Digestion Flashcards
What does the cardiac gland region of the stomach secrete?
Mucus
What are the four regions of the stomach?
- cuticular region
- cardiac gland region
- fundic gland region
- pyloric gland region
What does the fundic gland region of the stomach secrete?
- HCl
- digestive enzymes (pepsin)
- mucus
What does the pyloric region of the stomach secrete?
Mucus
What does the cuticular region of the stomach secrete?
Nothing (non glandular)
What is the opening of the stomach?
Cardia
What is the outlet of the stomach?
Pyloris
Chief cells secrete
Enzymes (pepsin)
Mucous neck cells secrete
Mucus
Parietal cells secrete
HCl
Intrinsic factor
Enterokinase is secreted from
Crypts of Lieberkühn
Regulates the removal of waste
Anus
Cats require what extra amino acid
Taurine
What breed of dog requires taurine
Dalmatians
These two amino acids are required while young, but not so much as an adult
Histidine and Arginine
What are the ten essential amino acids
- Phenylalanine
- Valine
- Threonine
- Tryptophan
- Isoleucine
- Methionine
- Histidine
- Arginine
- Lysine
- Leucine
Glucose + glucose
Maltose
Glucose + galactose
Lactose
Glucose + fructose
Sucrose
Milk sugar
Lactose
Glucose + galactose
Table sugar
Sucrose
Glucose + fructose
Primary simple sugar
Glucose
Pepsinogen + HCl =
Pepsin
What activates pepsin
HCl
First limiting amino acid
Lysine
Amylase
Hydrolyzes a-1,4 glucosidic bonds, forms maltose, cannot hydrolyze a-1,6 glucosidic bond. Primary end products = maltose and limit dextrin
Young animals absorb ________proteins.
2 ex:
Intact
- Colostrum
- Immunoglobulins
Pepsin is secreted from
Chief cells of the fundic gland region of the stomach
GLUT 5 is a ________ transporter
Fructose
GLUT ___ is high priority. It gets glucose before anything else.
GLUT 1
Contractile proteins have ______&________ in muscle
Actin & myosin
Of the human glucose transporters, _________ is regulated
GLUT 4
Primary dry matter constituent of body organs
Protein
Lysine has ____- amino group
E- amino group
Proteins are _________ to amino acids
Hydrolyzed
Produces bile continuously
Liver
An important secretion needed for lipid digestion, emulsified fats, from an accessory digestive organ
Bile
Glucose
Free in blood, required by nervous system and RBCs, key sugar in CHO metabolism
Two examples of starch
Amylose
Amylopectin
Amylose has ______________bonds
a-1,4 glucosidic bonds
Straight, unbranched chain on glucose units
a-1,4 glucosidic bonds
Amylose
Amylopectin has _______________bonds
a-1,6 glucosidic bonds
Branched chains of glucose units every 24-30 units.
a-1,6 glucosidic units
Amylopectin
Amino peptidases, dipeptidases, tripeptidases, are secreted from
Brush border of villi epithelial cells
Similar to starch, branch points every 8-12 units
In liver an muscle
Glycogen
Casein + rennin + Ca
Ca- paracaseinate
Coagulated
Major component of plant cell walls, straight unbranched chain of glucose unit
B- 1,4 glucosidic bonds
Cellulose
Cellulose has ______________bonds
B- 1,4 glucosidic bonds
The body preserves muscle _______ in case you need it in an emergency
Glycogen
3 major classes of carbohydrates
Monosaccharides
Oligosaccharides
Polysaccharides
Mammals don’t have the digestive enzymes to digest
Cellulose
All human glucose transporters are constitutive except
GLUT 4
Peptidases start digesting proteins from the
N terminal end of peptides
Amino acids are linked together with
Peptide bonds
These release a mixture of water, mucin, ad enzymes
Salivary glands
Dailey intake requirements of protein only reflect the ____ _____ of amino acids
Net needs
Major site of expression: erythrocytes (humans), blood-brain barrier, placenta, fetal tissues on general
GLUT 1
Work and exercise ______ increase protein requirements
Do not
Test to make sure lysine is available
Carpenters available lysine test
Growth depression caused by excess amounts of naturally occurring amino acids that can be corrected by addition of STRUCTURALLY SIMILAR amino acids
Antagonism
Work and exercise increases _______ rate
Turnover rate ( of muscle)
% of absorbed N that is retained or utilized by the animal
Widely used method of expressing protein quality
Biological value (BV)
Tertiary protein structure is made stable by two types of bonds
- H-bonds
2. Disulfide bonds
Major sites of expression: endoplasmic recticulum of hepatocytes
Important in gluconeogenesis
GLUT 7
” disease the first child gets when the new child comes”
Edema
Fatty liver
From Ghana
Kwashiorkor
Major sites of expression : brown and white adipocytes, heart and skeletal muscle
GLUT 4
