Sodium Potassium Pump | The Most Important Enzyme in the Body!

In this video, Dr Mike explains why the Sodium (Na+) Potassium (K+) ATPase Pump is the most important enzyme in the body.
He explains WHAT it does and WHERE it functions - focusing on the brain, heart, and kidneys.
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  • @cassandrabaker3599
    @cassandrabaker35992 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your videos! I’m an RN but reviewing some concepts that I may not have reviewed in the last few years, and I really appreciate that you explain the “Why.” I have trouble remembering things just for the sake of remembering them, if I don’t understand why it’s important to remember that concept in the first place! I’ve watched videos on a few channels but yours was the first to explain a little more in-depth about WHY things are the way they are.

  • @enjai2939
    @enjai29392 жыл бұрын

    You got me thru second year A&P. And third year advanced pys. Few months away from finishing my degree. Ty Dr Mike.

  • @teachyourself-stem8971

    @teachyourself-stem8971

    Жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Wishing you all the best :)

  • @Jupiter1423
    @Jupiter1423 Жыл бұрын

    This really has blown my mind

  • @mattgraves3709
    @mattgraves3709 Жыл бұрын

    I'm a mobile software engineer, but love watching science videos. I've just finished a year of physics, now onto biology and I have chosen you both to take me on my journey. Such outstanding videos, how could I not??

  • @lusiahaimene6857

    @lusiahaimene6857

    2 ай бұрын

    Now tell me ,the bonding of potassium and try to explain it, thank you

  • @lesliegiattina2898
    @lesliegiattina2898 Жыл бұрын

    I'm an instructor and teach some basic A&P in our school's courses. I like sharing Dr. Mike's video's when my students need more ways to help explain things. =) The fact that you are animated and I can see your passion for what you teach, matches how my preferences also.

  • @jenniferjohnson3505
    @jenniferjohnson35059 ай бұрын

    This was the most exciting thing I learned in Biochemistry while in Undergrad

  • @petrichor100
    @petrichor1002 жыл бұрын

    I am doing my PhD in literature, BUT here is where I like to spend whatever free time I have- fascinated by this marvelous thing we call the human body; and this handsome and passionate teacher makes it even more FUN!

  • @syedasamiyahmubashir5595
    @syedasamiyahmubashir55952 жыл бұрын

    Thanks sir! You are an angel for students like me who has to attend college but gets not much benefit! You are a lifesaver for my medschool thanks a lot. We anticipate more and more videos of yours. In future! Please stay healthy

  • @ladyvirgo9514
    @ladyvirgo9514 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for this Share, I was struggling with horrible heart palps, after 15 months of suffering. I finally was guided to potassium. Started on a good electrolyte about a week ago and im already seeing results. Thank God

  • @yvetteantoine2653
    @yvetteantoine2653 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Mike- you really have the art for teaching!! Wish more instructors were able to teach like you!!!

  • @donauwi.3447
    @donauwi.34474 ай бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Mike for explaining the Sodium-Potassium Channel Pump efficiently and effectively. I never completely understand how the Pump works, but thanks to you, I do now.❤

  • @fernandapardo6240
    @fernandapardo62402 ай бұрын

    the drug examples really solidify the examples. Brilliant!

  • @lisinmich
    @lisinmich2 жыл бұрын

    I've watched all your videos dozens of times over and over to learn the fundamentals. I appreciate how the newer videos really bring concepts together and dive deeper into the physiology and practical application. Thank you a million times!

  • @davidaksa
    @davidaksa8 ай бұрын

    YOU ARE AMAZING!! This is what we need in schools...the connecting of physiology and its uses in health care.

  • @benjaminbethel2004
    @benjaminbethel2004 Жыл бұрын

    this video made me understand this concept so much more now!

  • @yokitty6955
    @yokitty6955 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this great overview of the ATPase pump, functions associated with it , and medications used to manipulate this mechanism. This was a super helpful explanation to me, as a nursing student.

  • @nibuvarghesethomas6565
    @nibuvarghesethomas65652 жыл бұрын

    Dr Mike and Dr Matt superheroes you guys are! I’m a registered nurse in the UK, you two simply makes life so interesting and by assimilating your contents the health sector could be a promising one for the service users. I would love to work with you guys one day!

  • @adrianamihelecolombo5048
    @adrianamihelecolombo50482 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for being Dr. Mike, it is a real pleasure for me to watch your videos. Wow !!! I can perfectly understand your teaching, so, so useful to me !!!

