Usmle review 16
DANIL HAMMOUDI.MD
SINOE MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION
- Buspirone is an anxiolytic used in the management of anxiety disorder and
in the short term treatment of generalized anxiety.
- It
is also used for nicotinic withdrawal
- Buspirone HCl is an antianxiety agentthat is not chemically or pharmacologically related
to the benzodiazepines, barbiturates, or other sedative/anxiolytic drugs.
- The
mechanismof actionof buspirone is unknown. Buspirone differs from typical benzodiazepineanxiolytics in that it does not exert
anticonvulsant or musclerelaxanteffects. It also
lacks the prominent sedativeeffectthat is associated
with more typicalanxiolytics. In vitropreclinicalstudies have shown that buspirone has a high affinity for serotonin(5-HT1A) receptors. Buspirone has no significant
affinity for benzodiazepinereceptors and does not
affectGABA binding in vitroor in vivowhen tested in
preclinicalmodels.
- Buspirone has moderate affinity for brainD2-dopamine
receptors. Some studies do suggest that buspirone
may have indirect effects on other neurotransmittersystems.
- Buspirone HCl is rapidly
absorbed in manand undergoes extensive first pass
metabolism. In a radiolabeled study, unchanged buspirone in the plasma accounted for only about 1% of the
radioactivity in the plasma. Following oral administration, plasmaconcentrations of unchanged buspirone are very low and variablebetween subjects. Peak plasmalevels of 1 to 6 ng/ml have been observed 40 to 90 minutes after
single oraldoses of 20 mg. The single-dose
bioavailability of unchanged buspirone when taken as
a tabletis on the average about 90% of an equivalentdoseof solution, but there is large variability.
- The
effects of foodupon the bioavailability of buspirone HCl have been studied
in eight subjects. They were given a 20-mg dosewith
and without food; the areaunder the plasmaconcentration-time curve(AUC) and peak plasmaconcentration (Cmax) of
unchanged buspirone increased by 84% and 116%
respectively, but the total amount of buspirone
immunoreactive material did not change. This
suggests that foodmay decrease the extent of presystemic clearance of buspirone, but the clinicalsignificance of these findings is unknown.
- A
multiple-dose study conducted in 15 subjects suggests that buspirone has nonlinear pharmacokinetics. Thus, doseincreases and repeated dosing may lead to somewhat
higher bloodlevels of unchanged buspirone than would be predicted from results of
single-dose studies.
- In
man, approximately 95% of buspirone is plasmaproteinbound, but other highly bounddrugs, e.g.,phenytoin, propranolol,
and warfarin are not displaced by buspirone from plasmaproteinin
vitro. However, in vitrobinding studies wshowthat buspirone does
displace digoxin.
- Buspirone is metabolized primarily by oxidationproducing several hydroxylated derivatives and a pharmacologically active
metabolite, 1-pyrimidinylpiperazine (1-PP).
- is recommended that buspirone
hydrochloridenotbe used concomitantly with MAOinhibitors (See WARNINGS.) Because the effects of concomitantadministrationof buspirone HCl with most other
psychotropic drugs have not been studied, the concomitantuse of buspirone
HCl with other CNS-active drugs should be approached
with caution.
- Cardiovascular:Frequent was nonspecificchestpain; infrequent were syncope,
hypotension, and hypertension; rare were cerebrovascular accident, congestive heartfailure, myocardialinfarction, cardiomyopathy, and bradycardia.
- Central Nervous System:Frequent:were dreamdisturbances; Infrequent:were depersonalization, dysphoria, noiseintolerance,
euphoria, akathisia, fearfulness, lossof interest, dissociative
reaction, hallucinations, suicidal ideation, and seizures; Rare:were feelings of claustrophobia, coldintolerance, stupor, and slurred speechand psychosis.
- EENT:Frequent:were tinnitus,
sorethroat, and nasal congestion; Infrequent:were redness and itching of the eyes, altered
taste, altered smell, and conjunctivitis; Rare:were
inner ear abnormality, eyepain, photophobia, and
pressureon eyes.
- Endocrine:Rare:were galactorrheaand thyroid abnormality.
- Gastrointestinal:Infrequent:were
flatulence, anorexia, increased appetite, salivation, irritablecolon, and rectalbleeding; Rare:was burning
of the tongue.
- Genitourinary:Infrequent:were
urinary frequency, urinary hesitancy, menstrual irregularity and spotting, and
dysuria; Rare:were
amenorrhea, pelvicinflammatory disease, enuresis,
and nocturia.
- Musculoskeletal:Infrequent:were
musclecramps, muscle spasms, rigid/stiff muscles,
and arthralgias.
- Neurological:Infrequent:were
involuntary movements and slowed reactiontime; Rare:was muscleweakness.
- Respiratory:Infrequent:were
hyperventilation, shortness of breath, and chestcongestion; Rare:was epistaxis.
- Sexual Function:Infrequent:were
decreased or increased libido; Rare:were delayed
ejaculationand impotence.
