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About 90% of the filtered HCO3 is reab- replaces the HCO3 used to buffer the strong acids pro- sorbed in the proximal convoluted tubule purchase evecare 30caps on line, and we will em- duced by metabolism. H is secreted into the tubule lu- The formation of new HCO3 and the excretion of H are like two sides of the same coin. This fact is apparent if men mainly via the Na /H exchanger in the luminal membrane. It combines with filtered HCO3 to form we assume that H2CO3 is the source of H : H2CO3. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) in the luminal mem- H (urine) brane (brush border) of the proximal tubule catalyzes the z dehydration of H2CO3 to CO2 and water in the lumen. HCO3 (blood) Inside the cell, the hydration of CO2 (catalyzed by in- tracellular CA) yields H CO , which instantaneously forms 2 3 A loss of H in the urine is equivalent to adding new HCO3 to the H and HCO3. The same is true if H is lost from the body via an- the HCO3 ion moves into the blood surrounding the other route, such as by vomiting of acidic gastric juice. In proximal tubule cells, this movement is favored process leads to a rise in plasma [HCO3 ]. Conversely, a loss by the inside negative membrane potential of the cell and by of HCO3 from the body is equivalent to adding H to the blood. To Peritubular Tubular Tubular excrete large amounts of acid, the kidneys must rely on in- blood epithelium urine creased ammonia excretion. Most ammonia is synthesized in HCO - - proximal tubule cells by deamidation and deamination of 3 HCO3 H+ + HCO - the amino acid glutamine: (reclaimed) H 3 (filtered) NH NH CO CO2 + H2O H CO 4 4 2 2 3 CA H CO 2 3 2 Glutamine → Glutamate → -Ketoglutarate (24) CA Glutaminase Glutamate dehydrogenase CO2 H2O As discussed earlier, ammonia is secreted into the urine by two mechanisms. As NH3, it diffuses into the tubular urine; as NH4 , it substitutes for H on the Na /H ex- changer.

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The Collectively cheap evecare 30caps without a prescription, these reflexes provide for stability and pos- normal strategy for generating basic locomotion engages tural support (the myotatic and inverse myotatic) and mo- central pattern generators and uses both sensory feedback 98 PART II NEUROPHYSIOLOGY and efferent impulses from higher motor control centers for the refinement of control. SC Cerebellum ca Spinal Cord Injury Alters Voluntary Red nucleus Vestibular and Reflex Motor Activity IV v. The loss of voluntary motor control is termed plegia, and the loss of re- Pons Medulla flexes is termed areflexia. Spinal shock may last from days to months, depending on the severity of cord injury. As recovery proceeds, myotatic reflexes become hy- nucleus is the origin of the rubrospinal tract. The lateral vestibular peractive, as demonstrated by an excessively vigorous nucleus is the source of the vestibulospinal tract. The reticular response to tapping the muscle tendon with a reflex ham- formation is the source of two tracts, one from the pontine por- tion and one from the medulla. Flexor with- drawal reflexes may also reappear and be provoked by scending pathways act through synaptic connections on in- lesser stimuli than would be normally required. The connection is less commonly made di- loss and eventual overactivity of all of these reflexes results rectly with motor neurons. Output via the rubrospinal tract is directed predominantly to contralateral SUPRASPINAL INFLUENCES spinal motor neurons that are involved with movements of ON MOTOR CONTROL the distal limbs. The axons of the rubrospinal tract are lo- cated in the lateral spinal white matter, just anterior to the Descending signals from the cervical spinal cord, brain- corticospinal tract. Rubrospinal action enhances the func- stem, and cortex can influence the rate of motor neuron fir- tion of motor neurons innervating limb flexor muscles ing and the recruitment of additional motor neurons to in- while inhibiting extensors. This tract may also influence crease the speed and force of muscle contraction. This system appears The brainstem contains the neural circuitry for initiating to be important for the production of movement, especially locomotion and for controlling posture. Experimental lesions that interrupt posture requires coordinated activity of both axial and limb rubrospinal axons produce deficits in distal limb flexion, with muscles in response to input from proprioceptors and spatial little change in more proximal muscles.