Matching
A) Addison's disease
B) Dehydration
C) Edema
D) Aldosterone
E) Hyponatremia
11) An atypical accumulation of fluid in the interstitial space.
12) Fluid loss, either the loss of water or the loss of water and solutes together.
13) A disorder entailing deficient aldosterone production by the adrenal cortex.
14) Regulates sodium ion concentrations in the extracellular fluid.
15) A condition due to excessive water intake that results in net osmosis into tissue cells. This leads to severe metabolic disturbances.
Answers: 11) C 12) B 13) A 14) D 15) E
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