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Hypothalamic nuclei

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Blue, green, red, yellow and purple etc. haha

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Hypothalamus-Pituitary axis

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Hypothalamic nuclei, infundibulum, hypophyseal portal veins, anterior pituitary, posterior pituitary

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How many hormones in hypothalamus?

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9

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How many hormones in pituitary?

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7

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portal system

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capillaries → portal vein → capillaries

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process of hypothalamus-pituitary axis releasing hormone(into blood system, slower than neuron drive system)

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Hypothalamic nuclei(neurosecretory cell) → hormones in axon termini ready to go down → hypophyseal portal vein → secondary plexus → anterior pituitary → adrenal cortex

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Adrenal medulla release Epinephrine and Norepinephrine stimulated by

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Acetylcholine from sympathetic preganglionic neurons

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Adrenal cortex release Mineralocorticoids(aldosterone) stimulated by

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change balance for K+ and angiotensin II in blood( increase K+ and angiotensin II)

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Adrenal cortex release Glucocorticoids(cortisol) stimulated by

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Hypothalamus → CRH → anterior pituitary → ACTH → adrenal cortex → cortisol → negative feedback to anterior pituitary by inhibit anterior pituitary release ACTH → negative feedback to hypothalamus(hypothalamic neurosecretory cell) by inhibit hypothalamus(hypothalamic neurosecretory cell) release CRH

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result of adrenal cortex release Mineralocorticoids(aldosterone)

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increase Na+ and water, decrease K+ in blood, increase blood volume and pressure

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In PNS, sensory neurons are also called

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Afferent

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In PNS, motor neurons are also called

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Efferent

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Structure of neurons

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Dendrites → cell body → Axon → Myelin sheath(made by Schwann cell) → Axon terminals

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Synaptic transmission process

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AP to pre-synaptic axon terminal → voltage gated Ca2+ channels open at terminal → Ca2+ release cause vesicles release Acetylcholine(neurotransmitter aka NT) via exocytosis → Acetylcholine diffuses cross synaptic cleft → Ach(NT) binds receptor on post-synaptic cell membrane → Ligand-gated ion channel open on post-synaptic cell membrane and Na+ flow into post-synaptic cell → postsynaptic potential to threshold, AP fire → impulses continue propagate

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  1. Internal sensing → hypothalamus → spinal cord → pre-ganglionic neuron(myelinated, sympathetic, cholinergic, autonomic motor neuron) → Acetylcholine to Nicotinic receptor of post-ganglionic neuron(unmyelinated, sympathetic, adrenergic, autonomic motor neuron) in the autonomic ganglion → post-ganglionic neuron(unmyelinated, sympathetic, adrenergic, autonomic motor neuron) send Norepinephrine to Adrenergic receptor of effector cell → alarm response(fast version)
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Alarm response, sympathetic

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  1. Internal sensing → hypothalamus → spinal cord → pre-ganglionic neuron(myelinated, sympathetic, cholinergic, autonomic motor neuron) → Acetylcholine to Nicotinic receptor of post-ganglionic neuron(unmyelinated, sympathetic, CHOLINERGIC, autonomic motor neuron) in the autonomic ganglion → post-ganglionic neuron(unmyelinated, sympathetic, CHOLINERGIC, autonomic motor neuron) send Acetylcholine to Muscarinic receptor of cell of sweat gland
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Sweat gland sympathetic pathway

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  1. Internal sensing → hypothalamus → spinal cord → pre-ganglionic neuron(myelinated, para-sympathetic, cholinergic, autonomic motor neuron) → Acetylcholine to Nicotinic receptor of post-ganglionic neuron(unmyelinated, para-sympathetic, CHOLINERGIC, autonomic motor neuron) in the autonomic ganglion → post-ganglionic neuron(unmyelinated, para-sympathetic, CHOLINERGIC, autonomic motor neuron) send Acetylcholine to Muscarinic receptor of effector cell
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Parasympathetic pathway

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Raynaud Disease

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Chronic vasoconstriction, finger and toes become ischemic, cause by too much sympathetic stimulation, didn’t turn off immediately

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Lipid-soluble hormones effect body

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travel in blood(with transport protein MUST) → diffuse into cell → binds receptor(associate gene transcription element on DNA) inside nucleus → change gene expression((turn on or turn off) → mRNA formed → ribosomes use new mRNA make new protein to alter cell activity → physiological behavior changes

Important thing is lipid-soluble hormones need right receptor inside the nucleus, if no right receptor can bind inside nucleus, then can not change gene expression in that cell thus can not change behavior

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water-soluble hormone effect body

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can not diffuse into cell but it can travel in blood free → bind receptor on the SURFACE of the cell → activate G protein → activate adenyl cyclase → adenyl cyclase turn ATP to cAMP(second messenger) → cAMP activate protein kinases → protein kinases add phosphate to other enzymes(phosphorylate) → physiological response → phosphodiesterase turn off cAMP(when hormone left the cell surface) → back to normal

