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Juicy Jargon 4
Final Exam 1
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Anatomy
11th Grade
12/10/2011

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intracellular fluid
Definition
fluid inside body cells
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extracellular fluid
Definition
fluid outside body cells
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intersittal fluid
Definition
microscope space between cells of tissues
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solute
Definition
material dissolved in a fluid
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solvent
Definition
fluid dissolved in
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concentration gradient
Definition
difference in concentration betweenn different areas.
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passive process
Definition
substance moves down its concentration gradient through membranes
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active process
Definition
cellular energy in form of ATP to push substances through membrane
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diffusion
Definition
substance moves from one place to another due to the substance. kinetic energy.
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simple diffusion
Definition
substances diffuse across membrane in one of two ways.
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facilitated diffusion
Definition
substances that cannot be diffused.
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osmosis
Definition
passive process.
fluid (water), passes through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher,
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osmotic pressure
Definition
solution can't pass through membrane. exerts a pressure.
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isotonic solution
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A solution that has the same concentration as the normal cells of the body and the blood.

-maintains same volume and shape
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hypertonic solution
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greater concentration of solution.
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hypotonic solution
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lower concentration of solution.
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hemolysis
Definition
destruction of red blood cell
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crenation
Definition
cell shrinks by osmosis because H2O leaves cell.
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