1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
kkurt [141]
1 year ago
14

What specific changes in rachel’s muscle cells and kidney function are leading to elevated plasma k levels?

Biology
1 answer:
tensa zangetsu [6.8K]1 year ago
5 0

Intracellular Potassium Shifts and Impaired Potassium Excretion leads to elevated plasma K levels.

What is Hyperkalemia?

  • Hyperkalemia, a potentially lethal condition, develops when serum potassium levels rise above 5.5 mmol/l.
  • Potassium is the most common intracellular cation and is crucial for many physiological functions, at a concentration of 100-150 mmol/l. The digestive system quickly and usually fully absorbs potassium.

Causes:

  • Increased Potassium intake: In adult patients with normal renal function, increased dietary potassium intake is a very rare cause of hyperkalemia, but it can be a significant factor in people with kidney disease.
  • Intracellular Potassium Shifts: Large amounts of intracellular potassium can be released into the extracellular area as a result of cellular damage. Excessive activity, rhabdomyolysis after a crush injury, or other hemolytic processes can all be to responsible for this. 
  • Impaired Potassium Excretion: The most frequent cause of hyperkalemia is acute or chronic renal disease. Hyperkalemia may also result from tubular dysfunction brought on by aldosterone insufficiency or insensitivity.

Learn more about the Hyperkalemia with the help of the given link:

brainly.com/question/8920601

#SPJ4

You might be interested in
3. Organisms that are NOT autotrophs
Zolol [24]

Answer:

The answer is D.

Explanation:

Autotrophs are known as producers which gets energy from sunlight and produces their own food.

3 0
2 years ago
Label the features of the stomach and nearby regions in this frontal section of a cadaver (anterior view)
Fantom [35]
1- Pyloric sphincter
2-Duodenum
3- Bile duct
4-Pancreatic duct
5-Esophagus
6-Lower esophageal sphincter
7-Fundus of stomach
8- Cardia
9-Body of stomach
10-Pyloric part

The <span>esophagus(5) connects to the stomach.</span>
<span> The food passes,from the pharynx, to the esophagus, to the stomach. This process is aided by peristaltic movements done by esophagus muscles.
This organ contains two sphincters:</span><span>the upper and the lower esophageal sphincter.
 
</span>The stomach is divided into four parts:
<span><span>1-The cardia (8) - this part is connected to  the esophagus and its where  the epithelium changes from stratified squamous to columnar.
In this region is the lower esophageal sphincter (6).

</span>2--The fundus(7)- It's formed by the upper curvature of the stomach.

3- the body(9)- is the main part; and the biggest

4-The pylorus/</span><span> Pyloric part (10) - is the lower region. This part is connected to the small intestine, the duodenum. In this region there is a </span>
strong ring of muscle called the (<span>1) Pyloric sphincter.


In the first part of the duodenum there is a connection with a duct that comes from the pancreas -4-</span>Pancreatic duct .
There is another duct that ends in the duodenum called- <span>Bile duct, that caries bile to digest fats.</span>
8 0
3 years ago
Some organelles, such as the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi bodies, have a large and folded structure. What is an advantage of
bekas [8.4K]

Answer:

Explanation:

In endoplasmic reticulum, many folds leads to an increase in surface area for ribosomes to attach which allows for protein synthesis to occur at an efficient rate.

mitochondria has two membrane,

It has an inner membrane which is folded inside the other. The fold create cristae, which is the site for a portion of cellular respiration.

The folds also enables a large surface area that makes chemical process to occur in an efficient way.

3 0
3 years ago
What type of nosocomial infection is likely to arise from intravenous catheterization?
mrs_skeptik [129]

Answer:

The correct answer is c. Bacteremia

Explanation:

Nosocomial infection is a hospital-acquired infection. Intravenous catheterization is majorly used in hospitals for therapeutic purposes like drug administration, blood sampling, etc.  

These catheters are one of the major causes of nosocomial bacteremia in patients. Bacteremia is the condition in which bacteria is present in the blood.

So these catheter can be contaminated with bacteria which came from a patient and when they are used in another patient without proper sterilization they can transfer these bacteria to other patients blood which then cause nosocomial bacteremia.  

8 0
2 years ago
Que es un gameto de las plantas no humano
Ainat [17]
Haploid generations produce gametes through mitosis.
5 0
3 years ago
Other questions:
  • Why is it important to identify signs of stress early?
    6·1 answer
  • Which of the following is a characteristic of alcoholic fermentation?
    6·2 answers
  • To distinguish between human and animal hair, forensic scientists may look at what part of the hair?
    10·1 answer
  • Music question hurry please
    8·1 answer
  • If you had to slide a heavy bot across a floor, how would friction affect the amount of work you had to do on the box in order t
    11·1 answer
  • The main difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells is that
    11·1 answer
  • How does the range of phenotypes difference between single gene trait and polygenic traits
    14·1 answer
  • How are photosynthesis and cellular respiration related?
    9·2 answers
  • Define bisexual flower<br>​
    12·2 answers
  • What would the seasons on Earth be like if its axis was tilted like Uranus, perpendicular to its orbit? What would the climate a
    9·2 answers
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!