chemical eric
Roxann Milbourn
Case study number 2
March 13, 2014
Badfish anatphys Neurotoxin
1. To present the doctor’s notes portion of the case with a description of the following terms or concepts:
Diaphoresis- is the medical term for profuse sweating or perspiring. The skin’s sweat glands sweat to aid in fever management. When your body temp rises you autonomic nervous system causes you eccrine glands to secrete fluid onto the surface of the skin where it cools as it evaporates.
Motor dysfunction_ All motor dysfunction means is abnormality in the use of the motor system, or where a muscle or nerve cannot control motion.
Paresthesia_ this is know as the sensation of tickling, tingling, pricking, or burning of someone’s skin with no long term affect. The most common sensation is known as “pins and needles”.
Cyanotic- This means there is a bluish color to a persons skin because of lack of oxygen saturation.
Hypoventilation- This is known as respiratory depression. This is when ventilation is inadequate and cannot perform the needed gas exchange.
Gastric lavage- This means having to pump someone’s stomach or irrigate it. The doctor would put a flexible tube down the throat and would suck out the contents and rinse out the stomach with a saline solution.
Oxygen saturation- this is the amount of oxygen in the hemoglobin in the body. Or the percentage of hemoglobin binding site in the bloodstream occupied by oxygen.
2. How many elements are contained in a molecule of Tetrodatoxin? What are the names of these elements?
There are four different elements and they are 11 carbon, 17 hydrogen, 3 nitrogen and 8 oxygen.
3. What types of chemical bonds are found in this molecule? Describe the structure of those bonds.
The chemical bonds found are covalent bonds, which are bonds that share electrons.
4. As mentioned in the case description, tetrodotoxin is a molecule that blocks voltage-gated sodium ion channels. Describe the structure of a sodium ion.
A sodium ion
Case study number 2
March 13, 2014
Badfish anatphys Neurotoxin
1. To present the doctor’s notes portion of the case with a description of the following terms or concepts:
Diaphoresis- is the medical term for profuse sweating or perspiring. The skin’s sweat glands sweat to aid in fever management. When your body temp rises you autonomic nervous system causes you eccrine glands to secrete fluid onto the surface of the skin where it cools as it evaporates.
Motor dysfunction_ All motor dysfunction means is abnormality in the use of the motor system, or where a muscle or nerve cannot control motion.
Paresthesia_ this is know as the sensation of tickling, tingling, pricking, or burning of someone’s skin with no long term affect. The most common sensation is known as “pins and needles”.
Cyanotic- This means there is a bluish color to a persons skin because of lack of oxygen saturation.
Hypoventilation- This is known as respiratory depression. This is when ventilation is inadequate and cannot perform the needed gas exchange.
Gastric lavage- This means having to pump someone’s stomach or irrigate it. The doctor would put a flexible tube down the throat and would suck out the contents and rinse out the stomach with a saline solution.
Oxygen saturation- this is the amount of oxygen in the hemoglobin in the body. Or the percentage of hemoglobin binding site in the bloodstream occupied by oxygen.
2. How many elements are contained in a molecule of Tetrodatoxin? What are the names of these elements?
There are four different elements and they are 11 carbon, 17 hydrogen, 3 nitrogen and 8 oxygen.
3. What types of chemical bonds are found in this molecule? Describe the structure of those bonds.
The chemical bonds found are covalent bonds, which are bonds that share electrons.
4. As mentioned in the case description, tetrodotoxin is a molecule that blocks voltage-gated sodium ion channels. Describe the structure of a sodium ion.
A sodium ion