  • @darkmoon3646
    @darkmoon36462 жыл бұрын

    You're honestly a Legend Dr mike

  • @bobkoure
    @bobkoure2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this! I'm not a bio/med guy, but you've made this spectacularly interesting to someone "just curious".

  • @user-ne6xs1wk9q
    @user-ne6xs1wk9q9 ай бұрын

    Thank you. I'm an RN that's been out of practice for 5 years and I just got back .I needed this.

  • @stevebeaton8954
    @stevebeaton89542 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, learnt this stuff 25 years ago, forgotten most of it! Great info, clearly and engagingly explained.👍👍👍

  • @ineskucharz1990
    @ineskucharz1990 Жыл бұрын

    I just love the garage-cleaning comparison. Those also (but not only those) make these lessons memorable. Thanks so much!

  • @kwekhukeys
    @kwekhukeys2 жыл бұрын

    Always a blessing to have you🥰

  • @SusanHarvey-tc3st
    @SusanHarvey-tc3st Жыл бұрын

    Love your videos, they are broken down so well that it is very easy to understand. Very helpful - keep em coming!!!

  • @doristhecoder765
    @doristhecoder765 Жыл бұрын

    I am speechless! Thank you for sharing. It is apparent that you love what you do as it shows in your work product

  • @adamwalsh1977
    @adamwalsh1977 Жыл бұрын

    Absolute Genius Dr Mike. I’m studying 2 be an advanced nursing practitioner & literally all your videos (including this amazing one) make the jargon in books & articles actually understandable & relevant. Absolutely amazing Thank You

  • @darriendegrusha2322
    @darriendegrusha23229 ай бұрын

    This video had all of the extra details I was looking for and more! Excellent video!

  • @aisham3312
    @aisham33122 жыл бұрын

    Gosh this is such a good and comprehensive video! Thank you, doc!

  • @lahmeSchnecke
    @lahmeSchnecke2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, this safed me hours of hours searching for a complete explanation in diverse books. Great Great Great.! Please keep on going

  • @mugil501
    @mugil5012 жыл бұрын

    Hello Dr. Mike, I'm a huge fan❤ Your videos help me learn concepts in short time and concise manner👌 I saw today you've uploaded a podcast on Electrolytes Physiology, if this video is a part of that podcast then amazing, if not Sir please upload an entire video of Electrolytes Physiology, would be really helpful🙏 Thank you for all these incredible videos🙏❤👍

  • @FunctionalNutritionConsultant
    @FunctionalNutritionConsultant2 жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed pump explanation. You are a great educator. Thanks!

  • @malakaiwoponoko8608
    @malakaiwoponoko8608 Жыл бұрын

    This is 100% helpful. Please keep posting up with more 🙏🏿

  • @jen9837
    @jen98372 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos guys!!! They're so easy to understand even for noobs like me. They've helped me a lot in my canine nutrition studies

  • @dr.suhailkhan5892
    @dr.suhailkhan58922 жыл бұрын

    After long time... Thank you

  • @TheCriticalCarePractitioner
    @TheCriticalCarePractitioner Жыл бұрын

    Just brilliant Mike- as always!

  • @alexc001christians
    @alexc001christians Жыл бұрын

    Finally understand the Sodium potassium pump. Thanks so much for this video and for including the different drugs and their affect.

  • @thirdreplicator
    @thirdreplicator Жыл бұрын

    I love the slide analogy. Pedagogical genius.

  • @cjoe6908
    @cjoe69084 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot for this video. My father suffered a shortage of potassium and fainted. He almost died. Since then I have been doing bits of research of potassium here and there and that's how I found this video. Wonderful clear infomation. Respect from China, with a well deserved subscription.

  • @joneskabaso7256
    @joneskabaso72562 жыл бұрын

    I love the way you package the material

  • @arthurlungu1397
    @arthurlungu13972 жыл бұрын

    So much helpful.... I salute you Dr. Mike

  • @aaliyahhill8292
    @aaliyahhill82922 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much! I have an exam coming up and your videos has been extremely helpful to understand!!!

  • @christinemarieyoon8134
    @christinemarieyoon81342 жыл бұрын

    Annyeong haseyo Dr. Mike! I'm a fan of yours. Thank you for you non stop KZread lectures. It helped me a lot with my nursing school.

  • @Ardoo19
    @Ardoo197 ай бұрын

    This one is the best educational video on this subject I have watched. Thanks.

  • @johnx9318
    @johnx93184 ай бұрын

    Thanks mate. This is next-level for me. Really interesting subjects, clearly and concisely explained and a very engaging presentation.

