Kidneys
Fluid
Electrolytes
Acids-Bases
Vocabulary
100
Filtration unit of the kidney
What is the Nephron?
100
Most of the body's water resides here
What is within cells?
100
Electrolyte imbalance from chronic diarrhea
What is hypokalemia?
100
Main buffering system of extracellular fluid
What is bicarbonate buffer system?
100
Atoms having a positive charge
What is cations?
200
Outer region of the kidney
What is the renal cortex?
200
Consumes an excessive amount of water
What is water intoxication?
200
Main electrolyte of intracellular fluid
What is potassium?
200
A mechanism that resists changes in pH by converting a strong acid or base into a weak one
What is a buffer?
200
Atoms having a negative charge
What is anions?
300
Blood enters the kidney through this
What is the renal artery?
300
Results when the body eliminates more water than sodium
What is dehydration?
300
Main electrolyte of extracellular fluid
What is sodium?
300
Occurs when pH falls below 6.8 or rises above 8.0
What is death?
300
Decrease in the pH of the blood due to an accumulation of acids; may result from respiratory or metabolic disturbances
What is acidosis
400
A concave notch on the medial side of the kidney through which structures such as blood vessels, the ureters, and nerves enter and leave the organ
What is the hilum?
400
Breathing, skin, feces, and urine
What is how is fluid lost?
400
Excessive concentration of potassium in the blood
What is hyperkalemia?
400
Uses the respiratory and urinary systems to alter the output of acids
What is physiological buffers?
400
Water inside cells
What is intracellular fluid (ICF)
500
Component of a nephron that filters blood plasma
What is renal corpuscle?
500
Aldosterone causes this
What is decreases urine output?
500
A cation that exists mostly outside the cell
What is calcium?
500
The pH of blood and tissue fluid
What is ranges from 7.35 to 7.45?
500
An increase in the pH of the blood due to a loss of acid; may result from respiratory or metabolic disturbances
What is alkalosis?
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