Essays on Acid-Base Balance

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This paper discusses how exercise stimulates the release of growth hormone. Older people tend to have lower levels of the hormone. As a result, mechanisms have been formulated to help deal with the deficiency which includes inducing the growth hormone into the individual’s body. This, therefore, leads to the discussion of the exact mechanism through which the growth hormone facilitates exercise, maintains growth and repair of worn out muscles or even reverses the aging process among the aged. Also, the functions of IGF-I binding proteins during exercise and its importance in aiding the release of the GH is ...

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The paper articulates the electrolyte and fluid study by describing functions and location of various body fluids and factors that affects variations in fluid compartments. These body fluids involves Body fluids involve blood plasma, mucus and lymphatic fluid, saliva and gastric juice, and other fluids such as tears, sweat, semen and vaginal secretions. The functions, regulation, sources and losses of the main electrolytes in the body are also described. The paper also outlines the basic principles of some of the processes that occur in human body such as osmosis, filtration, active transport and diffusion. In order to understand ...

Homeostasis is the propensity of an organism/a cell to direct its internal situation, typically by a system of reaction controls, for the health and functioning to be stablelized, despite the outside altering conditions. The capability of the body /a cell is to look for and uphold the state of stability inside its internal environment while it’s dealing with the outside changes. Homeostasis takes place when the body regulates its temperature so as to try maintaining an inner temperature.eg in hot days we sweat to cool off, also we shiver to generate heat in the cold season. Homeostasis use hormones to ...

Dehydration

Introduction Water is an essential chemical substance in the human body, and it possesses unique physical and chemical properties. The human body consists of 45% to 77% water depending on age and sex. Water plays a significant role in the nourishment of the cells and removal of waste from the human body and its deficiency may lead to poor metabolism and functioning of the body (Brown, 2011). The excessive loss of water or deficiency of body water is referred to as dehydration. In dehydration, the body’s output of water is greater than the intake, and it can be ...

1.0 Overview of urine formation The kidney is the chief regulator of all body fluids primarily responsible for maintaining homeostasis (equilibrium) of fluids and electrolytes (salts) in the body[ CITATION LAK03 \l 2057 ]. The kidney has five main functions namely: regulation of fluid and electrolyte, regulation of acid-base balance, excretion of the waste products of protein metabolism, hormonal function and protein conservation. All kidney functions except the hormonal function are carried out through urine formation which involves three processes: filtration, re-absorption and secretion. These processes occur at different parts of the nephron, the basic functional unit of the ...