PSL301H1 Lecture Notes - Renal Artery, Romk, Adrenal Tumor

• School: UTSG
• Department: Physiology
• Course: PSL301H1
• Professor: Gordon Richardson

Document Summary

Lecture 1 fluid compartments. Course outline: body compartments, glomerular filtration, tubular function, sodium balance, water balance, potassium balance, acid- base balance, excreting wastes/hormone functions. Know body fluid compartments and what determines their volume and composition. Understand factors which regulate glomerular filtration. Understand how tubules regulate excretion of sodium, potassium, water and hydrogen ion. Understand physiology of renin/angiotensin, erythropoietin and vitamin d. Case of the day: the seizing marathoner. A 45 year old woman runs her first marathon after 6 months of training. Felt nauseated, vomited then had grand mal seizure taken to medical area. Serum sodium was 122 mmol/l (140) Nephro = renal = kidney: nephrologist, renal artery, kidney failure. Solutes = particles dissolved in water solution: sodium, potassium, glucose etc. Ions (electrolytes) = charged solutes (cations are positive + and anions are negative - ) Osmolality = concentration of solutes in water which generates an osmotic force.