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A Person with Diarrhoea Loses Excessive Salt and Water from the Body

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A person with diarrhoea loses excessive salt and water from the body. This loss results in Na⁺ depletion, dehydration, a decreased extracellular fluid volume, a reduction in plasma volume, and a decreased systemic arterial blood pressure.The following refer to the events that occur to compensate for this fluid loss. Match the effects, labelled a. through c., with the factors listed. (Options may be used more than once or not at all.)
-amount of Na⁺ excreted


Definitions:

Sodium

A soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal and an essential element in animal nutrition, symbolized as Na.

Nitrogen

A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that constitutes about 78% of the Earth's atmosphere; it is a critical element in the makeup of amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids.

Ionic Compound

A substance made up of positively and negatively charged ions that are combined in a ratio to neutralize the charges.

Bromine

A reddish-brown liquid at room temperature, with the elemental symbol Br, and atomic number 35; it is a halogen and is used in various industrial applications.

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