Chapter 23 EXAM PORTION Flashcards
Define metabolism?
All chemical reactions in the body
What are the 3 main functions of digestiom?
Take in food, break it down into nutrient molecules, absorb molecules into the bloodstream
6 Step Process of digestion
- Ingestion
- Propulsion
- Mechanical breakdown
- Digestion
- Absorption
- Defecation
What is the difference between digestion and metabolism?
Digestion is breakdown of food in the GI tract whereas metabolism is all the chemical reactions in the entire body
What important functions do bile salts perform?
Lipid emulsification
What is the difference between long and short reflexive pathways?
Long is outside the GI tract and short is inside the GI tract
What are the organs of the digestive system?
Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus
What are the accessory organs of the digestive system?
Teeth, tongue, gallbladder, salivary glands, liver, pancreas
Where does carbohydrate breakdown begin and what does it break down into?
Starts in mouth and breaks down into galactose, glucose, fructose
Where does protein digestion start and what does it break down into?
Starts in stomach and breaks down into polypeptides, peptides and amino acids
Where does lipid digestion begin and where does major emulsification occur?
Starts in mouth and ME occurs in liver
What are the divisions of the small intestine in order?
Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
4 tunic layers in order
Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, serosa
What are the 4 main parts of the urinary system in order from most superior organ?
Kidney, ureter, bladder, urethra
Describe location of the kidney using anatomical terminology
Retroperitoneal, between T12 and L5.
What structure reduces the spread of infection to the kidney?
Fibrous capsule
What is the flow of urine?
Renal pyramid, minor calyx, major calyx, renal pevlis, ureter
What is an important function of JGC
Regulate rate of filtrate formation and BP
What are the 3 JGC cells?
Macula densa, JG cells and extraglomerular mesangial cells
Glomerular filtration rate is directly proportional to?
Net filtration pressure, total surface area, filtration membrane permeability, intrinsic controls
What is different about the glomerulus vs other capillary systems?
It is drained by an efferent arteriole
What establishes the medullary osmotic gradient?
Mostly the permeability properties of the nephron loop.