Chapter 14 (9) - Digestive System Flashcards
3 Major Functions
- ) Digestion - Breaking down foods into nutrients which can be absorbed
- ) Absorption - Passing nutrients into blood stream (small intestine)
- ) Elimination - Liquid to solid; deification
Gastrointestinal Tract (GI)
- Mouth
- Salivary Glands
- Parotid - Pharynx
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Liver, Gall Bladder, Pancreas
- Small Intestine
- Colon
- Rectum
- Anus
Small Intestine
- Duodenum
- Jejunum
- Ileum
Large Intestine
- Cecum
- Ascending Colon
- Transverse Colon
- Descending Colon
- Sigmoid Colon
- Rectum
Lumen
- Mucosa - Innermost layer; Secretes mucus/enzymes
- Submucosa - Connective Tissue; Strength and structure to wall
- Muscularis - Peristalsis (contraction)
- Serosa - Outer Covering
Enzymes; Chemical Digestion
Convert complex food molecules into smaller, simple molecules for absorption
Fat -> Lipase -> Fatty Acids
Protein -> Protease -> Amino Acids
Starch -> Amylase -> Sugars
(complex) -> (enzymes) -> (simple molecules)
Lips
Sense both temperature and texture
Tongue
Frenulum and Papillae
Deglutition
Swallowing
Lingual Tonsils
Back part of tongue
Palatine Tonsils
Normal tonsils
Posterior Pharyngeal Wall
Back of throat
Hard Palate
Top of mouth; Rugae
Soft Palate
Flexible muscular sheet that separates the nasopharynx from the rest of the pharynx
Soft posterior part of palate
Uvula
Downward cone shaped projection at the back of the soft palate; Directs food down
Gums
Sockets hold teeth
Salivary Glands
- Parotid - located inferior to the cheekbone
- Submandibular - located below the mandible
- Sublingual - located in the base of the mouth below the tongue
Digestion In The Mouth
- Salivary Glands
- Chemical Digestion
- Mechanical
Pharynx
Throat
- Muscle tube moves food into esophagus (about 5”)
Esophagus - Muscle Tube
Lower Sphincter
LES / Cardiac Sphincter
Peristalsis
Contraction in wavelike motions
Emesis
Vomiting
Stomach
- Fundus - 1st upper curvature, top of stomach
- Cardia - Where esophagus enters the stomach
- Body
- Pylorus
- Greater / Lesser Curvature - Greater is more surface / Lesser is less surface
Gastric Juices
- Pepsin - digest proteins
- HCL - Acid
- Mucus - to protect itself from acidic environment
Chyme
Chemical substance passed into Duodenum
- Out from stomach
Path of Small Intestine
- Duodenum - 10”, Chyme mixes with bile (fast digestion) Mixes with Pancreatic Juice (Protein and Starch digestion)
- Jejunum - 8ft long; digestion
- Ileum - Ileocecal Valve, enters large intestine
Mesentery
Membrane made of peritoneum
- Contains blood supply to the small and large intestine
- Attaches bowel to Dorsal abdominal wall
Absorption
Passage of nutrients from bowel lumen into bloodstream
Chyme
1-6hrs to move from stomach to colon
Colon
Cecum - 3 Openings:
Ileum - from small intestine
Appendix - Opening into appendix
Ascending Colon - up further to colon
Ascending Colon
Transverse Colon
Descending Colon
Sigmoid Colon
Rectum
Anus
Liver
Right upper quadrant
- Right and Left Lobes (right is much larger)
- Portal Triad
- Portal Vein (Blood from Intestines)
- Hepatic Artery (Fresh blood to liver)
- Bile Duct (Bile into intestine) - Metabolism
- Bile Production
Liver / Gallbladder Bile
Made in liver, stored and concentrated in Gallbladder
- Dissolves fats in small intestine (Emulsification)
- Secreted into Bile Duct
Pancreas
- Chyme mixes: Bile from liver and Pancreatic Juices
- Pancreatic Juices: Amylase, Lipase, Trypsin
- Pancreatic Duct meets CBD and empties into Duodenum
An(o)
Anus
Append (o)
Appendix
Bil (o)
Bili
Bile
Bucc (o)
Cheek
Cec (o)
Cecum
Celi (o)
Abdomen
Chol (e) / Cholo
Bile
Cholangi (o)
Bile Vessel
Cholecyst (o)
Gall Bladder
Choledoch (o)
Common bile duct
Col (o)
Colon
Duoden (o)
Duodenum
Enter (o)
Intestine
Esophago
Esophagus
Gastr (o)
Stomach
Gloss (o)
Tongue
Gluc (o)
Glucose