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CH. 20 The Gastrointestinal System Flashcards

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How is the gastrointestinal system divided? and what belongs to each division?

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  1. Gastrointestinal tract: mouth - pharynx - esophagus - stomach - small intestine - colon - rectum - anus
  2. Accessory glands: several glands outside the GI tract that secrete fluids and enzymes into the lumen of the GI tract
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What are the 4 walls of the GI tract?

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  1. Mucosa: lining of the lumen
  2. Submucosa: connective tissue
  3. Muscularis externa: smooth muscle
  4. Serosa: connective tissue
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What are the 3 layers of the mucosa?

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  1. Mucous membrane: separates GI lumen from internal environment
  2. Lamina propria: connective tissue
  3. Muscularis mucosae: thin layer of smooth muscle functions in mixing lumenal contents
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What are the three different types of enterocytes?

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  1. absorptive cells
  2. exocrine cells
  3. endocrine cells
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What are the two layers of smooth muscle of the muscularis externa and how do they function?

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  1. inner circular layer: changes diameter

2. outer longitudinal layer: changes length

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What are the two parts of the enteric nervous system?

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  1. submucosal plexus (Meissner’s plexus): from submucosa layer
  2. myenteric plexus (Auerbach’s plexus): from muscularis externa
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What kind of tissue is the inner layer of the serosa vs. the outer layer?

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Inner layer: connective tissue

Outer layer: epithelial tissue (mesothelium)

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What does digestion begin with and what is secreted to aid this process?

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Begins with mastication in the mouth.

- saliva is secreted that contains salivary amylase to breakdown cell walls and digest starch and glycogen (carbs)

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What is the function of the pharynx?

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common passageway for air and food and where respiratory and digestive system meet

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How is the esophagus broken down?

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tube from pharynx to stomach

  • upper esophageal sphincter: skeletal muscle between pharynx and esophagus
  • lower esophageal sphincter: smooth muscle between esophagus and stomach
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How does the stomach function?

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stores food after it is swallowed and secretes gastric juice to help break it down
- then releases food as chime into small intestine

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What are the secretory products of the gastric pits and what are they secreted by?

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  1. pepsinogen: secreted by chief cells
  2. hydrogen ions: secreted by parietal cells
  3. intrinsic factor: secreted by parietal cells
  4. gastrin: secreted from G cells
  5. mucus: secreted from neck cells
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What purpose does the acidic environment of the stomach serve?

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  1. necessary for activating pepsinogen
  2. denatures proteins
  3. kills bacteria
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What acts as a protective barrier in relation to the acidic environment of the stomach?

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gastric mucosal barrier

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What is the primary site of digestion and absorption and how is it divided?

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small intestine

  • duodenum
  • jejunum
  • ileum
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What two secretions enter the duodenum?

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  1. pancreatic juice: contains digestive enzymes and bicarbonate that helps to neutralize acidic chyme
  2. bile: secreted from liver and contains bile salts that aid in fat digestion
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Where is absorption completed in the small intestine?

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within the first 20% of the small intestine

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What is the function of the villi and microvilli of the small intestine wall?

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Villi: increase surface area of epithelium
- contain blood vessels and lacteal for absorption of nutrients

Microvilli: increase surface area of epithelial cells
- form brush border

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What is the function of the Crypts of Lieberkuhn?

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epithelial cells in crypts secrete bicarbonate-rich fluid

  • secreted in proximal small intestine
  • absorbed in distal small intestine
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What is the role of the liver in absorption?

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absorbs nutrients traveling in the blood to the liver before entering the general circulation
- detoxify substances and processes certain nutrients

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What is the hepatic portal system?

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vasculature that delivers absorbed nutrients to the liver before nutrients enter the general circulation

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What is the large intestine comprised of?

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consists of cecum, colon, and rectum

- ileocecal sphincter is between ileum and colon

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What are the functions of the colon?

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  1. concentration of wastes into feces
  2. absorption of most water
  3. storage of feces until defecation
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What are the four sections of the colon?