  • @ericavaughn1370
    @ericavaughn1370 Жыл бұрын

    You are awesome! Soooo gifted in explaining!!

  • @thaoho5936
    @thaoho5936 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for being such an energetic lecturer. Your lecture must be meant a lot for not only me, but other nursing and med students out there struggling to grab medical concepts. I've watched quite a lot of videos but have to stop and reside here with Dr.Mike! I'm really appreciated.

  • @agnesn3209

    @agnesn3209

    Жыл бұрын

    Myself👋🏽

  • @evgeniyavolodina6036
    @evgeniyavolodina60362 жыл бұрын

    I am not even a medical student. 😄But I ve been studying medicine on my own for several years and love watching your videos to refresh things I ve fogotten. Thank you!

  • @gnosisdespirit
    @gnosisdespirit Жыл бұрын

    Outstanding explanation!

  • @DrMattDrMike

    @DrMattDrMike

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! 😊

  • @meenabarot2037
    @meenabarot20372 жыл бұрын

    wow! excellent presentation about sodium potassium pump!!!!

  • @stacekane4065
    @stacekane4065 Жыл бұрын

    You made that so easy to understand. Thankyou for your videos :)

  • @bareduadem9502
    @bareduadem95022 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much doctor for explaining it is so clearly!

  • @dylanheres1078
    @dylanheres1078 Жыл бұрын

    This man is a savior for medical students

  • @phethiwemalinga6462
    @phethiwemalinga6462 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent teaching. You make learning enjoyable and applicable in a practical situation. Thank you Doc

  • @MrJoecook831
    @MrJoecook831 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent presentation!

  • @jammin6816
    @jammin68162 жыл бұрын

    Best explanation ever! 👏🙏🙏🙏

  • @kriss3500
    @kriss35002 жыл бұрын

    Great expanation! Love your channel !

  • @lvl18abilities
    @lvl18abilities10 ай бұрын

    I LOVE YOU DR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE ❤

  • @taz9221
    @taz922110 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Dr. Mike!

  • @atapirmoradi5858
    @atapirmoradi5858 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for great presentation.

  • @WarIsOver-ifyouwantit
    @WarIsOver-ifyouwantit2 жыл бұрын

    I wish you could do a video on EPA DHA and also GLA! showing their mechanism of action in the body.

  • @sholjas13
    @sholjas132 жыл бұрын

    Excellent, thanks. I'm really enjoying your style 🙏🙋‍♀️

  • @janinecowell5233
    @janinecowell52332 ай бұрын

    I found your videos towards the end of my second year in Massage Therapy. And yes, we need to learn the cellular level to all of the physiology of the body. I wish I had found your videos sooner, Dr. Mike you are an outstanding teacher and I thank you SO SO much for your videos and amazing explanations. Also, who needs forearm and hand intrinsics workouts when you can hold SIX markers in one hand :-D LOL So very thankful Cheers from Canada

  • @sungheelim1486
    @sungheelim1486Ай бұрын

    Best of the best!

  • @patricialewis4239
    @patricialewis42392 жыл бұрын

    Thank you..great information

  • @priyaragul4113
    @priyaragul41132 жыл бұрын

    Thank u so much........Dr ..this video is so helpful......

  • @betzib8021
    @betzib80218 ай бұрын

    Well I'm just an old person who wants to understand how I work. Thank you. I'd like to understand better how the Na K atpase pump relates to the NaCa pump. And I thank you for your clear explanations.

  • @Freggenangela
    @Freggenangela Жыл бұрын

    This is the only explanation of this topic that I understand.

  • @raunaq15
    @raunaq159 ай бұрын

    Thank you Dr really learn a lot from you. May god bless you and you make more videos always. Thank you again.

  • @venkatrk7041
    @venkatrk704110 ай бұрын

    Exlent explaining sir

  • @chriswalker1822
    @chriswalker18222 жыл бұрын

    your videos got me through uk paramedic school!!! please can you do a video on etco2 interpretation of metabolic / respiratory acidosis

  • @dailydoseofmedicinee
    @dailydoseofmedicinee2 жыл бұрын

    good explanation

  • @japt2357
    @japt23576 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much!!! 🙏🏼

  • @vanderson5226
    @vanderson5226 Жыл бұрын

    Appreciate you Dr Mike

  • @sumailsidhu7990
    @sumailsidhu79902 жыл бұрын

    That was a great video

  • @annamodepalmagil9552
    @annamodepalmagil95522 жыл бұрын

    agree, truly a heaven sent !

