NEET MDS Lessons
Physiology
Cell, or Plasma, membrane
- Structure - 2 primary building blocks include
protein (about 60% of the membrane) and lipid, or
fat (about 40% of the membrane).
The primary lipid is called phospholipids, and molecules of phospholipid form a 'phospholipid bilayer' (two layers of phospholipid molecules). This bilayer forms because the two 'ends' of phospholipid molecules have very different characteristics: one end is polar (or hydrophilic) and one (the hydrocarbon tails below) is non-polar (or hydrophobic):
- Functions include:
- supporting and retaining the cytoplasm
- being a selective barrier .
- transport
- communication (via receptors)
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There Are 12 Pairs of Cranial Nerves
- The 12 pairs of cranial nerves emerge mainly from the ventral surface of the brain
- Most attach to the medulla, pons or midbrain
- They leave the brain through various fissures and foramina of the skull
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Nerve
Name
Sensory
Motor
Autonomic
ParasympatheticI
Olfactory
Smell
II
Optic
Vision
III
Oculomotor
Proprioception
4 Extrinsic eye muscles
Pupil constriction
Accomodation
FocusingIV
Trochlear
Proprioception
1 Extrinsic eye muscle (Sup.oblique)
V
Trigeminal
Somatic senses
(Face, tongue)Chewing
VI
Abducens
Proprioception
1 Extrinsic eye muscle (Lat. rectus)
VII
Facial
Taste
Proprioception
Muscles of facial expression
Salivary glands
Tear glandsVIII
Auditory
(Vestibulocochlear)Hearing, Balance
IX
Glossopharyngeal
Taste
Blood gasesSwallowing
GaggingSalivary glands
X
Vagus
Blood pressure
Blood gases
TasteSpeech
Swallowing GaggingMany visceral organs
(heart, gut, lungs)XI
Spinal acessory
Proprioception
Neck muscles:
Sternocleidomastoid
TrapeziusXII
Hypoglossal
Proprioception
Tongue muscles
Speech - Many of the functions that make us distinctly human are controlled by cranial nerves: special senses, facial expression, speech.
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Cranial Nerves Contain Sensory, Motor and Parasympathetic Fibers
Remember the following principles before proceeding :
- Reabsorption occurs for most of substances that have been previously filterd .
- The direction of reabsorption is from the tubules to the peritubular capillaries
- All of transport mechanism are used here.
- Different morphology of the cells of different parts of the tubules contribute to reabsorption of different substances .
- There are two routes of reabsorption: Paracellular and transcellular : Paracellular reabsorption depends on the tightness of the tight junction which varies from regeon to region in the nephrons .Transcellular depends on presence of transporters ( carriers and channels for example).
1. Reabsorption of glucose , amino acids , and proteins :
Transport of glucose occurs in the proximal tubule . Cells of proximal tubules are similar to those of the intestinal mucosa as the apical membrane has brush border form to increase the surface area for reabsorption , the cells have plenty of mitochondria which inform us that high amount of energy is required for active transport , and the basolateral membrane of the cells contain sodium -potassium pumps , while the apical membrane contains a lot of carrier and channels .
The tight junction between the tubular cells of the proximal tubules are not that (tight) which allow paracellular transport.
Reabsorption of glucose starts by active transport of Na by the pumps on the basolateral membrane . This will create Na gradient which will cause Na to pass the apical membrane down its concentration gradient . Glucose also passes the membrane up its concentration gradient using sodium -glucose symporter as a secondary active transport.
The concentration of glucose will be increased in the cell and this will enable the glucose to pass down concentration gradient to the interstitium by glucose uniporter . Glucose will then pass to the peritubular capillaries by simple bulk flow.
Remember: Glucose reabsorption occurs via transcellular route .
Glucose transport has transport maximum . In normal situation there is no glucose in the urine , but in uncontrolled diabetes mellitus patients glucose level exceeds its transport maximum (390 mg/dl) and thus will appear in urine .
2. Reabsorption of Amino acids : Use secondary active transport mechanism like glucose.
3. Reabsorption of proteins :
Plasma proteins are not filtered in Bowman capsule but some proteins and peptides in blood may pass the filtration membrane and then reabsorbed . Some peptides are reabsorbed paracellulary , while the others bind to the apical membrane and then enter the cells by endocytosis , where they will degraded by peptidase enzymes to amino acids .
4. Reabsorption of sodium , water , and chloride:
65 % of sodium is reabsorbed in the proximal tubules , while 25% are reabsorbed in the thick ascending limb of loob of Henle , 9% in the distal and collecting tubules and collecting ducts .
90% of sodium reabsorption occurs independently from its plasma level (unregulated) , This is true for sodium reabsorbed in proximal tubule and loop of Henle , while the 9% that is reabsorbed in distal ,collecting tubules and collecting ducts is regulated by Aldosterone.
In proximal tubules : 65% of sodium is reabsorbed . The initial step occurs by creating sodium gradient by sodium-potassium pump on the basolateral membrane . then the sodium will pass from the lumen into the cells down concentration gradient by sodium -glucose symporter , sodium -phosphate symporter and by sodium- hydrogen antiporter and others
After reabsorption of sodium , an electrical gradient will be created , then chloride is reabsorbed following the sodium . Thus the major cation and anion leave the lumen to the the interstitium and thus the water follows by osmosis . 65% of water is reabsorbed in the proximal tubule.
