Fluids
A person who is 45% fluid (water) by mass would likely be in this age category.
What is elderly
Potassium is also called by this Latin name
What is Kalium
ketoacids are this kind of acid in terms of strength
What are weak
Threshold potential is normally around this
What is -55 mV
A solute that mainly drives osmosis of fluid back into the capillary
What is albumin
This fluid compartment is typically about 16% of your entire body mass that is fluid
What is interstitial
Sodium levels are partially controlled by the actions of this hormone on the kidneys
What is aldosterone
The slowest acting acid/base controlling system in the body
What is the urinary system (kidneys)
Slow closing potassium gates lead to this extreme phase of the action potential
What is hyperpolarization
We find a lot of protein and phosphate here
What is the ICF
The vitreous humor of the eye is part of this specific compartment of the ECF
What is transcellular
A crushing tissue injury can lead to this electrolyte imbalance
What is hyperkalemia
Depressed ventilation can lead to this specific type of acid/base imbalance
What is respiratory acidosis
The time when it is simply impossible to generate a second action potential in a neuron
What is the absolute refractory period
-70 mV is typical of this
What is RMP
Edema results when this happens due to elephantitis (elephantiasis or filariasis)
Lymphatic blockage
Someone with Paget's disease may have this associated electrolyte imbalance in their blood
What is hypercalcemia
An abuser of alcohol might develop this acid/base imbalance
What is metabolic acidosis
The name of the chemicals that allow a nerve impulse to begin again at a post-synaptic neuron
What are neurotransmitters
The carbonic acid and bicarbonate in the blood are important as this
What is as a buffer system
The process that drives fluid out of a capillary (Starling's Law) is this
What is filtration
When someone has hypocalcemia, this would be released to correct it
What is parathyroid hormone (PTH)
Analysis of this patient:
pH: 7.49 ; PCO2: 30 mm Hg (low) ; HCO3-: 20 mEq/L (low)
Diagnose the specific condition of this patient:
What is compensating respiratory alkalosis
Norepinephrine usually undergoes this once it finishes binding to a receptor
What is re-uptake in the pre-synaptic neuron
Two of these are factors to speed up action potentials along axons
What are warmth (heat), myelination, greater axon diameter