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Digestive Glands Flashcards

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Components of digestive glands

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  • large salivary glands
  • pancreas
  • liver
  • gall bladder
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Function: salivary gland

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Produce saliva

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Function: pancreas

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Produce digestive enzymes and hormones

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Function: liver

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Produce bile, metabolism, synthesize blood proteins, etc.

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Function: gall bladder

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Store and concentrate bile

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Two parts of the exocrine glands

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  1. Secretory part
  2. Duct system
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Compound glands have

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Branching ducts

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Compound tubuloacinar glands that exist in three large pairs

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Salivary glands

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Three major types of salivary glands

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  1. Parotid glands
  2. Submandibular glands
  3. Sublingual glands
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Two types of secretory cells in salivary glands

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  1. Serous
  2. Mucous
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Function: serous cell

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  • Protein secreting cell (enzyme)
  • secretion is washiness
  • serous cells form serous acini
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Function: mucous cell

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  • secrete mucoproteins
  • secretion is viscid
  • mucous cells form the mucous acini
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Composed of both serous and mucous cells, mainly mucous acinus with a serous demilune

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Mixed acinus

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  • Found within the basal lamina of secretory acini and intercalated ducts.
  • Stellate or spindle in shape
  • function:
    1. Contraction: helping to squeeze out secretion
    2. Prevention
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Myoepithelial cell

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Ducts involved in the duct system of salivary glands

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  1. Intercalated duct
  2. Striated duct
  3. Interlobular duct
  4. Major secretory duct
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Epithelium in the salivary glands duct system

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  1. Simple cuboidal epithelium
  2. Flat
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LM: nucleus is near the cell apex; cytoplasm is acidophilic
EM: basal striations formed by membrane infolding and mitochondria
Function: transport water and ions; reabsorbing sodium and excreting potassium

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Striated duct (secretory duct)

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Branched acinar gland made entirely of serous acini with longer intercalated duct and striated duct to secrete products mainly containing salivary amylase

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Parotid gland

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Branched tubuloacinar gland that has a mixed component (mixed gland) with more serous acini and less mixed or mucous acini

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Submandibular gland

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Branched tubuloacinar gland with mainly mucous acini that exist without intercalated duct

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Sublingual gland

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Elongated organ having a head, body and tail with a capsule and septa of connective tissues; parenchyma organ with lobules

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Pancreas

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Pancreas divided into two portions

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  1. Endocrine portion
  2. Exocrine portion
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Exocrine portion of pancreas

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Contains entirely serous acini
- serous cells have basophilic basal cytoplasm
- rich in RER
- golgi complex
- zymogen granules in apical cytoplasm

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Difference with pancreas and salivary glands

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  • no myoepithelial cells
  • centroacinar cells are small, pale stained cells in the lumen of acini which are from cells of the intercalated ducts
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Intralobular duct of the pancreatic gland is comprised of

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Cuboidal

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Interlobular duct of the pancreatic gland is comprised of

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Columnar

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Main pancreatic duct of the pancreatic gland is comprised of

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High columnar with goblet cells

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Function: exocrine portion of pancreatic gland

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  1. Secrete pancreatic juice
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When proenzymes are abnormally activated and digest the whole pancreas leading to very serious complications (not a bacterial infection; related more to alcoholism, gallstones, metabolic factors, infection, drugs)

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Acute pancreatitis

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Endocrine portion of the pancreas is called

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Islet of Langerhans

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Appears as a cluster of cells embedded within the exocrine portion and is more abundant in the tail of the pancreas
- cells are polygonal or rounded; lightly stained, arranged in cords separated by a network of fenestrated capillaries

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Endocrine portion of Pancreatic Gland

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Major types of cells in immunology

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A cells 20%
B cells 70%
D cells 5%
Others 5%

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B-cells produce the hormone

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Function: Insulin

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Decrease glucose content in blood

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A-cells produce the hormone

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Function: Glucagon

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Increases glucose content in blood

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A-cells are located in the (Alpha cells)

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B-cells are located in the (Beta cells)

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Central region

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D-cells are located

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D-cells produce the hormone (Delta cells)

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Somatostatin

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Function: somatostatin

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Prevents (inhibits) the release of pancreatic hormones including insulin, glucagon and gastrin and pancreatic enzymes that aid in digestion