  • @xolanikhumalo9267
    @xolanikhumalo92672 жыл бұрын

    i wonder my there are no 1 million likes....superb video!

  • @abesha9928
    @abesha99282 жыл бұрын

    Hello .I really enjoyed your lecture .I have a question why do sodium level needs to be high between 145 to 150 after brain surgery . ? Thanks

  • @DrLewsyorkies
    @DrLewsyorkies2 жыл бұрын

    Nice job

  • @DaveMcCammon
    @DaveMcCammon Жыл бұрын

    Great video. Which other areas in the body with the diuretic block the channels, or are they specific to kidney?

  • @AnathiriyanVarnakulendran
    @AnathiriyanVarnakulendran2 жыл бұрын

    Very Nice Explanation. Please Increase your Mic Gain or Volume. Plz!

  • @ezvahedi1387
    @ezvahedi1387 Жыл бұрын

    best teacher👌👌👌👌

  • @florencemamu443
    @florencemamu4438 ай бұрын

    wow that digoxin part was smooth :)

  • @Jumboo364
    @Jumboo364 Жыл бұрын

    @12:39 this had tied a lot together for me. thanky

  • @happy__human
    @happy__human2 жыл бұрын

    I'm an arrangment of cells learning about cells. So mesmerising.

  • @DK-ev1xu
    @DK-ev1xu2 жыл бұрын

    I'm huge fan..❤

  • @katumbaronald8599
    @katumbaronald8599 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir

  • @mmmlolo6722
    @mmmlolo67222 жыл бұрын

    Best Dr

  • @DK-ev1xu
    @DK-ev1xu2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir..

  • @pohaa
    @pohaa7 ай бұрын

    I'm studying the effects of magnesium on muscle relaxation and hydration. My understanding is that magnesium is a co-factor for enzyme action at the cell wall, facilitating or rather regulating the sodium-potassium pump. I can see magnesium's role in ATP production, used in the sodium-potassium pump, but can't find any other mention of magnesium action or regulation of the sodium-potassium pump. How does it work? As a massage therapist, I have first hand experience with people who are presumably deficient in magnesium, with muscles that palpate similar to bone. I have also seen the dramatic effect that recommended daily intake of magnesium (420mg for men, 320mg for women - elemental) can have, with a change in muscle tone to something mushy and jelly like within a relatively short period of time. I have seen some suggestion that magnesium assists with the sodium-potassium pump to shift water into the cell as K+ is pumped inside, but again, I haven't heard any formal description of this. Can you please describe how magnesium assists with hydration at a molecular level?

  • @lindastewart3019
    @lindastewart3019 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @pamelanystrom6553
    @pamelanystrom65537 ай бұрын

    Tack!

  • @dralexbetim
    @dralexbetim10 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @petermartiuk1806
    @petermartiuk1806 Жыл бұрын

    Just took on a chart move that brings the closer and near as the conversation went thanks for some new views

  • @susannechristiansen7132
    @susannechristiansen7132 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Dr. Matt & Dr. Mike Is it possible for you to make a video about Gitelman's syndrome ? Thank for this video - I will see it some times to understand this Potassium/sodium connection. I have had this deficiency for some years now and since last year it have going the wrong way. I take 16 x 750mg potassium and 28 grams of sodium/himalaya salt a day - it's a lot, I hope in the future to get it through a port. 🙏

  • @alextak432
    @alextak4322 жыл бұрын

    Sodium potassium channel finally explained.

  • @isaactrueman3822
    @isaactrueman38222 жыл бұрын

    So cool

  • @athinakaviris110
    @athinakaviris110 Жыл бұрын

    Hello Doctors. I found your videos because I’m trying to figure out what happened to me. The short: I almost died of the Rona. I think the root mechanism of how the virus was killing people has something to do with the spike protein disrupting this ATP pump. I think the disruption causes dehydration and the dehydration causes low oxygen but at the cellular level. I only think this because that was my experience and I am trying to see if there is any scientific validation. Is the ATP pump connected to dehydration? What is the cause/effect connection? Could a virus disrupt this pump? Could cellular dehydration be connected to low oxygen?

  • @chris_ea
    @chris_ea10 ай бұрын

    So the cells need constant feed from the outside when it becomes to sodium and potassium?

  • @daveollee
    @daveollee2 жыл бұрын

    Does lithium carbonate fall into this family being an alkali metal as well? trying to studying lithium as i take it daily?