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9/24 Histology of digestive system Flashcards

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what is the general type of epithelium in the oral cavity?

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stratified squamous: both deratinized (ortho and para) and non-keratininzed

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what is the embriological origin of the oral cavity

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derived from ectoderm, like skin, not endoderm like the rest of the gut

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what is the average turn over of the stratified squamous of the oral cavity

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1-2 weeks

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the underlying connective tissue

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lamina propria

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How and why is there a large immune pressence in the oral cavity

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many lymphocytes and the tonsils, 3X10^9 PMNs enter lamina propria everyday, and small mixeed sero/mucous salivary glands. all to take care of small immune responses to the large number of pathogens in the mouth

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what covers the back of the toungue

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lymphatic tissue, and the palatine tonsil

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the structure near the back of the tounge wear most taste happens

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circumvallate papilla

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the structures on the majority of the dorsal surface of the toungue that taste

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fungiform papilla

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the structures of the dorsal of the tounge that cover most of the surface

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filiform papilla

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The layers of the tounge in the microscope

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stratisfied epithelium; loose or dense connective tissue (lamina prpria) then striated skeletal muscle and adipose tissue

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why do you have skeletal muscle tissue in the tounge

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moves food back, and requeired for normal speech. arranged in all kinds of orientations

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The most common form of cell on the dorsal surface of the tounge

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filiform papillae

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the moat that surrounds the circumvallate papillae

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crypt

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why does the circumvallate papillae have crypt

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has glandular structures to wash material out to allow constant tasting of new things

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the glands that wash out the crypt

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Von Ebner’s gland: serous glands, they appear as globular structure in the connective tissue with ducts associated with the crypt

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what is the purpose of saliva

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lubricate the mouth w/mucous secretion. amylase in serous secretion (digest carbs). Helps prevent infection!

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purpose of the salivary glands

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Make saliva; get infected (mumps, and impacted ducts); growth factors; make haptocorrin.

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how does salive act as defensive agent?

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secrete lactoferrin (iron binding protien against bacteria), lysozyme (desolve bacteria cell walls), and defensins (anti-biotic protiens) and transport IgA (binds to pathogens)

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what is haptocorrin?

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a vitamin B12 binding protein

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why would the saliva produce growth factors?

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maybe to promote wound healing in the mouth and in other parts of the body when you lick wounds

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cells that secrete in a serous fashion and are a spherical gland

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Serous acinus

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Glands that produce mucous

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mucous tubule

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combinded serous and mucous cells in a singe duct

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mucous tubule and serous demilune

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the course of mucous and serous once produced form serous acinus/demilune and mucous tubule

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glands connected to intercalated ducts, striated ducts, and interlobular ducts

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what ducts are found in the parenchyma of the secretory units

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the glands and the intercalated ducts and striated ducts are in the parenchyma of the glands

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the section of the duct that is in the stroma

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the interlobular ducts

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ducts in the stroma or connective tissue

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interlobular ducts

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what do the smooth muscle aorudn the interlobular duct do

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Myoepithelial cells contract to push out saliva

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what type of cells are the intercalated ducts

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cuboidal cells

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type of cells in striated duct

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colomnar

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describe the histological appearence of the serous secreting cells (serous demilune)

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they are in a semi-circle of dark staining cells with prominate nucleus connected to a light stained area of duct

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32
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describe the histological appearance of the mucous secreting cells

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they are light staining cells along the ducts with no clear nucleus

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need special staining of anti-myosin to see well

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the myoepithelial cells that squeez out the spit

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34
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describe the intercalated duct

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cuboidal

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describe the striated ducts

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colomnar cells

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36
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how does striated duct cells control hemiostasis

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recover sodium and chloride from the saliva, but don’t really recover much water, use a Na,K-ATPase to pump

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histology of the interlobular ducts

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may even be stratified columnar, surrounded by dense irregular connective tissue.

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what is the general plan of the gut?

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4 layers!

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what are the 4 layers of the general plan of the gut?

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Mucosa; Submucosa; Muscularis externa; Serosa (adventitia)

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40
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what are the layers of the mucosa?

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the epithelium, lamina propria, musclaris mucosae

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what are the sublayers of the muscularis externa?

