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Chapter 11
Fluid and Electrolyte Imbalances Terminology
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Nursing
Undergraduate 3
11/03/2015

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Homeostasis
Definition
Narrow range of normal conditions in the human body; the tendency to maintain a constant balance in normal body states.
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Homeostatic Mechanism
Definition
A safeguard or control mechanism within the human body that prevents dangerous changes
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Extracellular Fluid (ECF)
Definition
The portion of total body water (about 1/3) that is in the space outside the cells. this space also includes interstitial fluid, blood, lymph, bone, an connective tissue water, and transcellular fluids
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Intracellular fluid (ICF)
Definition
The portion of total body water about (2/3) that is found inside the cell
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Interstitial fluid
Definition
A portion of the extracellular fluid that is between cells, sometimes called third space
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Transcellular fluid
Definition
any of the fluids in special body spaces, including cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, peritoneal fluid, and pleural fluid
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Solute
Definition
A particle dissolved or suspended in the water portion (solvent) of body fluids; a solution consists of a solute and a solvent
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Solvent
Definition
Water portion of fluids
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Filtration
Definition
Movement of fluid through a cell or blood vessel membrane because of water pressure
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Hydrostatic Pressure
Definition
The force of the weight of water molecules pressing against the confining walls of a space
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Permeable
Definition
The quality of being porous
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Disequilibrium
Definition
Condition in which the hydrostatic pressure is no the same in the two fluid spaces on either side of a permeable membrane
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Filter
Definition
Movement of fluid from the space with higher hydrostatic pressure through the membrane into the space with lower hydrostatic pressure
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Edema
Definition
Tissue swelling from excess fluid
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Diffusion
Definition
Movement of particles (solute) across a permeable membrane form an area of higher particle concentration to an area of lower particle concentration (down a concentration gradient)
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Impermeable
Definition
Closed to a certain particle
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Facilitated diffusion
Definition
diffusion across a cell membrane that requires the assistance of a transport system or membrane-altering system, also called facilitated transport
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Osmosis
Definition
Movement of water only through a selectively permeable membrane
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Osmolarity
Definition
Number of milliosmoles in a liter of solution
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Osmolality
Definition
number of milliosmoles in a kg of solution
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Obligatory urine output
Definition
Minimum amount of urine needed per day to dissolve and excrete toxic waste products
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Insensible water loss
Definition
Water loss from the skin, lungs, and still that cannot be controlled
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Hypovolemia
Definition
Abnormal decreased volume of circulating fluid in the body; fluid deficit
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Dehydration
Definition
Fluid intake less than what is needed to meet the body's fluid needs
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Orthostatic hypotension
Definition
Decrease in blood pressure occurs in the first few seconds to minutes after changing from a sitting or lying position to standing up
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Hemoconcentration
Definition
Elevated plasma levels that occur when water is lost and other substances remain
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Fluid Overload
Definition
an excess of body fluid
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Hemodilution
Definition
results from excessive water in the vascular space
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Electrolytes
Definition
substances dissolved in body fluid that carry an electrical charge
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