Digestive 3 Flashcards
Digestive System and its functions including stages
• Ingestion • Digestion • Absorption • Defecation Digestive tract (alimentary canal) Gastrointestinal tract (GI) Accessory organs • Motility o Mixing and Propulsion Segmentation Peristalsis Migrating Motility Complex
Digestive tract/Alimentary canal/Gastrointestinal tract (GI tract)
Oral cavity→ Pharynx→ Esophagus→ Stomach→ Small intestine→ Large intestine
Accessory organs
Salivary glands→ Liver and Gallbladder→ Pancreas
Mucosa
Epithelium
Stratified squamous non-keratinized-Simple columnar with or without microvilli and goblet cells
Exocrine & Enteroendocrine cells
Lamina propria (areolar connective tissue)
Blood & Lymph vessels
MALT
Solitary lymphatic nodules and aggregated lymphatic nodules
Muscularis mucosae
(smooth muscle→ creates folds to increase surface area)
Submucosa (areolar connective tissue)
Blood, Lymphatic vessels and glands
Submucosal nerve plexus
Muscularis (mixing and propulsion of food)
Skeletal muscle (oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus and anal canal)
Smooth muscle
Myenteric nerve plexus
Serosa (visceral peritoneum)
Serosa (visceral peritoneum)
Mesothelium (areolar connective tissue and simple squamous epithelium)
Adventitia→ covers esophagus, which is just a simple layer of areolar connective tissue
Muscles of Mastication and nerves that innervate them
Masseter & Temporalis (trigeminal)
Medial & Lateral Pterygoid (trigeminal)
Platysma & Digastric (facial)
Salivary Glands
intrinsic and extrinsic locations
Intrinsic salivary glands
Lingual- tongue
Labial- inside lips
Buccal- inside cheeks
Extrinsic salivary glands Parotid- anterior to earlobe
Submandibular- medial mandible
Sublingual- floor of mouth
Pharynx structures and tissue that surrounds it
- Nasopharynx (pseudostratified ciliated columnar with goblet cells)
- Oropharynx (stratified squamous non-keratinized)
- Laryngopharynx (stratified squamous non-keratinized)
Esophagus is posterior to the ? and anterior to the ?
posterior to trachea
anterior to vertebral column
and 10 inches long
Esophagus has two sphincters
- Upper esophageal sphincter
* Lower esophageal sphincter (gastroesophageal/cardiac)
Esophagus starts and ends at?
• Laryngopharynx(C6)→ stomach(T10)
Esophagus is made up of what kind of tissue
• Tissue (stratified squamous non-keratinized)
Esophageal hiatus (hiatus hernia) is?
opening in diaphragm in which the esophagus and vagus nerve pass
the stomach is located in the
• Left Upper Quadrant-J Shaped Organ
what connects the esophagus to the stomach
• Gastroesophageal sphincter (cardiac)
Lesser curvature is covered with the
Lesser omentum
Greater Curvature is covered with the
greater omentum