Capacité thermiqueLa capacité thermique (anciennement capacité calorifique) d'un corps est une grandeur qui mesure la chaleur qu'il faut lui transférer pour augmenter sa température d'un kelvin. Inversement, elle permet de quantifier la possibilité qu'a ce corps d'absorber ou de restituer de la chaleur au cours d'une transformation pendant laquelle sa température varie. Elle s'exprime en joules par kelvin (). C'est une grandeur extensive : plus la quantité de matière est importante, plus la capacité thermique est grande.
HemorheologyHemorheology, also spelled haemorheology (from Greek ‘αἷμα, haima 'blood' and rheology, from Greek ῥέω rhéō, 'flow' and -λoγία, -logia 'study of'), or blood rheology, is the study of flow properties of blood and its elements of plasma and cells. Proper tissue perfusion can occur only when blood's rheological properties are within certain levels. Alterations of these properties play significant roles in disease processes. Blood viscosity is determined by plasma viscosity, hematocrit (volume fraction of red blood cell, which constitute 99.
Fluid balanceFluid balance is an aspect of the homeostasis of organisms in which the amount of water in the organism needs to be controlled, via osmoregulation and behavior, such that the concentrations of electrolytes (salts in solution) in the various body fluids are kept within healthy ranges. The core principle of fluid balance is that the amount of water lost from the body must equal the amount of water taken in; for example, in humans, the output (via respiration, perspiration, urination, defecation, and expectoration) must equal the input (via eating and drinking, or by parenteral intake).
