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20 Cards in this Set
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INSENSIBLE PERSPIRATION
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PERSPIRATION THAT EVAPORATES BEFORE IT IS PERCEIVED AS MOISTURE ON THE SKIN; THE TERM SOMETIMES INCLUDES EVAPORATION FROM THE LUNGS
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HYPERCALCEMIA
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ABNORMALLY HIGH LEVELS OF CALCIUM IN THE BLOOD
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HYPONATREMIA
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AN ABNORMALLY LOW PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM IONS
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ALKALOSIS
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CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY BLOOD pH OF 7.45 OR ABOVE
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PLASMA
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FLUID PORTION OF THE BLOOD
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SENSIBLE PERSPIRATION
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PERSPIRATION EXCRETED BY THE SWEAT GLANDS THAT APPEARS AS MOISTURE ON THE SKIN; PRODUCED IN LARGE QUANITY WHEN THERE IS MUCH HUMIDITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE
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SWEAT
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PERSPIRATION; SECRETIONS PRODUCED BY THE SWEAT GLANDS OF THE SKIN. ALSO CALLED SENSIBLE PERSPIRATION
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HYPERKALEMIA
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A GREATER THAN NORMAL CONCENTRATION OF POTASSIUM IONS IN THE BLOOD
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CARBONIC ACID/ BICARBONATE BUFFER SYSTEM
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ONE OF THE MAJOR BUFFER SYSTEMS IN THE BODY; MAJOR COMPONENTS ARE CARBONIC ACID AND BICARBONATE IONS
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HYPERNATREMIA
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AN ABNORMALLY HIGH PLASMA CONCENTRATION OF SODIUM IONS IN THE BLOOD.
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WATER LOSS
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URINE-61%
EVAPORATION-35% FECES-4% |
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3 HORMOMAL MECHANISMS THAT REGULATE EXTRACELLULAR VOLUME
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1-NEURAL
2-RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN-ALDOSTERONE 3-ATRIAL NATRIURETIC HORMONE |
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ELECTROLYTES
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MOLECULES OR IONS WITH AN ELECTRIC CHARGE
NA+,CL-,K+,CA2+,MG2+ |
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SODIUM IONS
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THE MOST DOMINANT EXTRACELLULAR CATIONS
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PARATHYROID HORMONE
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HORMONE THAT INCREASES cA2+ LEVELS AND REDUCES PHOSPHATE LEVELS
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ACIDS
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SUBSTANCES THAT RELEASE H+ INTO SOULTION
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BASES
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BIND TO H+ AND REMOVE THEM FROM A SOULTION
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BUFFERS
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RESIST CHANGES IN THE PH OF A SOULTION
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PROTEIN BUFFER SYSTEM
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INTRACELLULAR PROTEINS AND PLASMA PROTEINS THAT FORM A LARGE POOL OF PROTEIN MOLECULES THAT ACT AS A BUFFER
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PHOSPHATE BUFFER SYSTEM
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THE CONCENTRATION OF PHOSPHATE AND PHOSPHATE- CONTAING MOLECULES IS LOWER THAN THE OTHER BUFFER SYSTEMS
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