- Skin:Infrequent:were edema, pruritus, flushing, easy bruising, hairloss, dry skin, facialedema,
and blisters; Rare:were acneand thinning of nails.
- Clinical Laboratory:Infrequent:were
increases in hepaticaminotransferases (SGOT, SGPT);
Rare:were eosinophilia,
leukopenia, and thrombocytopenia.
- Miscellaneous:Infrequent:were
weightgain, fever, roaring sensationin the head, weightloss, and malaise; Rare:were alcohol abuse, bleedingdisturbance, lossof
voice, and hiccoughs.
The pancreas secretes a magnificent battery of enzymes that
collectively have the capacity to reduce virtually all digestible macromolecules
into forms that are capable of, or nearly capable of being absorbed.Three major groups of enzymes are critical to
efficient digestion:
Proteases
- Digestion of proteins
is initiated by pepsin in the stomach, but the bulk of protein digestion is
due to the pancreatic proteases. Several proteases are synthesized in the
pancreas and secreted into the lumen of the small intestine. The two major
pancreatic proteases are trypsin and chymotrypsin, which are synthesized and packaged into
secretory vesicles as an
the inactive proenzymes trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen.
- As
you might anticipate, proteases are rather dangerous enzymes to have in cells,
and packaging of an inactive precursor is a way for the cells to safely handle
these enzymes.The secretory vesicles also contain a trypsin inhibitor which serves as an additional safeguard
should some of the trypsinogen be activated to trypsin; following exocytosis
this inhibitor is diluted out and becomes ineffective - the pin is out of the
grenade.
- Once trypsinogen and chymotrypsinogen
are released into the lumen of the small intestine, they must be converted
into their active forms in order to digest proteins. Trypsinogen is activated by the enzyme enterokinase, which is embedded in the intestinal mucosa.
- Once trypsin is formed it activates chymotrypsinogen, as well as additional molecules of trypsinogen. The net result is a rather explosive
appearance of active protease once the pancreatic secretions reach the small
intestine.
- Trypsin and chymotrypsin digest
proteins into peptides and peptides into smaller peptides, but they cannot
digest proteins and peptides to single amino acids. Some of the other
proteases from the pancreas, for instance carboxypeptidase, have that ability, but the final
digestion of peptides into amino acids is largely the effect of peptidases in
small intestinal epithelial cells. More on this later.
Pancreatic Lipase
- The major form of
dietary fat is triglyceride, or neutral lipid. A triglyceride molecule cannot
be directly absorbed across the intestinal mucosa.Rather, it must
first be digested into a 2-monoglyceride and two free fatty acids. The enzyme
that performs this hydrolysis is pancreatic lipase, which is delivered into
the lumen of the gut as a constituent of pancreatic juice.
- Sufficient quantities
of bile salts must also be present in the lumen of the intestine in order for
lipase to efficiently digest dietary triglyceride and for the resulting fatty
acids and monoglyceride to be absorbed. This means
that normal digestion and absorption of dietary fat is critically dependent on
secretions from both the pancreas and liver.
- Pancreatic lipase has
recently been in the limelight as a target for management of obesity.The drug orlistat (Xenical) is a pancreatic lipase inhibitor that interferes
with digestion of triglyceride and thereby reduces absorption of dietary fat.
Clinical trials support the contention that inhibiting lipase can lead to
significant reductions in body weight in some patients.
Amylase
- The major dietary
carbohydrate for many species is starch, a storage form of glucose in plants.
Amylase is the enzyme that hydrolyses starch to maltose(a glucose-glucose disaccharide), as well as the
trisaccharide maltotriose
and small branchpoints fragments called limit dextrins.
- The major source of
amylase in all species is pancreatic secretions, although amylase is also
present in saliva of some animals, including man.
Other Pancreatic Enzymes
- In
addition to the proteases, lipase and amylase, the pancreas produces a host of
other digestive enzymes, including ribonuclease,
deoxyribonuclease, gelatinase and elastase.
Epithelial cells in pancreatic ducts are the source of the
bicarbonate and water secreted by the pancreas.The
mechanism underlying bicarbonate secretion is essentially the same as for acid
secretion parietal cells and is dependent on the enzyme carbonic anhydrase.. In pancreatic duct
cells, the bicarbonate is secreted into the lumen of the duct and hence into
pancreatic juice.
Control of Pancreatic Exocrine Secretion
- As
you might expect, secretion from the exocrine pancreas is regulated by both
neural and endocrine controls.During interdigestive periods, very little secretion takes place,
but as food enters the stomach and, a little later, chyme flows into the small intestine, pancreatic secretion
is strongly stimulated.
- Like the stomach, the
pancreas is innervated by the vagus nerve, which
applies a low level stimulus to secretion in response to anticipation of a
meal. However, the most important stimuli for pancreatic secretion comes from
three hormonessecreted by the enteric endocrine
system:
- Cholecystokinin:This hormone is
synthesized and secreted by enteric endocrine cells located in the duodenum.
