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Where is the greatest concentration on sodium found in the body?
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What happens when the body is lacking in sodium?
what causes a lack of sodium in the body
What do you have if your sodium is too high?
If your body has too much sodium, you get sodium toxicity.
What are concentration gradients?
Concentration gradients is a solutes. This is used in the body.
Where is sodium found outside the body?
Table salt, which is sodium chloride, a compound of sodium. Many, many foods contain salt; many manufactured foods contain added salt. The seas and oceans contain vast amounts of salt.
Does the body use sodium?
Sodium is one of the minerals that the body needs in relatively large quantities
Why does eating pizza make you thirsty?
The body tries to maintain a specific concentration of Sodium within the body. When you eat Sodium heavy foods such as pizza, the local concentrations of the Sodium within the body increase. This effect is not the best for maintain the Sodium-Potassium pump which is pivotal in the optimal functioning of the cell. That is why, to lower the concentration of Sodium, the body tries to increase the concentration of water. This makes you feel thirsty.
What is the relationship of sodium and edema?
Sodium causes edema which is swelling of the tissues of the body. Sodium causes the body to retain fluid which it uses to dilute the concentration of sodium.
What organ is responsible for regulating the concentration of sodium and chloride in the body?
kidney
Where is sodium found in a humans body?
it is found in the fluid outside of the body's cells
When you eat pizza the body will respond to the high sodium intake in the ingredients by?
shifting water back into the bloodstream to reduce the sodium concentration.
Does the sodium-potassium pump require any energy to function?
No. The body requires a high concentration of intracellular potassium and a high concentration of extracellular sodium.
The electrolyte that has the greatest effect on water movement between body compartments is?
Sodium.
The highest carbon dioxide concentration will be found where in the body?
alveoli
What is the sodium?
Sodium is a major mineral and is found in the fluid surrounding the cells in your body
Ionic compound found in human body fluid?
Sodium Chloride
What are some ions found in the body?
sodium ion, chlorine ion
What atom is found in the greatest amount in the human body?
oxygen
