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- Transportation of Nutrients
- Excretion of waste products
- regulation of body temp
- lubrictation of joints & membranes
- medium for food digestion
- solvent for body
- determines cell volume
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| An important mode of control of body fluid/water is the regulation of |
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| What is the normal plasma osmolality? |
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| Intravascular body fluid compartments |
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Blood (plasma)
Lymph fluid |
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| Extravascular fluid compartments: |
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Definition
- interstirial
- synovial
- spinal fluid
- peritoneal fluid
- pleural fluid
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What controls water in the body?
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- Pressure
- Osmolality
- Hormones (ADH- vasopressin)(Aldosterone)
- Kidneys
- Lungs
- GI tract
- Thirst
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| What is osmotic pressure? |
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Definition
opposes the movement of water
flow associated with water "attraction" |
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| What are the 4 colligative properties associated with the concentration of dissolved molecules in a solution? |
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Definition
- Osmotic Pressure
- Vapor pressure (dec by 0.3 mmHg/osmole)
- Boiling Point
- Freezing Point (dec by 1.86 C/osmole)
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Definition
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| weight per weight expression of concentration (osmol/kg) which takes into account the number of dissolved particles (ionization); units: osmol/kg of water |
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| What are the 4 Starling forces favoring/opposing filtration? |
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Definition
Favoring:
-Hydrostatic (Blood) pressure
-COP of interstitial fluid (colloidal osm press.)
Opposing:
-COP of plasma
-Tissure Pressure |
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