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Chapter 26

Fluid, Electrolyte & Acid-Base Balance

6 things you can try
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Fluid Compartments

Fluid inside cells and outside cells. See where body water lives.

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Water Balance

The ways water comes in and goes out each day, kept equal.

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Electrolytes

Sodium, potassium, calcium and more. See their jobs and what goes wrong.

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Blood pH & Buffers

Add acid or base. Watch the bicarbonate buffer hold the line.

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Acid-Base Control

Chemical buffers, the lungs and the kidneys. Each works at its own speed.

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Acid-Base Disorders

Acidosis and alkalosis, caused by the lungs or by metabolism.

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