Research Results For 'Electrolyte'

HAEMOFILTRATION

Haemofiltration is a temporary treatment for patients in acute (usually temporary) kidney failure. Large volumes of plasma water are filtered out of the bloodstream, to be replaced by a sterile electrolyte solution. This has the effect of removing waste products, regulating the plasma electrolytes and getting rid of excess water. For critically ill patients it is safer than dialysis.
Research Haemofiltration

SUPRARENAL GLAND

The adrenal (suprarenal) glands are positioned on the top, or crown, of each kidney. They are relatively flat, yellowish, and measure about 2.5 cm wide by 5 cm long, though they are slightly smaller in the female than in the male. Each adrenal gland features a cortex and a medulla. The function of the adrenal glands is to produce a variety of steroidal hormones which help regulate a number of body functions. These include glucocorticoids (hydrocortisone, cortisone, and corticosterone), mineralcorticoids (aldosterone and deoxycorticosterone), and sex hormones (androgens). These steroids regulate cell metabolism, stress-resistance, electrolyte and water balance, waste excretion, and other processes. The deficiency of one of the adrenal hormones results in a disease such as Addison's disease, while hypersecretion of adrenal hormones leads to Cushing's disease. The adrenal glands constantly work to keep the level of these hormones balanced in the system.
Research Suprarenal Gland

ANION

An anion is a negatively charged ion which, in an electrolyte or in a gas-filled space, travels towards the positive electrode or anode.
Research Anion

ANODE

An anode is the principal positive electrode by which the current leaves an electrolyte, electron tube etc.
Research Anode

CATION

A cation is a positively charged ion which, in an electrolyte or in a gas-filled electron tube, travels towards the negative electrode or cathode.
Research Cation

ELECTRIC CURRENT

Electric current is the movement of electric charge. In a conductor the current consists of a drift of electrons towards the positive pole of the applied electric field. In an electrolyte or in a gas it consists of the migration of positive ions towards the negative electrode and of negative ions and/or electrons towards the positive electrode.
Research Electric current

ELECTRODE

An electrode is a conductor by which an electric current enters or leaves an electrolyte or an electron tube. The positive electrode is called the anode and the negative electrode is called the cathode. The term electrode (from the Greek, hodos, a way), was introduced by Faraday to denote the wires or other terminals by which electricity either enters or leaves a body which is undergoing electrolytic decomposition. He called the electrode at which the current enters the anode (ana, upwards), and the electrode at which the current leaves the electrolyte the cathode (kata, downwards).
Research Electrode

ELECTROLYTE

In chemistry, electrolyte is a substance which will conduct an electrical current when in solution or melted
Research Electrolyte

IONIZATION

In chemistry, ionization is the separation of an electrolyte into charged ions in solution.
Research Ionization

LECLANCHE CELL

The Leclanche Cell is a primary electrical cell generating an e.m.f. of 1.5 volts. The Leclanche Cell consists of a carbon rod positive electrode surrounded by an intimate mixture of carbon and manganese dioxide, the depolarizer, contained within a porous pot; an electrolyte of an aqueous solution of ammonium chloride, and a zinc rod negative electrode. The Leclanche Cell was functional at low currents, but if a large current was drawn hydrogen evolved and tended to cover the carbon electrode, none-the-less the Leclanche Cell was the fore runner of modern zinc carbon batteries.
Research Leclanche Cell

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