Major sites of expression for : liver, pancreatic B-cell, kidneys , small intestine (serosal surface )
GLUT 2
Amino acid absorption happens where
Jejunum of small intestine
Seldom found free in nature, important in structure of brain and nervous tissue
Galactose
3 examples of Hexoses
Glucose
Galactose
Fructose
P.E.M. =
Protein energy malnutrition
SGLT=
Sodium dependent glucose transporter 1
This is secreted by the pancreas into the duodenum for carbohydrate digestion
Pancreatic Amylase
Skin and bones appearance
Marasmus
Muscle contractions mix food with acid and enzymes, causing the chemical and physical breakdown of food into chyme
Stomach
Methionine –> _____
_______ –/–> methionine
Cysteine
Receives and prepares undigested food to be eliminated from the body and feces
Large intestine
This hormone increases blood glucose concentration
Glucagon
This hormone decreases blood glucose concentration
Insulin
2 endopeptidases
Trypsin
Chymotrypsin
Releases pancreatic juice that neutralizes acid chyme and contains enzymes needed for CHO, protein and lipid digestion
Pancreas
The gall bladder dumps bike into the
Duodenum of the SI
Bile salts ___________ fats to give them a larger surface area
Emulsify
Proenzymes or inactive enzymes, which must be chemically altered to function as an enzyme
Zymogens
Pepsin is secreted by
Chief cells
3 proteolytic enzymes
Trypsin
Chymotrypsin
Carboxypeptidase
Usual order of rate limiting amino acid in grains
- Lysine
- Threonine
- Tryptophan
- Methionine
- Isoleucine
Intrinsic factor is secreted by
Parietal cells
Major site of enzymatic digestion and nutrient absorption
Small intestine
Blood that serves the entire system
Systemic blood
Cysteine has a _______ ________ on the methionine requirement
Sparing effect
5 primary digestive enzymes in the brush border
Maltase Isomaltase Sucrase Lactase a-dextrinase
Bile salts are _____ soluble
Water
Bile is formed from
Cholesterol
Protein quality refers to the
Balance of amino acids to meet the needs of the animal
Stores and releases bile
Gall bladder
Starch is the major carbohydrate in
Grains
The major carbohydrate in grain is
Starch
2 examples of pentoses
Xylose
Ribose
Where is elastin found
Circulatory system
_____can basically be absorbed along the whole digestive tract
VFA
Volatile fatty acids
Animal can perform no better that that allowed by the _____ amount relative to the requirement
Lowest
CHO class with 2-10 monosaccharides
Oligosaccharides
Important monosaccharides, small amount in plants, undulant on polymers
Not digested very well
Pentoses
Major site of expression: brain (neurons)
GLUT 3
Origin of gastrin
Pyloric region of stomach or abomasum
Trypsin is secreted as
Trypsinogen
Membrane transport created by channel proteins
Diffusion through channels
Pancreatic secretions contain bicarbonate to neutralize
Stomach acid
Releasing mechanism for gastrin
Food in stomach
- caffeine, protein, spices
Glucose concentration in the cell is ______ than the SI
Greater
Which type of monosaccharide is mostly found in metabolic pathways (glycolysis)
Not often free in nature
Trioses
The enzyme that hydrolyzes fats and fatty acids and monoglycerides
Major enzyme in fat digestion
Pancreatic lipase
Origin of gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP)
Duodenum, jejunum
Which hormone has the function of insulin release, inhibit gastric secretion, and mobility
Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP)
Bile consists of
Bile salts Bilirubin Lecithin Fatty acids Cholesterol
Brunner’s glands neutralize
Acid chyme
Bile salts and acids, vitamin C, B12, D, K, and magnesium are absorbed where
Ileum of SI
Lipids, monosaccharides , amino acids, small peptides are absorbed where
Jejunum
These aid in fat emulsification
Brunner’s glands
Enterokinase activates
Trypsin
Why does lysine have the highest dietary amino acid requirement
Highest concentration in muscle
GLU glutamine is actually greatest but it can be synthesized
Where is keratin protein found
Hair, nails, wool, feathers
Proteolytic enzymes are secreted from the
Pancreas
Part of cell walls of plants , very poorly digested. Xylose units (5C)
B- 1,4 glucosidic bonds
Hemicellulose
Hemicellulose has _____________ bonds
B -1,4 glucosidic
Gastric protease
Pretoria digestion in the stomach
3 metabolically important oligosaccharides
Maltose
Sucrose
Lactose
Glucose in SI –> insulin release and inhibit gastric secretion and mobility
Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP)
___________ _____________ hydrolyzes starch to maltose
Pancreatic amylase
Primary enzyme for starch digestion
Pancreatic amylase