Discending limb of loop of Henle is impermeable to electrolytes but avidly permeable to water . 10 % of water is reabsorbed in the discending thin limb of loob of Henle .
The thick ascending limb of loop of Henly is permeable to electrolytes , due to the presence of Na2ClK syporter . 25% of sodium is reabsorbed here .
In the distal and collecting tubules and the collecting ducts 9% of sodium is reabsorbed .this occurs under aldosterone control depending on sodium plasma level. 1% of sodium is excreted .
Water is not reabsorbed from distal tubule but 5-25% of water is reabsorbed in collecting tubules .
Hyperventilation
- Treatments :Rebreath air, hold breath (Increase CO2)
Give oxygen for Hypoxemia
Cystic Fibrosis
→ Thick mucus coagulates in ducts, produces obstruction, Too thick for cilia to move
→ Major Systems Affected: Respiratory System, G. I. Tract,Reproductive Tract
→ Inherited, autosomal recessive gene, most common fatal genetic disorder
→ Major characteristic, Altered electrolyte composition (Saliva & sweat Na+, K+, Cl-)
→ Family history of Cystic Fibrosis
→ Respiratory Infections & G.I.Tract malabsorption
→ Predisposes lung to Secondary infection (Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas)
→ Damages Respiratory Bronchioles and Alveolar ducts, Produces Fibrosis of Lungs, Large cystic dilations)
Phases of cardiac cycle :
1. Early diastole ( also called the atrial diastole , or complete heart diastole) : During this phase :
- Atria are relaxed
- Ventricles are relaxed
- Semilunar valves are closed
- Atrioventricular valves are open
During this phase the blood moves passively from the venous system into the ventricles ( about 80 % of blood fills the ventricles during this phase.
2. Atrial systole : During this phase :
- Atria are contracting
- Ventricles are relaxed
- AV valves are open
- Semilunar valves are closed
- Atrial pressure increases.the a wave of atrial pressure appears here.
- P wave of ECG starts here
- intraventricular pressure increases due to the rush of blood then decrease due to continuous relaxation of ventricles.
The remaining 20% of blood is moved to fill the ventricles during this phase , due to atrial contraction.
3. Isovolumetric contraction : During this phase :
- Atria are relaxed
- Ventricles are contracting
- AV valves are closed
- Semilunar valves are closed
- First heart sound
- QRS complex.
The ventricular fibers start to contract during this phase , and the intraventricular pressure increases. This result in closing the AV valves , but the pressure is not yet enough to open the semilunar valves , so the blood volume remain unchanged , and the muscle fibers length also remain unchanged , so we call this phase as isovolumetric contraction ( iso : the same , volu= volume , metric= length).
4. Ejection phase : Blood is ejected from the ventricles into the aorta and pulmonary artery .
During this phase :
- Ventricles are contracting
- Atria are relaxed
- AV valves are closed
- Semilunar valves are open
- First heart sound
- Intraventricular pressure is increased , due to continuous contraction
- increased aortic pressure .
- T wave starts.
5. Isovolumetric relaxation: This phase due to backflow of blood in aorta and pulmonary system after the ventricular contraction is up and the ventricles relax . This backflow closes the semilunar valves .
During this phase :
- Ventricles are relaxed
- Atrial are relaxed
- Semilunar valves are closed .
- AV valves are closed.
- Ventricular pressure fails rapidly
- Atrial pressure increases due to to continuous venous return. the v wave appears here.
- Aortic pressure : initial sharp decrease due to sudden closure of the semilunar valve ( diacrotic notch) , followed by secondary rise in pressure , due to elastic recoil of the aorta ( diacrotic wave) .
- T wave ends in this phase
The Sliding Filament mechanism of muscle contraction.
When a muscle contracts the light I bands disappear and the dark A bands move closer together. This is due to the sliding of the actin and myosin myofilaments against one another. The Z-lines pull together and the sarcomere shortens
The thick myosin bands are not single myosin proteins but are made of multiple myosin molecules. Each myosin molecule is composed of two parts: the globular "head" and the elongated "tail". They are arranged to form the thick bands.
It is the myosin heads which form crossbridges that attach to binding sites on the actin molecules and then swivel to bring the Z-lines together
Likewise the thin bands are not single actin molecules. Actin is composed of globular proteins (G actin units) arranged to form a double coil (double alpha helix) which produces the thin filament. Each thin myofilament is wrapped by a tropomyosin protein, which in turn is connected to the troponin complex.
The tropomyosin-troponin combination blocks the active sites on the actin molecules preventing crossbridge formation. The troponin complex consists of three components: TnT, the part which attaches to tropomyosin, TnI, an inhibitory portion which attaches to actin, and TnC which binds calcium ions. When excess calcium ions are released they bind to the TnC causing the troponin-tropomyosin complex to move, releasing the blockage on the active sites. As soon as this happens the myosin heads bind to these active sites.