Fluids
Percent of body mass in intravascular fluid.
What is 4%?
Most abundant extracellular ion.
What is sodium?
A weak acid in the bicarbonate buffer system.
What is carbonic acid?
The resting membrane potential of a neuron.
What is -70 mV?
In Lab 2, the change that happened when you blew your breath into water.
What is a rapid drop in pH?
Transcellular fluid is a constituent of this fluid compartment.
What is ECF?
Another term for potassium.
What is kalium?
The definition of a base.
What is a substance that readily accepts hydrogen ions from a solution?
The membrane threshold of a neuron.
What is -55 mV?
In Lab 2, the reason for using methyl orange indicator.
What is the detection of pH changes in a solution?
An abnormal accumulation of fluid in interstitial spaces.
What is edema?
The pressure responsible for net capillary fluid movement at the venule end of a capillary bed.
What is the blood colloid osmotic pressure?
The ratio that produces a blood pH level of 7.40.
What is the 1 molecule of carbonic acid to 20 molecules of bicarbonate ratio?
The event that causes hyperpolarization of a neuron.
What is the the slow-closing potassium gates.
An increase in concentration of carbon dioxide causes an increase in this chemical.
What is carbonic acid?
The capillary membrane is a barrier between two fluids.
What are interstitial and intravascular fluids?
The reason for production of atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) by the heart.
What is a high blood volume?
A possible cause of respiratory acidosis.
What is an airway obstruction?
An inhibitory neurotransmitter.
What is GABA?
An isotonic solution with respect to blood.
What is 5% dextrose?
The most hydrated stage of life.
What is a newborn?
The best clinical definition of hypercalcemia.
What is a serum concentration of calcium above 5.5 mEq/L.
The bicarbonate buffer response to increased hydrogen ion concentration.
What is an increase in bicarbonate?
The enzyme responsible for breaking down a specific neurotransmitter after it binds to its post-synaptic receptors.
What is acetylcholinesterase?
The detection of sodium in a solution was confirmed by the formation of this chemical compound.
What is the formation of a silver chloride precipitate?