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Chapter 24- The Digestive System Flashcards

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What are the functions of the digestive system

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Ingestion
Mechanical processing
Digestion
Secretion
Absorption
Excretion
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Mesentaries

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  • Double sheets of serous membranes.
  • Support portions of the digestive tract.
  • Access route for vessels and nerves.
  • Padding, protection, insulation, energy storage
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Falciform ligament

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Between the liver and body wall

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Lesser omentum

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  • sickle shape (crescent)

- between the stomach and liver

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Greater omentum

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  • from stomach to transverse colon

- fatty apron (“beer gut”)

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Mesentery

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  • “proper”

- to small intestine

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Mesenteries to the colon

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Transverse Mesocolon

Sigmoid mesocolon

Mesocolon
-to remainder of large intestine

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Retroperitoneal organs

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  • behind the peritoneal cavity
  • duodenum (first part of small intestine)
  • ascending/descending colon
  • rectum
  • kidneys
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Mucosa

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  • inside, moistened by glandular secretions
  • epithelium and lamina propria (loose CT)
  • smooth muscle as muscularis mucosae
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Submucosa

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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Muscularis externa

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Smooth muscle-circular/longitudinal layers

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Serosa

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Serous membrane (wet, lubricated; surround organs)

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Adventitia

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Dense connective tissue

In oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus and rectum

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Movement of digestive materials

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  • Rhythmic contractions
  • Peristalsis
  • Segmentation
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Rhythmic contractions

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Pacemaker cells

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Peristalsis

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Waves that move a bolus

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Segmentation

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(Squeeze food so it gets infiltrated by digestion fluids)

Churn and fragment a bolus

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Enteric nervous system

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  • stretch receptors and chemoreceptors (detects chemicals in food)
  • parasympathetic and local reflexes
    - myenteric plexus (muscularis externa)
    - submucosal plexus
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Hormonal mechanisms

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  • Enteroendocrine cells

- Feedback through bloodstream

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Local mechanisms

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-Response to pH or chemical stimuli

  • Prostaglandis, histamine (short range)
    - signals broadcast to other cells
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Functions of the oral (buccal) cavity

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  • analysis of material
  • mechanical processing
  • lubrication
  • limited digestion
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Functions of the tongue

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-Assistance in chewing and swallowing

  • Sensory analysis
    - touch, temperature and taste

-Secretion of mucins and lingual lipase

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Tongue movements

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  • Extrinsic and intrinsic muscles

- Innervated by hypoglossal nerve (CN 12)

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Salivary glands

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  • parotid, sublingual (below tongue), submandibular (below jaw)
  • saliva
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Saliva

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  • electrolytes, buffers, mucins, antibodies, enzymes
  • lubrication, moistening, dissolving
  • salivary amylase (carbohydrate digestion)
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Teeth (3 layers)

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1) enamel- covering crown
2) dentin- forms basic structure

3) root- coated with cementum
- periodontal ligaments hold teeth in alveoli

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Eruption of teeth

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-20 primary teeth (aka: deciduous [milk] teeth)

  • 32 teeth of secondary dentition
    - 12 molars added
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The Pharynx

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  • throat
  • stratified squamous epithelium
  • nasopharynx (behind nasal cavities)
  • oropharynx (behind oral cavity)
  • laryngopharynx (where vocal cords are)
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The esophagus

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  • Nonkeratinized, stratified squamous epithelium
  • Muscularis with skeletal muscle in upper third
    - smooth muscle in lower third
    - mixed in middle third(both skeletal and smooth)
  • Lacks serosa
    - anchored in the chest by adventitia
  • Passes through the diaphragm (esophageal hiatus)
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Functions of the stomach

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  • Bulk storage of undigested food
  • Mechanical breakdown of food
  • Disruption of chemical bonds in food
    - acids and enzymes
  • Production of intrinsic factor
    - allows intestinal absorption of vitamin B12
    - B12 required for erythropoiesis (red blood cells)
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Anatomy of the stomach

