nbme20/Block 4/Question#28
A 78-year-old man dies of chronic congestive heart ...
Failure of the Na+–K+ pump
endochondral1
can someone explain how to cross out the other choices>
+ 2019-06-12T19:19:36Z
endochondral1
what is hydropic degneration and where do i learn about it?
why is it not the loss of plasma membrane integrity?
+ 2019-06-12T19:37:31Z
shaeking
Endochondral1, I had the same question. I tried figuring it out and this is what I came up with. The CHF and congestion of the lungs is reducing the amount of oxygen getting to the renal cells. With hypoxia there is decreased aerobic resp in mitochondria with decreased ATP. Without ATPase Na builds up and water follows. As far as the loss of membrane integrity. I think it would cause cellular destruction not just hydropic changes. This is my best guess.
+ 2019-06-13T01:00:29Z
submitted by xxabi(40), 2019-05-29T21:06:18Z
Swelling of the cell (e.g., hydropic degeneration): tissue ischemia → decreased ATP production → decreased Na+/K+ ATPase and Ca2+pump activity → diffusion of Na+ and water into the cell → cellular swelling