Fluid & Electrolytes Key Terms

Intracellular fluid

Extracellular fluid

Intracellular dehydration

Electrolytes

Major cations (+)

Major anions (-)

Solvents

Solutes

Osmosis

Osmolarity

Isotonic

Hypertonic

Hypotonic

Diffusion

Active transport

Capillary filtration

Hydrostatic pressure

Colloid osmotic pressure

pH

Acidosis

Alkalosis

Buffer

Hypovolemia

Third spacing

Hypervolemia

Edema

Hypernatremia/Hyponatremia

Hypermagnesemia/Hypomagnesemia

Hyperphosphatemia/Hypophosphatemia

Hyperkalemia/Hypokalemia

Hypercalcemia/Hypocalcemia

Hyperchloremia/Hypochloremia

metabolic acidosis

Metabolic alkalosis

Respiratory acidosis

Respiratory alkalosis

Arterial blood gases