If cell SURFACE don’t have receptor can let this type of hormone to bind, then the hormone can not act on this cell

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Cholera toxin binds G protein

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Chronic diarrhoea

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Stress response component

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Alarm response(fight or flight), alarm extension response(adrenal medulla), resistance reaction(cortisol)

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alarm extension response(adrenal medulla) process

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Hypothalamus(stimulus) → spinal cord → sympathetic preganglionic neuron(myelinated) → Acetylcholine to adrenal medulla → Chromaffin cells(modified post-ganglionic ‘neurons’ act as secretory cells in medulla) release Norepinephrine and Epinephrine into blood stream → extension alarm response

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Cardiac output formula

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CO = HR(heart rate) x SV(stroke volume)

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pulse pressure formula
pulse pressure = systolic pressure - diastolic (eg. 120-80=40 mmHg)
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Preload
Stretch before contract, blood into ventricle to stretch the wall of ventricle before ventricle contract(use left ventricle as example)
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Contractility/inotropy
forcefulness of contraction(left ventricle as example)
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afterload
Force that can pump blood out of left ventricle to the aorta and against the push back pressure in the aorta(arteriole pressure)
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Frank-starling law
More in → more out(more preload, more contractility/inotropy, more afterload, more blood pump out, without damping) or we could say "The more blood fills in the heart during diastole, the greater force of contraction in the heart during systole"(left side heart do the same thing as right side heart, the law apply same to the two side of heart)
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exercise → increase contractility → increase stroke volume True or False?
True
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ability to maintain stable heart rate and stable contractility is?
ionic composition of plasma of the blood circuit around(Na+, K+, Ca2+) (increase Ca2+ in plasma → increase contractility, '+inotropy') (increase K+ → reduce contractility, '-inotropy')
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large change K+ levels
heart stop
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Stroke volume formula
Max filling - Min rest volume
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ejection fraction formula
SV / Max filling
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defibrillator
restore heart rhythm
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Refractory period
max heart rate can achieve
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Contract period
Depolarization must occur to initiate ventricular individual myocyte to contract
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Pacemaker generate depolarization
Sinoatrial node (SA node)
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P wave
atria contraction
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T wave
Repolarization
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P-Q interval
time delay between atrium contraction and ventricular contraction
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QRS complex
Ventricular depolarization(starts before ventricular contraction)
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Vagus
Parasympathetic(response faster than sympathetic in the heart, majority) → heart → decrease heart rate
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Cardiac accelerator
Sympathetic(increase HR + increase SV, this will increase cardiac output) → heart → increase contractility → SA node, AV node and ventricular myocardium
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Vasomotor nerves
Sympathetic(increase HR + increase SV, this will increase cardiac output) → blood vessels(arteriole) → vasoconstriction → Norepinephrine → alpha1 receptor
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Baroreceptor location and function
Locate in arch of aorta and carotid sinus function is sensing stretch of artery wall and feedback to cardiovascular center to regulate blood pressure and heart rate
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Pressure drives?
Supply
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Pressure also drives?
Exchange
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Blood pressure measurement to measure where?
Artery(arteriole pressure 80 mmHg - 120 mmHg)
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Blood reservoirs
Systemic veins and venules 60%(major veins, do not have much smooth muscle around)
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Exchange happens in?
Capillaries
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Largest blood pressure change in body locate?
arterioles
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Before arteriole(from aorta start) pressure around?
80 mmHg - 120 mmHg
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Smooth muscle (lots of) and connective tissue in arterioles(and make tension-vascular tone)(resistance vessel) True or False
True
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Change radius of vessel(decrease radius) → increase tone → massive resistance in the vessel True or False
True
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resistance varies inversely as the 4th power of the radius correct?
Yes
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resistance in blood vessel meaning
If blood from left to right flow then on right side → less flow → less pressure on left side → more flow stick together → high pressure → high resistance
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Blood pressure formula
BP(blood pressure) = CO(cardiac output) x TPR(total peripheral resistance)
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Stand up for long time
Increase net filtration occurs → Lymph vessel pick that excessive fluid → but too many fluid → therefore lots of fluid stick on interstitial spaces between cells → less absorption → you go home → feet up → the fluid reabsorbed again → not swell ankle
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Starling's law of the capillaries
