Fluids
What is the most essential nutrient of life
Water
A ____ is an atom or molecule carrying an electrical charge
ion
Not having one or more senses stimulated
Sensory Deprivation
Define Homeostasis
the balance of fluids and electrolytes in your body
In what unit are electrolytes measured?
mEq - millequivalents
How are we as living things able to move to and communicate in our environment
Sensory Reception
True or False: Infants have considerably more total body fluid than adults
True
In body fluid - sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and hydrogen are examples of which type of charged ion?
Cation
What are 3 examples of factors effecting the senses
1. How someone is raised
2. the culture they are a part of
3. personality
4. the way they live their life
5. medications
6. Illnesses
7. Stress
How long does input-output balance sometimes take?
2-3 days
What is the major method of transporting body fluid?
Osmosis
What are two things your could do to help a a confused patient
1. Be face to face while speaking
2. Speak calmly, directly, and simply
3. Offer explanations
4. reinforce reality
5. Have them in a proper environment
the decrease in body fluid within older people is from an increase in ____ cells and the loss of muscle mass as a part of aging.
fat
____ supplies energy for cellular transport and is stored in all cells
ATP (adenosine triphosphate)
List the 8 senses covered in this chapter
1. Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Gustatory, Tactile, Stereognosis, Kinesthetic, Visceral