Cellular Stuff
Why is potassium essential for regulating blood pressure?
It counteracts the negative effects of sodium
What is it called when all body systems are examined and obtain an overall picture of the patient's health or injuries
What is the 'head-to-toe' assessment?
What ECG change is characteristic of a life-threatening hyperkalemia emergency in renal patients?
What is tall or tented T-waves?
Which specific type of cell division is used for sexual reproduction to produce genetically diverse gametes?
What is Meiosis?
The simple movement of heat from a warmer object to a cooler one through contact.
What is conduction?
What is the normal range for human blood pH?
7.35-7.45
The ability to collect and analyze information to come to a conclusion is called this.
What is critical thinking?
What is the most common chemical composition of a urinary calculus?
What is calcium?
This form of passive transport requires no membrane proteins for substances like oxygen and carbon dioxide to cross the bilayer?
What is Simple Diffusion?
Brief, intermittent, and muscular cramps occurring in hot environments, often caused by sodium and water loss.
What are heat cramps?
What are the pressure-sensitive nerve endings in the heart and great vessels that help maintain cardiac output?
What are Baroreceptors?
An unconscious mental shortcut used to simplify problem-solving is called this
What is 'cognitive bias'?
The kidneys are located in this space, which is behind the abdominal cavity.
What is retroperitoneal space?
In hypertonic solution, the solute concentration outside the cell is ____ than the concentration inside the cell.
What is higher?
Unlike heat exhaustion, heatstroke is often associated with the absence of this.
What is sweating?
Which white blood cells release histamine during degranulation as part of the inflammatory response?
What are mast cells?
How many links in the Chain of Infection must be broken to prevent an infection?
What is One?
The outer layer of the kidney that is light-colored, granular, and contains most filtering units is called this.
What is Renal Cortex?
The movement of substances against their concentration gradient is called this type of transport.
What is active transport?
Hypothermia is clinically defined as a core body temperature (CBT) less than this.
What is 95F or 35C?
What is the primary function of Phagocytosis?
What is to engulf and remove pathogens and cellular debris?
Immediate transfer of an agent from a reservoir to a host via contact or droplet spread is called this
What is 'Direct Transmission'?
Which part of the nephron reabsorbs water and nutrients into the blood while leaving waste behind?
What is the renal tubule?
This cellular component provides a structural framework and helps organize internal components by acting like a scaffolding system?
What is the Cytoskeleton?
This causes the flushed appearance of the skin in heatstroke patients?
What is peripheral vasodilation?