Fluids
60% of your body is this substance.
What is water?
Minerals in your blood and other body fluids that carry an electric charge
What are electrolytes?
The mouth.
Where does digestion begin?
A condition in which a person has uncomfortable or infrequent bowel movements.
What is constipation?
The pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels.
What is blood pressure?
Plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.
What are the four main components of blood?
Sodium, potassium, and chloride.
What are the three main electrolytes?
The process of breaking down large, insoluble molecules of food into smaller, water-soluble molecules which can then be readily absorbed by the body
What is digestion?
When the abdomen is swollen outward (can be due to bloating from gas, or it can be due to accumulated fluid, tissue, or digestive contents).
What is distention?
A recording of the electrical signal from the heart to check for different heart conditions.
What is an EKG/electrocardiogram?
Fluid outside of the cells.
What is extracellular?
Conduct nerve impulses, contract and relax muscles, and maintain the proper balance of water and minerals
What is the role of sodium?
Food passing into blood system from small intestine.
What is absorption?
The inability to eat a full meal or feeling full after only a small amount of food.
What is early satiety?
The results of this test indicates the complete blood count; white blood cells, red blood cells and platelets, the concentration of hemoglobin, and the hematocrit.
What is a CBC?
Fluid inside the cells.
What is intracellular?
Helps maintain normal levels of fluid inside our cells. And also helps muscles to contract and supports normal blood pressure.
What is the role of potassium?
Six to eight hours.
How long does it take to digest food?
This condition occurs when the stomach contents come back up into the esophagus.
What is GERD (Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease)?
This test provides important information about the body’s chemical balance and metabolism; comprehensive metabolic panel.
What is a CMP?
Composed of 95% water.
What is urine?
Helps to regulate the amount of fluid and types of nutrients going in and out of the cells
What is the role of chloride?
24-72 hours
How long does it take for food to pass through the digestive tract?
The delayed emptying of the stomach due to impairment of stomach contractions.
What is gastroparesis?
A dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.
What is DEXA scan?