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circular muscle, myenteric plexus (nerves); longitudinal muscle

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how does the mucosa change from the stomach to the intestine to the colon?

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stomach has no villus, but has pits, intestine has villus, colon has no villi and no pits.

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43
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describe the mucosa layer of the gut

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epithelium, lamina propria is hard to see, lined with muscularis mucosa at the bottom of the epithelium

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describe the submucosa layer of the gut

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dense irregular CT, large vessels; sumbucosal enteric nerve plexus (hard to see)

45
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describe the muscularis externa layer of the gut

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smooth muscle of 2 layers (inner circular, outher longitudinal); enteric plexus beween muscle layers (control motility)

46
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describe the serosa or adventitia layer of the gut

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connective tissue, when covered with mesothelium its a serosa, retroperitoneal organs can have both.

47
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Unique Esophagus component in the submucosa

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Esophageal glands

48
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what is the purpose of esophageal glands?

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add secretions that help food slide down the tube, and make the esophagus look different from the vagina tissue!

49
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why is the fourth layer in the esophagus adventitia and not serosa

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it doesn’t have a layer of mesothelium

50
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what is the muscle in the esophagus?

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at the top it is striated skeletal muscle and then it blends into smooth muscle and at the bottom it is just smooth muscle in the lower third

51
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how do we know that the muscle in the upper 1/3 of esophagus is striated skeletal

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large cells of muscle with nucleus on the outside

52
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what are the functional muscles that contract or relax to alow food to pass?

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the upper and lower esophageal sphincters.

53
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how is the lower esophageal sphincter controlled?

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it is a smooth muscle sphincter, that is tonically contracted and must be relaxes for material to enter the stomach

54
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what are the characteristic structure seen in the epithelium of the stomach

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Pits, necks (start of glands), glands, base (end of glands)

55
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describe the junction of the esophagus/stomach

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very sudden switch form stratisfied to simple colomnar

56
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what causes heartburn?

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lower esophageal sphincter fails to keep stomach acid out of the esophagus, causing pain.

57
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what happens if common heart burn damages the epithelium

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esophagitis

58
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when chronic esophagitis

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Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease or GERD

59
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increased risk of dysplasia and esophageal cancer

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chronic GERD, and barrett esophagus!

60
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how is the barratt epithelium different?

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it is red due to a lack of the stratisfied layers (now simple!)
replacement of stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium by mostly simple colomnar epithelium with lots of goblet cells (looks like colon)

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what is the general path to esophageal cancer?

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Chronic inflammation; Mataplasia; balance of tumor suppressors and promoters

62
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newer model of the development of barret’s esophagus…

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residual embryonic cells invade and migrate up the esophagus after acid reflux lead to metaplasia of colon like cells.

63
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what are the four anatomical regions of the stomach

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cardia; fundus; body; pylorus

64
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what are the three histological divisions of the stomach

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the cardia; the body/fundus; and the pylorus cells

65
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how do we tell the difference between cardia/body/pylorus cells in the stomach

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cardia: pit and glands have about the same length;
Body: pit is a bit shorter than the glands
Pylorus: pit is much longer than the glands

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what do you often see where there is a transition between different epithelial layers

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lymphatic agrigates (blobs of dark staining cells)

67
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what does the light staining fo the cardia glands tell us

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they are producing mostly mucus

68
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what are the light and dark colored cells in the body and fundus of the stomach located just below the glands in the epithelium

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the parietal and chief cells!

69
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how is the stem cell unusual in the stomach?

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the stem cells are found in the top of the glands! maybe to replace the very short lived pit cells above them?

70
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what are the three regions of the gland in the stomach epithelium?

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the isthmus, the neck, the base.

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what is the life span of a pit cell?

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about 3 days to a week

72
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what is the life span of a gland cell?

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week to a month

73
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the body cells are also called:

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Gastric epithelium

74
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the cells that line the pits:

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Suface mucus cells

75
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the cells in the glands that are large, pale cytoplasm with central nucleaus (fried eggs!)

