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38 - Anatomy of GI tract Flashcards

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What is the basic outline of the GI tract?

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  • Mouth
  • Pharynx
  • Esophagus
  • Peritoneum
  • Stomach
  • Small Intestine
  • Large Intestine
  • Anus
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What are the accessory organs of the GI tract?

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  • Liver
  • Gall Bladder
  • Pancreas
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What is unique about the GI tract?

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It is all open to the outside world

  • It is inside your body
  • But it is all an external surface

This is important because we have an epithelial lining (just like the skin), its just modified for function

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What are the two sections of the mouth?

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  • Vestibule
  • Oral cavity proper

The vestibule is the lips gums and up to the teeth

The oral cavity includes the teeth and everything behind it (including tongue)

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Where does the oral cavity end?

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Isthmus

Then the pharynx begins

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What gland opens into the vestibule?

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Parotid gland

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What else is included in the oral cavity

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Palates

Talked about these, maybe listen?

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What are the two parts of the pharynx?

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  • Oropharynx

- Larngopharynx

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What is a component of the oropharynx?

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  • Deflects foot into the pharynx
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Describe the esophagus

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  • Located in the mediastinum
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What are the three constrictions of the esophagus?

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Three constrictions

  • cervical
  • thoracic
  • diaphragmatic

When it passes behind the heart, we get the thoracic constriction (left atrium)

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Describe the esophageal hiatus

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  • At level of T10

- Located at the right crus of the diaphragm

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What is the blood supply of the esophagus?

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  • Thoracic aorta

- Esophageal branches of left gastric

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What are the two types of the peritoneum?

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  • Parietal
  • Visceral

Parietal is attached to the wall of the cavity

The visceral is attached to the organs directly

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Describe the mesentery

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Mesentary is when there is two layers of peritoneum in order to cover organs (parietal and visceral)

Associated with the small intestine

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Describe the mesocolon

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Mesocolon is just when the mesentary covers parts of the colon

Transverse and sigmoid colon

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What is just visceral peritoneum?

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When there is only one layer lining the gut

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What is in the greater sac?

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Everything in the abdominal cavity except the sac behind the stomach

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What is in the lesser sac?

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Behind the stomach toward the spleen

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What is the falciform ligament?

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Round ligament of the Liver (ligamentum teres hepatis)

It is just two layers of parietoneum

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What is the greater omentum?

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  • Greater omentum (4 layers of parietal peritoneum with blood supply and fat)
  • Located off the greater curvature of the stomach
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What is the lesser omentum?

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  • Goes from the lesser curvature of the stomach to the liver
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What is the epiploic foramen of winslow?

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Entrance from the greater sac to the lesser sac

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What are the four regions of the stomach?

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  • Cardia
  • Fundus
  • Body
  • Pylorus
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Describe the cardia
The part of the stomach that sits close to the heart This is where you get heart burn and people come in with chest pain
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Describe the fundus
x
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Describe the body
x
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Describe the pylorus
x Pyloric sphincter
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What are the greater and lesser curvatures of the stomach?
Greater - The long lower section Lesser - The short upper section
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Describe the blood supply to the stomach
- Left and Right Gastric and Left and Right Gastroepiploic (or gastro-omental) Gastric - Shorter word - Located on the lesser curvature Gastroepiploic - Longer word - Located on the greater curvature Gastroduodenal - Between the stomach and duodenum - Pyloric region blood supply Short gastrics - (?)
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What are the sections of the small intestine?
- Duodenum (first 10 inches) - Jejunum (most absorption) - Ileum (start to loose plicae circularis)
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What is the blood supply of the small intestine
- Gastroduodenal - Superior Pancreaticoduodenal - Superior Mesenteric Duodenum - 2nd and 3rd parts are retroperitoneal, 1st and 2nd are intraperitoneal
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What are the parts of the large intestine?
- Cecum - Ascending Colon (right colic flexure or hepatic flexure) - Transverse Colon (left colic flexure or splenic flexure) - Descending Colon - Sigmoid Colon (enter pelvis) - Rectum - Appendices Epiploica
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Describe taenia coli
Small slim muscles along the large intestine Longitudinal muslcles Once you get to the rectum, there is FULL muscle, rectum is used for storage
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Describe blood supply to the large intestine
Superior and Inferior Mesenteric - Blood supply to the large intestine - Superior goes to the right side - Inferior goes to the left side Internal iliac and Internal Pudendal - Internal iliac gives branches to the rectum - Internal pudendal is a branch of the internal iliac and supplies to the anus
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What are haustra?
The circular segments of the large intestine Caused by taenia coli
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What else do we call the rectal arteries and veins
Rectal arteries and veins | - Also called hemorrhoidal arteries and veins
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Describe the pectinate line
- Above = visceral nerves, not painful | - Below = painful, innervated by a sensory nerve
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Describe the anal canals
x
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Describe the blood supply of the anus
Internal pudendal
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What are accessory organs of the GI tract?
- Liver - Gall bladder - Pancreas
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Describe the gall bladder
x
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Describe the gall bladder duct
x
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Describe the pancreas
x
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What are the components of the hepatic portal venous system?
Hepatic portal vein - Superior mesenteric - Splenic - Inferior mesenteric Portal/caval anastomosis
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What are the three innervations of the GI tract?
- Parasympathetics - Sympathetic - Visceral afferents
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Describe the parasympathetics
- Vagus (CN X) - Pelvic Splanchnics (S2-4) - Promotes peristalsis and secretion
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Describe the sympathetics
- Thoracic Splanchnics - Prevertebral (Preaortic) ganglia - Abdominal Sympathetics
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What do the abdominal sympathetics do?
Inhibit the action of the parasympathetics in fight or flight
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Describe the visceral afferents
Follow the sympathetic nerves to viscera The visceral afferents follow the sympathetics - in the same nerve *** Once you get to the pelvis, the visceral afferents acutally follow the parasympathetics *** - this is a big switch over
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Why is this visceral afferent pattern clinically relevant?
Because appendicitis often presents first as general pain around the umbilicus It then transitions to somatic pain on the body wall around

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