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  • Cardia: superior, medial (close to heart)
  • Fundus: above stomach-esophageal junction (base of fundamental)
  • Body: between the fundus and curve of the J (major central portion)
  • Pylorus: antrum and pyloric canal near duodenum(small intestine)
  • Pyloric sphincter
    • guards exit from stomach
  • Rugae: ridges and folds in relaxed stomach
  • Oblique muscle layer (extra)
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Parietal cells

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Intrinsic factor and HCl

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Chief cells

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Pepsinogen

-converted to a protease, pepsin, by acid

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Pyloric Enteroendocrine Cells

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  • G cells which secrete gastrin
    - stimulates stomach secretions
  • D cells which secrete somatostain
    - inhibits gastrin release
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Digestion and absorption in the stomach

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-Preliminary digestion of proteins(pepsin)

  • Permits other digestion
    • salivary amylase, lingual lipase
      - slowly denature in acid
  • Very little absorption of nutrients
    • some drugs, however, are absorbed
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Small intestine

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  • Extra secretions from pancreas,liver, gallbladder
  • Simple columnar epithelium
  • Ileocecal sphincter (valve)
    - transition between small and large intestine
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Histology of the small intestine

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-Plicae: transverse folds

  • Villi: fingerlike projections of the mucosa
    - stick into lumen and increase SA tremendous
  • Lacteals: terminal lymphatic in villus
    - absorb dietary fats
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Intestinal glands

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Enteroendocrine, goblet and stem cells

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Duodenum

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  • First 12 inches of small intestine
  • Few plica (folds), villi
  • Duodenal glands (Brunner’s)
    - mucus to protect from acid
    - buffers to neutralize acid in chyme
    - urogastrone to inhibit gastric acid secretion
    - helps inhibit activity in stomach
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Jejunum

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  • Most absorption here

- Stores most nutrients

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Ileum

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  • Peyer’s patches= lymphoid tissue

- protects from colon bacteria

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Intestinal movements

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Gastroenteric reflex (starts in stomach and affects intestines)

  • initiated by stretch receptors in stomach
  • stimulates intestinal motility

Gastroileal reflex (effect from stomach to ilium)

  • small to large intestine
  • triggers relaxation of ileocecal valve

Enterogastric reflex (sends signal to stomach to slow it down)

  • slows gastric activity when duodenum already stretched by chime
  • goes backward; negative feedback
43
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The pancreas: endocrine and exocrine functions

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Endocrine functions
-insulin and glucagon

Exocrine functions

  • pancreatic juice secreted into small intestine
    - carbohydrases, lipases, nucleases, proteases
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Liver functions

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-Metabolic regulation

  • Hematological regulation
    • blood reservoir
    • makes plasma proteins
    • phagocytosis of damaged blood cells (Kupffer cells)
  • Bile production
    • made in part from hemoglobin of old RBC
    • colors feces
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Liver histology

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-Filters blood through sinusoids within lobules

1) Blood begins in the hepatic portal system
- drains all blood from intestines
- portal system= association between 2 capillary beds joined by veins

2) Hepatocytes treat the blood

3) Blood ends in the hepatic veins
- these join into the inferior vena cava

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The gallbladder

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  • Stores bile
    • bile emulsifies lipids in the small intestine
    • lipid-bile salt complexes=micelles
    • micelles diffuse into lacteals, then through the thoracic duct and at the left subclavian vein, released into the blood as chylomicrons
  • Bile secreted from liver
    • via right/left hepatic ducts
    • join to make common hepatic duct
  • Cystic duct carries bile to gallbladder for storage between meals
  • Drains into small intestine through the common bile duct
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Functions of the large intestine

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Reabsorbs water
-compacts material into feces

Absorbs vitamins produced by bacteria
-vitamin K, B12, thiamine, riboflavin

Stores fecal matter prior to defecation

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Histology of the large intestine

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Absence of villi

Presence of goblet cells

Deep intestinal glands
-dominated by goblet cells (also called mucus cells)

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The rectum

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Stratified squamous epithelium

Internal and external anal sphincters

 - Internal= involuntary smooth muscle
 - External= voluntary skeletal muscle

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