Chapter 16: The Digestive System Flashcards
What is the purpose of the digestive system
- transfer nutrients, electrolytes. ect. from food to the internal environment (ECF)
ingested food yields ATP that can be used by body cells for (4)
- transportation
- contraction
- synthesis
- secretion
what percentage of ingested food is available for the bodys use
95%
what are the 4 processes used in digestion
- motility
- secretion
- digestion
- absorption
what are the 2 types of motility
- propulsive motility
- mixing movements
what are the three types of digestion
- CHO
- proteins
- lipids/fats
propulsive motility
- muscular contrations propel the food contents forward in the digestive tract
- allows appropriate velocity
mixing movements functions
- mixes the food with the digestive juices
- exposes all portions of the food to the absorbing surface of the digestive tract
secretion control
under neural or hormonal control
secretion
digestive juices from the exocrine glands into the digestive lumen
CHO is broken down into
monosaccarides
proteins are broken down into
amino acids
lipis/fats are broken down into
fatty acids
carbohydrates (CHO)
- form of polysaccaride that consists of chains of interconnected glucose molecules
types of CHO
- starch
- cellulose
- glycogen
- dietary CHO (Sucrose, lactose, ect)
starch
plants
cellulose
plant cell wall
glycogen
body muscles (meat)
what are the 3 disaccarides
- maltose
- sucrose
- lactose
what breaks down maltose
maltase
what breaks down sucrose
sucrase
what breaks down lactose
lactase
maltose breaks down maltase into
glucose
sucrase breaks down sucrose into
glucose and fructose
lactase breaks down lactose into
glucose and galactose
absorption
- takes place in the small intestine
- transfers nutrients from the digestive tract luman to the body / lymph fluid
where does absorption occur
small intestine
what are the accessory digestive organs
- salivary glands
- exocrine pancreas
- bilary system
what are the digestive organs
- mouth
- pharynx
- esophagus
- stomach
- small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum)
- large intestine (cecum, appendix, colon, rectum)
- anus
moth and salivary glands motility
chewing
pharynx and esophagus motility
swallowing
stomach motility
- receptive relaxation; peristalsis
small intestine motility
segmentation; migrating motility complex
large intestine motility
haustral contraction; mass movements
what are the 4 tissues layers of the digestive tract
- mucosa (innermost layer)
- submucosa
- muscularis externa
- serosa (outer layer)
mucous membrane
- protective surface
- modified secretion and absorption
mucous membrane contains
- exocrine gland cells
- endocrine gland cells
- epithelial cells
function of mucosa exocrine cells
digestive enzymes
mucosa endocrine glands function
- blood born gastrointestinal hormones (gastrointestinal peptide, GIP, secretion, gastrin)
mucosa epithelial cells function
absorbing digestive nutrients
what are the 2 divisions of the mucosa
- Lamina propria
- muscularis mucosa
lamina propria
- house gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT)
- important in defence againt disease causing intestinal bacteria
Muscularis mucosa
- a thin layer of smooth muscle
submucosa
- provides the distensibility and elasticity to the GI tract
- contain blood and lymph vessels
- contains submucosal plexus
Muscularis externa
- forms smooth muscle coat of the GI tract
- contains the myenteric plexus
what are the 2 layers of the muscularis externa
- circular layer (innermost layer)
- longitudinal layer (outermost layer)
circular layer
- decreases the diameter of the lumen
- innermost layer
Longitudinal layer
- contraction shortens the GI
- outermost layer
myenteric plexus
- located in the muscularis externa
- lies between the two muscle layers
mesentery
- part of the serosa
Serosa
secretes fluid that lubricates and prevents friction between digestive organs and the surrounding viscera
mesentery 3 functions
- the attachment provides relative fixation
- secure the digestive organs in proper place
- allow the freedom for mixing and propulsive movements
lips
- help procure, guide, and contain food in the mouth
- important in speech
- provide tactile sensation
palate
- forms roof of the oral cavity
- contains uvula (seals off nasal passages during swallowing)
tongue
- composed of skeletal muscle
- aid in chewing and swallowing
- important role in speech
- houses taste buds
pharynx
- a common passageway for the digestive and respitory
tomsils
- within the walls of the pharynx
- lymphoid tissue
teeth
- responsible for mastication
mastication
chewing
3 functions of chewing
- grind and break food into smaller pieces to make swallowing easier and increase surface area for the salvairy enzyme to act
- mix food with saliva
- simulate taste buds
saliva is produced by
the salivary glands
compositionof saliva
99.5% H2O
0.5% electrolytes and protein (amalyze, mucus, lysozymes)
8 functions of saliva
- contains salivary amylase (carbohydrate digesting enzyme)
- facilitates swallowing by moistening food
- mucus provide lubrication
- antibacterial actions (lysozyme destroys bacteria)
- solvent for molecule that stimulates taste buds
- aids speech by movement of the tongue and lips
- helps keep the mouth clean
- rich in bicarbonate buffers
what transport is responsible for glucose and galactose reabsorption
- secondary active transport mechanisms
what transport mechanism is responsible for fructose reabsorption
facilitated diffusion
simple salivary reflex is activated by
- presence of food in the mouth
- pressure receptors and chemoreceptors in the mouth
conditioned salivary reflex is activated by
- prior experience of food
- cerebral cortex: thinking/smelling/seeing food
neural regulation of saliva is controlled by
- salivary centre in the medulla
- automatic nerves
effect of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system on salivary secretion
work SYNERGISTICALLY to increase salivary secretion
parasympathetic NS effect on salivary secretion
- stimulates a prompt and abundant saliva is rich in enzymes
Sympathetic NS effect of salivary secretion
- elicits smaller saliva volume; feeling mouth drier than usual 9during stress such as speech)
salivary secretion is einterly under ______ control
neural control
Swallowing is associated with
pharynx and esophargus