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How are fluid (water) balance and electrolyte balance interdependent? Explain how hydrostatic and osmotic pressure regulates the movement of water and electrolytes from one compartment to the next.
How does Sodium (and other impermeant solutes) affect the movement of water?
What is water balance and why is it important?
Explain how the hypothalamus regulates water balance. (Table 21.2)
List the electrolytes most important to cellular functions and explain how electrolyte intake and output are regulated.
Differentiate between dehydration, water intoxication, and edema.
Explain why the regulation of hydrogen ion concentration is so important.
Describe the functions of the bicarbonate buffer system, the phosphate buffer system, and the protein buffer system.
How do the rates at which chemical and physiological buffer systems differ?
Differentiate between respiratory alkalosis and metabolic alkalosis.
Differentiate between acidosis and alkalosis (list symptoms as well).