe generalized edema

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3
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What is an anion?

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A negatively charged ion

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4
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What is ascites?

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abnormal fluid collection in the peritoneal cavity.

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5
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What is a base?

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A compound that contains the hydroxyl ion.

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What is a base also called?

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An alkali

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7
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What is a buffer?

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A chemical system set up to resist changes, particularly in the level of hydrogen ions.

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What is a cation?

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An ion that carries a positive electrical charge.

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9
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What is dehydration?

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removal of water, lack of fluid/water in the body

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10
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What is diffusion?

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state of being widely spaced; the process whereby molecules move in an effort to equalize the concentration of a liquid or gas

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11
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What is edema?

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Abnormal fluid accumulation in the intercellular tissue spaces of the body

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12
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what is an electrolyte?

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a chemical substance that dissociates into electrically charged ions when melted or in solutions

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13
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What is feedback?

A

relaying of information about a given condition to the appropriate organ or system

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14
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What is third space fluid?

A

edema fluid accumulation resulting from trauma, infection, etc

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15
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What is a solvent?

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A liquid that dissolves a solute

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16
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What is a solute?

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a substance dissolved in a solvent

17
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Define hypertonic

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outside cell is greater, fluid leaves inside and goes outside to try and equalize. cell shrinks

18
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Define hypotonic

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Outside cell is less than. Outside moves into inside cell gets bigger

19
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What is insensible?

A

not perceptible to the senses

20
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what is interstitial?

A

Inside the cell

21
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what is inter vascular?

A

found in blood vessels

22
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What is an ion?

A

An atom that has gain/lost one or more electrons

23
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What is isotonic?

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A solution that exerts equal pressure on opposite sides of the membrane

24
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What is osmosis?

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h2o diffusion over semi-permeable membranes

25
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What is permeability?

A

ability to allow molecules to pass through membrane

26
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What is a salt?

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Made when positive ions of a base replace positive H ions of an acid

27
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What is acidosis?

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an excessively acid condition of the body fluids or tissues.

28
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What is alkalosis?

A

an excessively alkaline condition of the body fluids or tissues

29
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ABG’s?

A

Arterial Blood Gases

30
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What is antidiuretic hormone?

A

functions are to retain water in the body

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