Explain the meaning of fluid balance within the body—
-a state in which our average daily water gains and losses equivalent
(about 2,500 mL/day for the average adult)
-water is properly distributed among the fluid compartments( not pooled somewhere in
the body)
-matter of intake versus output
Describe sources of water for the body—
Ingestion of fluid—
Ingestion of food—
Metabolic water—
Identify the ways in which water is lost by the body—
-urine, fecal moisture and the breath
-skin, by sweating and cutaneous transpiration
Differentiate between an electrolyte and a non-electrolyte (charge dissociation)—
Electrolyte—
-salts that disassociate into free ions in water
-capable of conducting electricity
Non-electrolyte—
-does not conduct electricity
Identify the common electrolytes within the body—
-Sodium
-potassium
-calcium
-phosphate
-bicarbonates
-magneisum