Hyponatremia and Osmosis
Learning Objective
I can explain the relationship between sodium concentration, osmosis, and hyponatremia in a way that someone my age can understand.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 4 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. Explain in your own words how the amount of sodium in the fluid surrounding your cells is normally kept in balance. What role does water play in this balance?
2. Imagine you drink a very large amount of water in a short period of time. How does this excess water affect the sodium concentration outside your cells, and what happens to the water as a result? Use the term "osmosis" in your explanation.
3. Why is swelling of brain cells more dangerous than swelling of muscle cells when someone has hyponatremia?
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