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  1. ascending colon
  2. transverse colon
  3. descending colon
  4. sigmoid colon
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What muscle comprises the internal and external anal sphincters?
internal anal sphincter: smooth muscle | external anal sphincter: skeletal muscle
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What are the four types of glands of the GI tract and how are its products secreted?
1. salivary glands: saliva 2. pancreas: pancreatic juice 3. acini 4. liver: secretes bile secreted via ducts into the lumen of the GI tract
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What are the characteristics of saliva?
1. rich in bicarbonate ions 2. contains mucus 3. enzymes present: salivary amylase and lysozyme
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What is produced by the exocrine portion of the pancreas?
pancreatic juice - rich in bicarbonate - relative to weight, secretes more protein than any other tissue in body - enzymes present: pancreatic amylase, lipases, proteases, and nucleases
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What are the functions of the liver?
1. secretes bile into gallbladder 2. processes nutrients - glucose into glycogen - amino acids into fatty acids - triglycerides and cholesterol synthesis - lipoprotein synthesis 3. removal of old red blood cells: generates bilirubin 4. synthesis of plasma proteins 5. secretion and modification of hormones
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What is the function of the Sphincter of Oddi?
regulates flow from pancreas and gallbladder to duodenum
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What are the enzymes of digestion and where are they located?
1. dextrinase: limit dextrins -> glucose 2. glucoamylase: polysaccharides -> glucose 3. sucrase: sucrose -> fructose + glucose 4. lactase: lactose -> galactose + glucose 5. maltase: maltose -> 2 glucose location of enzymes: brush border of small intestine
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What are the two ways in which glucose and galactose are absorbed?
1. secondary active transport across apical membrane | 2. facilitated diffusion across basolateral membrane
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How is fructose absorbed?
facilitated diffusion across both membranes
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What are the products of protein digestion?
1. amino acids 2. dipeptides 3. tripeptides
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What are the three kinds of proteases?
1. Endopeptidases: split polypeptides at interior peptide bonds into small peptide fragments 2. Exopeptidases: cleave amino acids from one end of polypeptide 3. Zymogens: inactive storage form of proteases
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Where does protein digestion begin?
in the stomach
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Where does protein digestion begin?
in the stomach
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What kind of transport is used in the absorption of amino acids?
1. sodium-linked secondary active transport or facilitated diffusion to cross the apical membrane 2. facilitated diffusion to cross the basolateral membrane
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What kind of transport is used in the absorption of dipeptides and tripeptides?
1. cross the apical membrane by active transport | 2. when broken into amino acids, cross the basolateral membrane by facilitated diffusion
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What problems do lipids face in digestion and absorption?
1. not water soluble 2. do not mix with stomach or intestinal contents 3. form fat droplets
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How do bile salts aid in lipid digestion?
increase the surface area of droplets by breaking each large droplet into several small droplets (emulsification)
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What are the criteria in which fat-soluble vitamins can be absorbed?
1. absorbed with lipids | 2. dissolve in lipid droplets, micelles, and chylomicrons
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How is sodium absorbed?
solvent drag with water reabsorption | - actively absorbed in jejunum, ileum, and colon
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How is chloride absorbed?
passively follows sodium absorption
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How is potassium absorbed?
passively absorbed | - secreted when lumenal concentrations are very low
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How is bicarbonate absorbed and secreted in the jejunum, ileum. and colon?
jejunum: bicarbonate ions are passively absorbed ileum and colon: bicarbonate are secreted in exchange for chloride ions
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How is water absorbed?
water absorption is passive | - water follows absorption of solutes by osmosis
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What are the 4 gastrointestinal hormones?
1. gastrin 2. cholecystokinin 3. secretin 4. glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide
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What are the 3 phases of the gastrointestinal control and where do their stimuli originate?
1. cephalic phase: stimulate originate in head 2. gastric phase: stimuli originate in stomach 3. intestinal phase: stimuli originate in small intestine
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What is leptin?
a hormone released from adipose cells when calories exceed demands
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What are the stimuli of cephalic phase secretion?
1. sight of food 2. taste 3. small 4. chewing 5. swallowing
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What are the stimuli of gastric phase secretion?
1. proteins, peptides, and amino acids | 2. distension of stomach
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What inhibits secretion in the gastric phase?
- exit of food removes stimuli for secretion | - increased acidity inhibits gastrin release
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What inhibits secretion in the intestinal phase?
- food entry into the duodenum | - long and short reflex pathways
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What is the function of GI motility?
mix and propel GI tract contents
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What is the bolus?
chewed food + saliva
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What is the integration center for swallowing?
swallowing center of medulla oblongata
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What are the stimuli for vomitting?
``` 1. illness 2, emotions 3. pain 4. distension in GI tract 5. rotation of head 6. ingestion of certain substances (emetics) ```

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