Sentences with phrase «chloride ions»

The cool - and - dry periods have a lot more of these airborne sodium and chloride ions.

Flea dirt contains 83 - 90 % of the original blood's protein, as well as 44 - 80 % of the potassium and chloride ions.

Chloride ions are abundant in the human body.

One of the main functions of the kidneys is to regulate both the volume and the composition of body fluid, including electrolytes, such as sodium, potassium, and chloride ions.

In order for silver chloride to form there must be chloride ions present.

Salt provides two elements that are essential for life and for good health: sodium and chloride ions.

GABA receptors are spread out throughout the brain and they are ligand - activated chloride channels that when activated, allow the negatively charged chloride ions across the cell membrane and into the cell where they reduce cellular activity.

Chloride ions are synthesized by the body to produce hydrochloric acid or HCL.

If silver ions are present the chloride ions will combine with the silver ions and create a white, cloudy appearance.

To figure out whether a solution is ionic silver, you only need add chloride ions.

Previous work with chloride ions and water has yielded conflicting results about how a water molecule (which is shaped like a boomerang) and a chloride ion (shaped like a ball) face each other.

Building on those findings, the Jans identified the genes for a different family of channels called calcium - activated chloride channels, which shuttle chloride ions to control smooth muscle contraction in the stomach, intestines, and lung airways.

Other gates release negatively charged chloride ions.

«However, as we encountered problems and found solutions, we gained additional insight on the processes, the role of water molecules and differences between sodium and chloride ions.»

Measuring electrolyte loss can combat fatigue, and tracking chloride ions can indicate susceptibility for diseases like cystic fibrosis.

Defective ion channels are the underlying cause of many diseases, notably cystic fibrosis, in which the transport of chloride ions is impaired.

The two anionophores that show high selectivity for carrying chloride ions over protons and hydroxide.

The culprit was a faulty version of a gene that makes pores which allow chloride ions in and out of cells.

The binding of positively charged calcium ions in its vicinity opens the channel and allows negatively charged chloride ions to permeate across the membrane.

TMEM16A is part of a protein family whose members facilitate the flow of negatively charged chloride ions or lipids across the cell membrane.

Next they flooded the interior of the dendrites with chloride to block the inhibitory inward flow of chloride ions; that change abolished directional selectivity.

The inhibitory signal would cause chloride ions to enter the cell, their negative charge effectively canceling the excitatory effect.

When the team added negatively charged chloride ions, these ions became hubs, each attracting exactly five needle - and - thread compounds.

Previously, Jungwirth's team tested the strategy by modeling the relatively simple interaction between calcium and chloride ions.

When a pair of chemical targets — n this case, carbon monoxide gas and chloride ions — approach, the rhodium atoms cut their ties to nearby sulfur atoms and latch onto the targets instead.

It has remarkable specificity for fluoride and can distinguish it from the closely related chloride ion.

They then compared each DWSP concrete mixture with normal concrete in terms of their compressive strength, water absorption, water permeability and rapid chloride ion penetration (i.e. permeability to salt).

The researchers found that due to its size, the larger chloride ion (Cl --RRB- prevents water from accessing kink sites during detachment, limiting the overall rate of sodium chloride dissolution in water.

The same transmitter, acetylcholine, can independently stimulate both a chloride ion conductance and a sodium pump mechanism in the same follower cell by acting on two different postsynaptic receptors.

Some of the electronic charge on the chloride ion (Cl --RRB- ends up on the water molecules in the first solvation shells around the chloride and sodium ions, with the waters around sodium being the most negative — the waters effectively act as an electronic sink.

For example, table salt, which is Sodium Chloride (NaCl), ionizes into two charged ions, specifically a sodium ion and a chloride ion.

One molecule of silver chloride is formed when a single silver ion combines with a single chloride ion.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

Not exact matches

Both compounds have the same molecular formula with a central platinum ion bonded to two chloride and two ammonia ligands, all in the same plane and in the shape of a cross — but in the former the chlorides are next to each other and in the latter they are on opposite sides to each other.

When you stimulate a neuron, ions like sodium and potassium and chloride flow back and forth, causing what's called an action potential to travel down the neuron, through the axon, to a synapse.

Scientists previously thought ions — charged particles such as sodium or chloride, which bond to make salt — got buried in bodies of water.

When, however, an ionic compound such as sodium chloride (NaCl) dissolves in water, the sodium chloride lattice dissociates into separate ions which are solvated (wrapped) with a coating of water molecules.

Upper crystal: sodium chloride (NaCl) with blue balls for Na + ions and green balls for Cl - ions.

In this case, the array of sensors was formed of 21 ion - selective electrodes, including some with response to cations (ammonium, sodium), others with response to anions (nitrate, chloride, etc.), as well as electrodes with generic (unspecified) response to the varieties considered.

«These effects happen at the minute level of potassium, chloride, and other ions moving across the neuron outer membrane via channels and transporters,» Dani said.

When the electron is stripped from hydrogen chloride's highest orbital, an ion (a charged version of the molecule) survives.

The ions selected were chloride and iodide.

The researchers analyzed the resulting simulations and determined that when chloride or iodide ions were added into bulk water, the molecules formed a cage or solvation shell around the ion.

«Computational Investigation of the First Solvation Shell Structure of Interfacial and Bulk Aqueous Chloride and Iodide Ions.»

However, our body has a method that reabsorbs the sodium, chloride and ions back into the skin.

If more salt is added, the white silver chloride will become denser until all the silver ions have combined with the available chlorine ions.

Ionic silver does not reach the bloodstream unchanged because the silver ions are converted into silver chloride which means ionic silver products are less bioavailable than true colloidal silver products.

For example, if a magnetic field is strong enough to attract or repel ions such as sodium and chloride in the blood, these ions may eventually encounter the walls of the blood vessels, move more rapidly, and cause an increase in tissue temperature or an increase in blood flow.

The herpetologist wanted to point out that Chloride and Sodium ions are needed in all living creatures.

Tiny ions of hydrogen, chloride, sodium, potassium, magnesium, and calcium keep the brain, heart, and muscles functioning.