Reference no: EM132817077

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1. Identify the body's main fluid compartments and explain the importance of water in the body.
2. Identify the six ions most important to the function of the body.
3. Define buffer and discuss the role of buffers in the body.
4. Explain why bicarbonate must be conserved rather than reabsorbed in the kidney.
5. Identify the normal range of blood pH and name the conditions where one has a blood pH that is either too high or too low.
6. Provide specific examples to demonstrate how the urinary system responds to maintain homeostasis in the body.
7. Explain how the urinary system relates to other body systems in maintaining homeostasis.
8. Predict the types of problems that would occur in the body if the urinary system could not maintain homeostasis.
9. Contrast the composition of the intracellular fluid with that of the extracellular fluid.
10. Explain the importance of protein channels in the movement of solutes.