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Volume contraction is a decrease in the volume of body fluid, including the dissolved substances that maintain osmotic balance (osmolytes). The loss of the water component of body fluid is specifically termed dehydration.[1]

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Volume contraction

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Volume contraction is a decrease in the volume of body fluid, including the dissolved substances that maintain osmotic balance (osmolytes). The loss of...

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Contraction alkalosis

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Contraction alkalosis refers to the increase in blood pH that occurs as a result of fluid losses (volume contraction). The change in pH is especially pronounced...

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Systole

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the contraction of the cardiac muscle in response to an electrochemical stimulus to the heart's cells (cardiomyocytes). Cardiac output is the volume of...

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Hypovolemia

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Hypovolemia, also known as volume depletion or volume contraction, is a state of abnormally low extracellular fluid in the body. This may be due to either...

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Contraction

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up contraction or contracted in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Contraction may refer to: Contraction (grammar), a shortened word Poetic contraction, omission...

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Isovolumetric contraction

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physiology, isometric contraction is an event occurring in early systole during which the ventricles contract with no corresponding volume change (isometrically)...

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Dumping syndrome

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due to the shift of fluid into the intestinal lumen, with plasma volume contraction and acute intestinal distention. Osmotic diarrhea, distension of the...

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Intravascular volume status

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interstitial tissue (e.g. due to hyponatremia or liver failure). Volume contraction of intravascular fluid (blood plasma) is termed hypovolemia, and its...

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Fluid balance

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Deficits to body water result in volume contraction and dehydration. Diarrhea is a threat to both body water volume and electrolyte levels, which is why...

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Lanthanide contraction

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The lanthanide contraction is the greater-than-expected decrease in atomic radii and ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series, from left to...

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Cardiac cycle

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of the systole (contractions), ejecting the new blood volume and completing the cardiac cycle. (See Wiggers diagram: "Ventricular volume" tracing (red)...

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Hydrostatic skeleton

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lies fluid, most often water. The fluid is resistant to changes in volume. Contraction of circular, radial or transverse muscles increases the pressure...

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Cardiac physiology

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stroke volume which determines the end systolic volume. The greater the contraction the greater the stroke volume and the smaller the end systolic volume. Positive...

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Ejaculation

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more contractions with no semen expelled. This study also found a high correlation between number of spurts of semen and total ejaculate volume, i.e....

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Body water

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hormone, aldosterone and atrial natriuretic peptide. Volume contraction is a decrease in body fluid volume, with or without a concomitant loss of osmolytes...

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Stroke volume

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factors such as heart size, its force of contraction, duration of contraction, preload (end-diastolic volume), and afterload. Corresponding to the oxygen...

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Hypokalemia

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concentration of potassium. In addition to urinary losses from polyuria and volume contraction, also an obligate loss of potassium from kidney tubules occurs as...

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Zintl phase

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1941. In his early studies, Zintl noted that there was an atomic volume contraction upon the formation of these products and realized that this could...

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Recession

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In economics, a recession is a business cycle contraction that occurs when there is a general decline in economic activity. Recessions generally occur...

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Molar volume

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water, which may experience contraction or expansion upon mixing. This effect is represented by the quantity excess volume of the mixture, an example of...

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Thermal expansion

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this is usually called negative thermal expansion, rather than "thermal contraction". For example, the coefficient of thermal expansion of water drops to...

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Myogenic mechanism

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cause the muscle to depolarize, leading to muscle contraction. This significantly reduces the volume of blood able to pass through the lumen, which reduces...

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