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A disease in which the body’s production and use of insulin is impaired
As a result, the level of blood glucose is too high (hyperglycemia)

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Diabetes Mellitus

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Most common types of diabetes

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  1. Type I diabetes
  2. Type II diabetes
  3. Gestational diabetes
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Insulin- dependent and results from partial or total destruction of B-cells due to autoimmune disease. It occurs more in children (juvenile diabetes)

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Type I diabetes

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Insulin-independent diabetes and is frequently associated with obesity. It occurs at a later stage in life

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Type II diabetes

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Parenchymal organ having the Glission’s capsule and a hilum

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Parts of the liver lobule

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  • central vein
  • liver plates formed by hepatocyte
  • liver sinusoid
  • others
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Basic structural unit of the portal area of liver

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  • Interlobular arteries
  • Interlobular veins
  • Interlobular bile duct
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Function: liver

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  1. Produce bile
  2. Lipid, carbohydrate and protein metabolism
  3. Inactivate and metabolize toxic substances and drugs
  4. Iron metabolites and synthesis of plasma proteins (albumin, fibrinogen)
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Basic structural unit of the liver that is a polygon shaped mass of tissue

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Hepatic lobule

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Composition of liver lobule

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  1. Central vein
  2. Liver plates
  3. Liver sinusoids
  4. Perisinusoidal space (space of Disse)
  5. Bile canaliculi
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Occupies the center of the liver lobule, lined by endothelium and a few connective tissues.
- receive blood drainage directly from the sinusoid

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Central vein

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Composed of a single row of hepatocytes

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Liver plates

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  • Form liver plates or liver cords
  • Polyhedral shape
  • Eosinophilic cytoplasm
  • 1 or 2 lathe rounded nuclei with 1 or 2 nucleoli
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LM: Hepatocytes

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Probably the most versatile cell

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Hepatocyte

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Function: hepatocytes (mitochondria)

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Provide the energy

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Function: hepatocytes (RER)

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Synthesize plasma proteins

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Function: hepatocytes (golgi complex)

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Formation of bile and lipoprotein

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Function: hepatocytes (SER)

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  • synthesize bile, triglyceride
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Function: hepatocytes (lysosomes)

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  • Metabolism of hepatocytes and renewal of organelles
  • transport of bilirubin
  • storage of iron
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Under LM: Liver sinusoid is situated between the hepatic plates and is composed solely of

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Endothelial cells

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Under EM: endothelial cells of liver sinusoid are

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  • Thin
  • Discontinuous
  • Fenestrated
  • No basal lamina
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Located in the lumen of liver sinusoid which belong to mononuclear phagocytic system.
- irregular, phagocytic and contain a number of lysosomes

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Kupffer cells

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Function: kupffer cells

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  • Recognize and phagocytose aged erythrocytes, freeing heme and iron for reuse or storage in ferritin complexes.
  • Antigen-presenting cells
  • Remove any bacteria or debris present in the portal blood
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Space between endothelial cells and hepatocytes containing fluid similar to plasma, microvilli from the hepatocytes, reticular fibers and fat-storing cells

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Space of Disse

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Function: space of Disse

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Site of materials exchange between blood and hepatocytes

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Fat-storing cells are also called

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Ito’s cells

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In chronically diseased liver, fat-storing cells are activated by factors released by hepatocytes and kupffer cells. The activated fat-storing cells proliferate and can produce many collagenous fibers and cause fibrosis and

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Hepatic cirrhosis

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  • Formed by indented plasma membranes of opposing hepatocytes
  • Microvilli extend into canalicular lumen which contains bile (secretion of liver)
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Bile canaliculi

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Common symptom of liver disease

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Interlobular veins are branches of the

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Portal vein

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Interlobular arteries are branches of the

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Hepatic artery

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Blood drains from the peripheral regions of the liver to the

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Central part of the liver

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Discharge way of bile

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Bile canaliculi —> Hering’s canals —> Interlobular bile ducts —> Hepatic duct —> common bile duct —> duodenum

*common bile duct —> gall bladder

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Three functional surfaces of hepatocyte

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  1. Bile canaliculi
  2. Plasma
  3. Intercellular

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