Its secretion is strongly stimulated by the presence of partially digested
proteins and fats in the small intestine. As chyme
floods into the small intestine, cholecystokinin is
released into blood and binds to receptors on pancreatic acinar cells, ordering them to secrete large quantities of
digestive enzymes.
- Secretin:This hormone is also a
product of endocrinocytes located in the epithelium
of the proximal small intestine. Secretin is
secreted (!) in response to acid in the duodenum, which of course occurs when
acid-laden chyme from the stomach flows through the
pylorus. The predominant effect of secretin on the
pancreas is to stimulate duct cells to secrete water and bicarbonate. As soon
as this occurs, the enyzmes secreted by the acinar cells are flushed out of the pancreas, through the
pancreatic duct into the duodenum.
- Gastrin:This hormone, which is
very similar to cholecystokinin, is secreted in
large amounts by the stomach in response to gastric distention and irritation.
In addition to stimulating acid secretion by the parietal cell, gastrin stimulates pancreatic acinar cells to secrete digestive enzymes.
- Stop and think about
this for a minute - control of pancreatic secretion makes perfect sense.Pancreatic secretions contain enzymes which are
needed to digest proteins, starch and triglyceride. When these substances
enter stomach, and especially the small intestine, they stimulate release of
gastrin and cholecystokinin, which in turn stimulate secretion of the
enzymes of destruction.
- Pancreatic secretions
are also the major mechanism for neutralizing gastric acid in the small intestine.When acid enters the small gut, it stimulates
secretin to be released, and the effect of this
hormone is to stimulate secretion of lots of bicarbonate. As proteins and fats
are digested and absorbed, and acid is neutralized, the stimuli for cholecystokinin and secretin
secretion disappear and pancreatic secretion falls off.
- Inguinal
Canal
components
- Internal
inguinal ring
- Lateral
to inferior epigastrics
- Landmark:
Middle of inguinal ligament
- Canal
- Follows
spermatic cord course in men
- Follows
round ligament in women
- External
inguinal ring
- Located
at pubic tubercle
- Occurs
just above inguinal ligament
- Medial
and inferior to internal inguinal ring
- Inguinal
Canal:
Deep
Inguinal
Ring - the entrance to
the inguinal canal found one inch above the midpoint of
the inguinal ligament, lateral to the
inferior epigastric artery.
Superficial
Inguinal
Ring - the exit of the
inguinal canal, a triangular opening in the external
oblique aponerosis found just superior lateral to
the pubic tubercle.
Anterior
Wall
External
Oblique Aponerosis
Intercrural
Fibers
- fibers from the inguinal ligament
which arch over the superficial ring for reinforcement
Inguinal
Ligament - the lower free
border of the external oblique running from ASIS to the pubic
tubercle
Posterior
Wall
Transversalis
Fascia
- fascia on the posterior surface of the transversus
abdominus
Conjoint
Tendon
- tendon formed by the fusion of the internal oblique aponerosis and transversus abdominus aponerosis
Floor
Lacunar
Ligament - fibers of the
inguinal ligament which do no reach
the public tubercle but rather attach to the pecten
pubis
Pectineal
Ligament - fusion of fibers
from the lacunar ligament and the conjoint
tendon
Roof
Internal
Oblique
Transverse
Abdominus
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- Coverings of
the Spermatic Cord:
1. Internal
Spermatic Fascia – derived from
transversalis fascia
2. Muscular
Layer –
cremaster
muscle from internal oblique muscle
Transversalis
Abdominus Muscle
Ilioinguinal
Nerve
Internal Oblique Muscle
External Spermatic Fascia – derived from
external oblique aponeurosis
- Contents of the Spermatic
Cord:
Vas
Deferens
Testicular Artery
Cremasteric Artery
Pampiniform Plexus
Genital Branch of the Genitofemoral
Nerve
- Findings
The testis develops primarily inside the abdomen.
It comes down to the scrotum by birth. The way down to the scrotum is
through the inguinal canal. This canal starts from the abdomen by the
so-called internal opening (internal ring) and ends by the so-called
external opening (external ring).
The testis may stay at any position during its journey of coming down from
the neighborhood of the kidney to its final position. This may be due to a
short artery of the testicle or due to a short band (gabernaculum), which fixes the testis to the bottom of
the scrotum. A short spermatic string (spermatic cord) may be also
responsible for the retention of the testis. The testis may be abdominal,
inguinal or even a Penndel
testis. Penndel testis means that the testis is wandering between the
scrotum and any station upwards. It is important for the testis to stay
permanently or even mostly inside the scrotum. The testis must enjoy a
temperature of 1-1,5 C° lower than the
temperature of the body to be able to function and not to develop cancer.
Inguinal or Penndel testis is
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The position of a typical
lower inguinal testis Note that the
testis is in position exposing it to injury high temperature
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The position of the fixed
testis
Note that the testits is fixed to the skin and covered with
muscles of the scrotum
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The position of the testis during
ist descent
1 inside the abdomen 2 at the
interna, inside or external opening of the
inguinal canal 3 at the neck of the
scrotum 4 normal position in the scrotum H testis |
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