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The three types of mucosa of the stomach

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Mucous- mucous- secretion 
Parietal- pepsin- breaks down protein
-pepsinogen 
Chief- HCl - activates pepsin
- gastric hormones- create hunger feeling
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How does food move through stomach

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Peristalsis

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How does food leave the stomach and where does it go

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Chyme leaves the stomach and enters the duodenum of the small intestine

  • forced out by the mixing waves of stomach
  • leaves via sphincter
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What does the small intestine do

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Absorption and digestion

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The small intestine is made up of what three sections

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The duodenum, jenenum, ileum

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The mucosa?

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The inner lining, which is highly folded to increase surface area, with Villi

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What are the pancreatic juices ?

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Pancreatic amylase
Trypsin
Ribonuclease and deoxyribonuclease
Pancreatic lipase

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Intestinal juices

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Intestinal amylase
Intestinal peptidase
Intestinal lipase

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Is the digestion of bile mechanical? How?

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Mechanical , bc bile Is a digestive aid, nike salts emulsifies fats, breaking down the fats into many droplets

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Why is the small intestine so effective at absorbing materials

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Because of the massive surface are, folded internal later with villi which is very long

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Hepatic portal vein

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A vein that goes straight to liver

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Materials that enter the blood stream?

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Simple sugars
Amino acids
Water

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Materials that enter the lacteals

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Fatty acids and glycerol

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How does stomach mechanically digest

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Waves of muscular contractions

Churn and mix the food with the gastric juices with forms chyme, ph of 3

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What is the lacteal?

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It’s collects materials and places them into the lymphatic system

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All the materials absorbed by the small intestine, enter the what?

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The hepatic portal vein

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Bile? Where is it produced ? Where is it stored?

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Bile is produced in the liver, it is a bi product of erythrocyte breakdown.

Bile is stored in the gall bladder.

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What is the villi?

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  • constantly moving

- finger like extensions

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Does some absorption occur through the concentration gradient and villi active transport ?

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True

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What doesn’t the Boyd absorb very well?

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Minerals

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What influences mineral absorption ?

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Gender, males can absorb calcium better than females

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How is the large intestine different than the small intestine?

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  • 1.5 m long
  • large diameter
  • ascending and descending colon
  • rectum
  • anal canal
  • movement through the large intestine is very slow
  • no villi means no absorption
  • no digestive juices secreted, no digestion
  • lining secretes mucous to help move poop along
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What occurs in the large intestine?

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  • water and electrolyte absorption
  • bacteria breaks down remaining food residue
  • storage area for faeces
  • bacteria fermentation- produces half a litre in flatus (gas) each day
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What does faeces contain?

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Water
Undigested food
Bile pigments ( give odour)
Remains of cells broken away from digestive system
Bacteria
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What is excretion?
The removal of metabolic wastes The lungs, skin, kidneys and liver excrete.
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What is defecation?
The discharge of faeces from the body.
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What is elimination?
Waste and Undigested materials are removed from the Body. Excretion and defection are types of elimination.
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Why is pooing not excretion, by defection ?
Bc pooing is a faeces and not a metabolic waste.
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List the hormones that regulate digestion ?!
CCK- cholecystokinin Gastric inhibitory peptide Secretin Gastrin
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What are the digestive system problems?
Constipation Diarrhoea Bowel cancer Coeliac disease
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What is the cause of constipation?
- Lack of fibre, protein | - when the movement of the large intestine are reduced and the contents remain there for a long amount of time
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What are the effects of constipation?
Defecation can be difficult and painful, faeces are harder and drier than usual.
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Diarrhoea causes?
Irritation in the small intestine Bacterial infection or the small intestine Food and diet
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What are the effects of diarrhoea ?
Frequent defection of watery faeces | May die from dehydration
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What are the causes of bowel cancer?
Cancer of the large intestine, linked to diet, a high diet in animal fat and protein and low in fibre
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What are the effects of bow cancer
Cancer, bleeding, pains, death, but easily preventable
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What is coeliac disease?
Unable to tolerate a protein called gluten
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What is the effect of coeliac disease?
Immune system responds by destroying villi In the small intestine Rashes, malnourished, cramps
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What does the kidney do?
Ride body of metabolic wastes (water, urea, creatinine, ions) Regulates balance of water, salt and ph of blood Highly vascular( 0.25 blood going through at all times, 1.2L)
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What are the three stages of the nephron function
Glomerular filtration Selective re absorption Active secretion
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In glomerular filtration, what occurs?
- Definition: filtration of blood at the kidneys - High pressure = more filtration - Afferent renal artery has high blood pressure bc it is wider than efferent - podocytes- finger like extensions absorb materials forced out of the blood - Taken into the glomerular capsule as filtrate
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Composition of filtrate
180L per day, 1% leaves as urine Ions, water, urea, glucose, vitamins, salts
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What is selective reabsorption
- Reabsorption of selected substances - substances reabsorption: na, k, Cl, ca, - micro villi: brush villi, high surface area, - the long proximal tubule and distal tubule contribute to high surface area
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What is active secretion?
Addition of substances from the blood into the filtrate What's secreted: h, k, drugs,neater, antiderietic hormone High permeability : high water Reabsorption
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What is the composition of urine?
``` Urea Na, Cl ions Amino acids Proteins Creatinine 1.5L per day ```
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What is deamination?
Breakdown of amino acids into the liver to ammonia which forms urea, which is transported to the kidneys for removal
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What is the digestive system
``` Ingestion Mechanical digestion Chemical digestion Movement Absorption Elimination ```
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What is mechanical digestion?
Breakdown of food into smaller particles, by the mouth and jaw without chemically altering its form
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What is chemical digestion?
Breakdown of food into smaller particles by the digestive enzymes and mucous
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What does saliva do?
Begin chemical digestion, beginning with starch digestion
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What does the mesentery tissue do?
Surrounds the internal organs for support
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How does mechanical digestion occur in the mouth?
By the teeth and tongue, easier to swallow and increases its accessibility to chew
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What are th types of teeth
``` Incisors Can Canines Premolars Molars ```
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What are the the three salivary glands
Parotid gland Submandibular gland Sublingual gland
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What is the tongue responsible for?
For moving food around in the moth to for a lump for swallowing called the bolus
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What is peristalsis
A wave of muscle contractions
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How is food moved down the alimentary canal
By peristalsis
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What aids food down the oesophagus?
Movement of food is lubricated by the secretion of mucous from the inner lining
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What is the sphincter ?
A round muscle which contracts to open and close
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The cardiac sphincter ?
Allows food into the stomach and prevents food from leaving the stomach
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Cause of indigestion and heart burn?
When the cardiac sphincter doesn't close properly and the acid goes upwards, sometimes eat too much spicy food too
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Functions of stomach?
``` A temporary holding tank A mixing chamber Connects the oesophagus to the duodenum Very extendible Mechanical digestion Chemical digestion Produce of hormones gastric juices ```
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What is the stomach and effective storage tank??
BECAUse it stores and breaks down reading for absorption
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What is the basic units of the food material?
Carbohydrates- glucose Proteins- amino acids Lipids- fatty acids and glycerol
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What is the role of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids?
Carbs- provides Body with energy Proteins- build and repaid tissues Lipids- a supply and store of energy
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Where in the digestive system is this food material broken down?
Carb- begins in mouth Proteins- small intestine Lipids- small intestine

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