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the Parietal cells

76
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the cells that make mucus in the glands, stuck between the parietal and chief cells

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the neck mucous cells;

77
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the cells that are dark staining in the glandular region of the epithelium of the body of the stomach (like dark fried eggs)

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Chief cells

78
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hormone producing cells in the stomach

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Enteroendocrine cells

79
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Amine precursor uptake and decarboxylation

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APUD enteroendocrine cells

80
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what is the DNES?

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the diffuse Neuroendocrine system

81
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Enteroendocrine cells in the stomach produce what?

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gastrin (yellow cells!), glucagon, histamine, somatostatin, serotonin and gherlin

82
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stimulates hunger if not enough food in stomach

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gherlin

83
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stimulate parietal cells to secrete HCl

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gastrin

84
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Cells that produce acid

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Parietal cells

85
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how do parietal cells secrete acid?

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through H+,K+ - ATPase

86
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what stimulates the release of parietal cell acid

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several agents including gastrin and histamine

87
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how do the parietal cells control release of acid

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they have membrane bound tubules with the proton pump that fuse with the plasma membrane to allow the release of the HCl acid

88
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the only critical function of the stomach, a function of the parietal cells

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gastric intrinsic factor for vitamin B12 absorption

89
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what if lose GIF producing parietal cells

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lose the absorption of B12 and then get pernicious anemia

90
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describe the movement of acid out of parietal cells

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On Lumen: ATP pump moves protons out and Cl- pore facilitate diffusion to give HCl;
On Blood vessel side: pump HCO- out and Cl- into the cell.

91
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where does the H+ and the Cl- come from in the gastric parietal cell?

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the Cl- is pumped in from the blood using HCO-/Cl- pump. The H+ is from CO2 and H2O forming H2CO3 using carbonic anydrase, that is carbonic acid and releases the H+

92
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Control of parietal cell acid secretion

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from vegus nerve, enteroendocrine cells, etc. a veriety of different controls

93
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cephalic phase

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when just think about or anticipate food the vegus nerve stimulates the release of acid.

94
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stiumuli to produce acid include?

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smell, taste, cinditioning, distension, amino acids, small peptides etc.

95
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Phases of acid secretory control

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Cephalic phase (see or think aobut food) Gastric phase (distension etc). Intestinal phase (inhibits when digesting food)

96
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Chief cells!!

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found in the bottom of the glands, secrete pepsinogen and gastric lipase

97
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the other names of chief cells

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peptic cells or incorrectly zymogenic cells

98
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the mucus that is produced by the mucus cells is critical, why is that?

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it traps bicarbonate, and provides a barrier to acid coming into the cells, provides physical barrier for the pepsin attacking the cells.

99
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why would stress H. pylore, or smoking/alcohol or pharmaceuticals lead to damage of the cells in the stomach

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breaks down the mucus and leads to pepsin and acid damage

100
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How can we discriminate the Plexis in the muscularis externa and serosa

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the nerves can be detected due to the light staining in the middle of the dark staining of the muscle

101
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the enteric plexi and the vegas nerve seem to influence what kind of movement in the stomach?

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Gastric movements that churn the stomach contents and then spurt out 10ml of contents or so into the duodenum

102
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what are the 2 basic patterns of GI motility?

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paristalisis or contraction of smooth muscle waves to activly move material down the length of the intestine;;; or segmental contractions that squich and release the contents and mix it up and down the intestine – you get a balance of these two movements

103
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what does the muscosal barrier protect the epithelium from

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acid and proteases like pepsin both a diffusion and a chemical barrier

104
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what if the mucus in broken down

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ulcer

105
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what if the mucus is broken and break down the muscular mucosa into the submucosal, what do you have?

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peptic ulcer

106
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treatment with antiacids is not as effective as other ulcer treatment such as:

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antibiotic against H. pilore and anti-histimines etc.

107
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gastric adenocarcinoma is dangerous, but why?

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it is very asymptomatic and very difficult to detect until it has progressed.

108
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Am I going to get gastric adenocarcinoma?

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probably not, rare in N. America and probably because of diet and environement

109
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what is the histology of adenocarcinoma

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you can’t decipher the different gland and epithelial cells of the pits and and mucosal layers…all the epithelial cells look the same!

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