Anatomy Notes (MED 01-03)

Ref Question Definition/Mnems
G&H C01/60 Physiology branch of biology
function
parts
mechanisms
G&H C01/61 Pathophysiology disordered body function
G&H C01/62 Microbiota community
G&H C01/62 Intra- and Extracellular fluid Fluids in the body:
2/3 ICF - K+, Mg[2+], PO4[3-]

1/3 ECF - nutrients, Na+, Cl-, -HC2O3
a.k.a. internal environment; milieu intérieur (coined by Claude Bernard)

See C4 for ion transport processes
G&H C01 Homeostais C01/64 stability
C01/65 (emergence)
C01/65 regulation within a tolerable range
G&H C01/64 Organ via the nervous system
release of substances, e.g., hormones, EC vesicles
G&H C01/66 Disease disruption of []
G&H C01/66 Homeostais compensation; overcompensation -> difficulty in determining primary cause from
G&H C01/67 Transportation 1. in blood vessels
2. between blood capillaries and intercellular spaces
G&H C01/68 General Lungs -> Left heart pump -> Gut -> Right heart pump -> Lungs

Lungs -> Left heart pump -> Kidneys -> Right heart pump -> Lungs

Lungs -> Left heart pump -> Capillaries -> Right heart pump -> Lungs
G&H C01/69 Flow continual exchange of ECF bet. Plasma and interstitial fluid that fills the intercellular spaces

capillary walls are permeable to most molecules in the blood plasma, except plasma proteins

∴ large amounts of fluid and solutes diffuse back and forth between the blood and tissue spaces
G&H C01/70 Diffusion caused by kinetic motion

few cells are located more than 50μm from a capillary ⇒ ensures diffusion of almost any substance

⇒ ECF is continually being mixed ⇒ maintaining homogeneity
G&H C01/70 Picking Each time blood passes through the body, it flows through the lungs picking up oxygen in the alveoli.

GI tract: nutrients, e.g., carbs, fatty acids, and amino acids

Liver, fat cells, GI mucosa, kidneys, endocrine glands: store or changes the composition of substances to use them later or make them usable

Liver: also eliminates waste products
G&H C01/71 Muscles Muscles
- allows body to move to obtain food for nutrition
- provides motility
G&H C2/92 Organization of the cell Organization of the cell
- cell membrane
- cytoplasm
- nuclear membrane
- nucleus
- nucleolus
G&H C2/92 The protoplasm The protoplasm
- W I P L C
G&H C2/95 Cell structure Cell structure
- intracellular organelles
- endoplasmic reticulum
- lysosome
- peroxisome
- Golgi apparatus
- Cell membrane
- lipids - impedes movement of water and water-soluble substances
- phospholipids, sphingolipids, cholsterol
- proteins - span through the membrane and allow limited movement of certain substances
- Cell membrane proteins
- glycoproteins
- integral protein - through and through: channels, carriers, receptors, active transporters, enzymes
- peripheral protein - only one side pr attached to an IP: mostly enzymes, sometimes transport controllers
G&H C2/99 Membrane carbohydrates Glycocalyx
- description
- external organelle consisting of a layer of glycosylated biomolecules called glycoconjugates, such as glycoproteins and glycolipids
- a type of identifier that the body uses to distinguish between its own healthy cells and transplanted tissues, diseased cells, or invading organisms. Included in the glycocalyx are cell-adhesion molecules that enable cells to adhere to each other and guide the movement of cells during embryonic development.[5] The glycocalyx plays a major role in regulation of endothelial vascular tissue, including the modulation of red blood cell volume in capillaries.
- functions
- most have (-) which gives the cell surface a net (-) charge
- some allow inter-cell adhesion
- some act as receptors
- some enter into immune reactions
G&H C2/101 Cytoplasm and Its Organelles Cytoplasm and Its Organelles
- Endoplasmic reticulum
- description
- network of cisternae + flat vesicular structures + EP’ic matrix
- helps process molecules and transports them for specific use intra- or extra-cellularly
- connected with the nuclear membrane surface, providing a pipeline between the nucleus and the cytoplasm
- high SA organelle, can be 30x-40x the cell membrane e.g., in the liver
- Rough/granular ER
- rougness is due to ribosomes
- ribosomes = RNA + proteins
- synthesizes new protein molecules in the cell (see C3)
- Smooth/agranular ER
- synthesizes lipid substances, detoxifies, and performs other processes promoted by intrareticular enzymes
- Golgi apparatus
- description
- functions closely with the ER
- ER vesicles pinch off the ER then fuse with the GA. Substances entrapped in the ERVs are transported from the ER to the GA, which prepares them for further processing, e.g.:
- extracellular transport,
- intracellular transport,
- processing the GA for the formation of lysosomes, secretory vesicles, and other cytoplasmic components
- ≥4 layers of vesicles
- prominent in secretory cells and is found where the excretory substance is extruded
- lysosome
- description
- vesicular organelles budding off from GA
- 250-750nm⌀
- provide and intracellular digestive system to break down:
- damaged cellular structures
- food particles
- unwated matter, e.g., bateria and viruses
- surrounded by typical lipi bilayer filled with 5-8nm⌀ granules, which are protein aggregates of different hydrolase enzymes which then hydrolyze proteins