F&E Terms
Ion that carries a positive electric charge.
What is a Cation?
Fluid within cells.
What is Intracellular fluid? Also known as ICF.
The normal range for Magnesium.
What is 1.3-2.3 mEq/L?
The normal range for Calcium.
What is 4.5-5.1 mg/dL.
The normal range for Potassium.
What is 3.5-4.5 mEq/L?
Substance capable of breaking into ions and developing an electric charge when dissolved in solution.
What is an Electrolyte?
This fluid accounts for about 30% of the total body water or 20% of the adult's body weight.
What is Extracellular Fluid (ECF)?
The normal range for Sodium.
What is 135-145mEq/L?
Isotonic fluid loss.
What is hypovolemia?
An excess of ECF in intravascular compartments or interstitial spaces.
What is hypervolemia?
Fluid outside the cells.
What is Extracellular fluid? Also known as ECF.
Fluid that remains in the intravascular compartment without any net flow across the semipermeable membrane.
The normal pH of blood.
What is 7.35-7.45?
Fluid constituting about 70% of the total body water or 40% of the adult's body weight.
What is intracellular fluid (ICF)?
The normal range for Bicarbonate.
What is 25-29mEq/L?
Above-normal serum concentration of inorganic phosphorus.
What is hyperphosphatemia?
The concentration of particles in a solution or its pulling power.
A substance containing H+ that can be liberated or released, such as carbonic acid.
What is an acid?
The normal range for PaCO2 in the blood.
What is 35-45?
An alkali substance that can accept H+ ions such as the bicarbonate ion.
What is a base?
Tendency of solutes to move freely throughout a solvent from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration until equilibrium is established.
What is Diffusion?
These systems help regulate the hydrogen ions.
What are the respiratory, renal systems?
Solution that has less osmolarity than plasma.
What is hypotonic solution?
Solution that has a greater osmolarity than plasma.
What is hypertonic solution?
When water (solvent) passes from an area of lesser solute concentration and more water to an area of greater solute concentration and less water until equilibrium is established.
What is osmosis?