Lesson 3 Flashcards
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The study of how body regulates itself to maintain a constant normal internal environment
Homeostasis
Although external conditions change, internal condition stay within narrow range. T or F?
True
The relative constancy of the body’s internal environment
Homeostasis
Potential of Hydrogen
H+
Name the two components which describe the chemical property of substances
Acidic and basic
What’s acidic ?
A substances when added to water produces H+ ions
What’s base
A substance when added to water produces OH- ions
Mixing acids and bases can cancel out or neutralize their extreme effects. True or False
True
Substance that is neither acidic nor basic is known as
Neutral
What is the ph scale range?
0-14
What is the pH of acid?
<7
Ph of base
<7
Neutral pH
7
Ideal pH of body
7-8
PH of blood
7.4 (alkaline)
What’s pH balance ?
Amount of acidity = alkalinity around 7
Acidic body is healthy and allows disease to not grow
False
What are the 2 causes of acidic envt
- inflammation
- cancer and other degenerative diseases have affinity towards acidic envt
Minerals in body that have electric charge
Electrolyte
Where are electrolytes found?
- blood
- urine
-Body fluids
Why right balance of electrolytes needed?
- Body’s blood chemistry
- muscle action
- other processes
Level of electrolyte can be high/ low depending on
Amount of water
Name the types of electrolytes.
- Sodium
- calcium
- potassium
- chlorine
- phosphate
- magnesium
Got from foods and fluids.
Where is sodium mostly found?
Outside the cell- plasma