Osmolality Wings ^^ !
By BoNbOoNa
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Key takeaways
Osmolality wings cartoon: how sodium and glucose, plus blood urea nitrogen (BUN), keep blood osmolality balanced, explained with a memorable toon.

Blood osmolality is kept under control by three substances 🙂 ,
two of them are mentioned in our Toon :angel:
as you can see up there :whistle: ,we have a blood vessel that is full blood & life :happy: … and Yes it flying like a bird
!!… notice that 2 wings are spraying 2 white magical substances :happy: …both of them are important in maintaing the blood osmolality 🙂 ;
1-Sugar ( referring to Glucose 😉 ) & 2- Salt ( referring to sodium 😉 )
just like a bird needs to balance on two wings to fly normally
… Our body also needs to balance on normal sodium & glucose concentrations in order to maintain it’s optimum osmolality ![]()
Q: what about the third substance :whistle: ?
Answer: No.3 is Urea “BUN” 🙂 , It’s also important for balancing the osmolality of Our blood 🙂
Tip
The blood osmolality identifies how much blood urea nitrogen, glucose, and sodium are dissolved in Our serum——-
References :
– Osmolalilty calculator : http://www-users.med.cornell.edu/~spon/picu/calc/osmolal.htm
– Medline plus
– Pediatric classes in Mansoura Academic hospital
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Bibo
I am always proud of you …….. great job as usual ……….. nice to see the beautiful image when the art is mixed with science. Thanks and keep it up …….. excellent
BoNbOoNa
Thank you so so much :cheerful: always welcome 😊