filtration(arteriole) = BHP(blood hydrostatic pressure) + IFOP(interstitial fluid osmotic pressure) reabsorption(venous) = BCOP(blood colloid osmotic pressure) + IFHP(interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure) Net filtration(total) = [BHP(blood hydrostatic pressure) + IFOP(interstitial fluid osmotic pressure)] - [BCOP(blood colloid osmotic pressure) + IFHP(interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure)] Net filtration(total) has different value in ARTERIOLE end and VENOUS end Use Net filtration(total) formula, if result is positive, then this is filtration. If result is negative, then this is reabsorption. Usually positive result occurs in ARTERIOLE end, negative result occurs in VENOUS end Main difference of Net filtration(total) in ARTERIOLE end and in VENOUS end is BHP(blood hydrostatic pressure), and usually BHP(blood hydrostatic pressure) in ARTERIOLE end larger than in VENOUS end
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Capillaries feature
leaky, allow nutrients out, but protein and cells can not leak out
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Blood hydrostatic pressure meaning
blood push arteriole wall
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Blood colloid osmotic pressure meaning
proteins, cells(colloid) try to filter in arteriole wall but their size too large, can not go in, this force push the arteriole wall
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Interstitial fluid osmotic pressure meaning
interstitial fluid from inside arteriole wall trying to filter out into interstitial space with force
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Interstitial fluid hydrostatic pressure meaning
interstitial fluid outside arteriole wall trying to push arteriole wall(not filter in the arteriole wall) with force
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Net pressure formula
Net pressure = hydrostatic pressure + colloid osmotic pressure
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velocity in cross sectional area such as capillary is much slower, because like river analogy, big pool split out many small branches, each branches has same velocity but much slower than big pool, and when blood flow out of capillary back to vein, velocity start increasing, then back to heart with same velocity before according to Frank-Starling law, input = output. True or False
True
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nerves connect smooth muscle in the arteriole to control vasoconstriction and vasodilation
Yes
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Venule has less smooth muscle but still has some smooth muscle there
Yes
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blood supply always change, but total amount of blood supply remains the same. Eg, 4 L/min blood supply A, B, C, D area, but when you exercise A, C, D area need more blood, then B area blood supply will cut a little bit to share to A, C, D area, B area blood supply will decrease, A, C, D area blood supply will increase, but total amount of blood supply is still 4 L/min unchanged True or False
True
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Total blood in human
5 L, if you losing half L which is 500 ml, this means you losing 10% of your blood in body
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Three factors and formula of homeostasis of blood pressure
Three factors: HR(heart rate), SV(stroke volume), TPR(total peripheral resistance) formula: BP(blood pressure) = CO(cardiac output) x TPR(total peripheral resistance) CO(cardiac output) = HR(heart rate) x SV(stroke volume) BP(blood pressure) = HR(heart rate) x SV(stroke volume) x TPR(total peripheral resistance)
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How to change TPR(total peripheral resistance)?
by changing diameter(or radius, same) of arteriole decrease diameter of arteriole → increase TPR(total peripheral resistance) increase diameter of arteriole → decrease TPR(total peripheral resistance)
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Beta1 receptors are on SA node, AV node, Cardiac muscle.(Norepinephrine) Beta2 receptors are on arterioles of cardiac and skeletal muscle.(Epinephrine) Alpha1 receptors are on arterioles of abdomen and skeletal muscle.(Norepinephrine) Muscarinic receptors are on SA node and AV node for heart(receive Acetylcholine), also on Sweat gland(receive Acetylcholine) True or False
True
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Vasomotor nerves(sympathetic) act on both alpha 1 and beta 2 receptors of arterioles True or False
True
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Vagus nerves(parasympathetic) use Acetylcholine act on Muscarinic receptor to slow heart rate True or False
True
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In hot day, you feel faint, describe process
I feel faint → blood pressure drop → baroreceptor(locate in arch of aorta and carotid sinus) sensing blood pressure change → baroreceptor feedback to cardiovascular center with afferent neurons(Glossopharyngeal IX nerves) → CV reduce parasympathetic activity(Vagus) with efferent neurons(Vagus X nerves, decrease Acetylcholine act on Muscarinic receptors) to increase heart rate → CV increase sympathetic activity with cardiac accelerator nerves(NE to beta 1 receptor on SA, AV node and Ventricular myocardium) and vasomotor nerves(NE to alpha 1 receptor in skin, abdomen arterioles; Epinephrine to beta 2 receptors in arteriole of cardiac and skeletal muscle) to cause vasoconstriction on arterioles → CV to adrenal medulla → chromaffin cells release Norepinephrine and Epinephrine into blood stream → increase blood pressure → back to normal → negative feedback to baroreceptor
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Cardiopulmonary baroreceptor location, function
Major vein, sensing blood volume, go to CV and change sympathetic activity of kidney
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If patient has hypertension, what is the treatment?
drug(ACE inhibitor) directly target on specific enzyme to reduce Angiotensin II level in the blood
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Chromaffin cells can be stimulated by two different areas
Hypothalamus and Cardiovascular center
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Inducibility(autonomic)
Maladaptive ``` heart brain blood vessels digestion immunity behaviour perceptions ```
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reduce megastress
breath slowly exhale longer than inhale body scan change cognitive function
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Breathing in
sympathetic nerves system on → heart rate up slightly →
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Breathing out
parasympathetic nerves system on → heart rate low slightly

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