DIGESTIVE (MODULE) Flashcards
Organs that aid in chemical and physical breakdown of food.
Accessory glands
Four layers of GI tract from deep to superficial.
Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis
Serosa/ Adventitia
The layer of mucosa that serves as protection, secretion, and absorption and seals other layers.
Epithelium
The layer of mucosa that contains vessels for nutrient absorption and the MALT.
Lamina propria
The layer of mucosa that contains folds for increased surface area for digestion and absorption.
Muscularis mucosae
The layer of Alimentary canal that contains blood and lymphatic vessels for food molecule absorption.
Submucosa
The layer of Alimentary canal composed of skeletal muscles for swallowing food and digestion, and smooth muscles for continuous digestion.
Muscularis
The serosa contains __________ __________ __________, while the adventitia has __________ __________ __________.
Areolar connective tissues (multiple), areolar connective tissue (single)
The serosa is also called the __________ __________ because it forms a part of the peritoneum.
Visceral peritoneum
The __________ __________ contracts and causes a decrease in diameter of the lumen of GI tract, while the __________ __________ contracts to shorten segments of GI tract.
Circular muscle, longitudinal muscle
This integrates and coordinates the motility, secretory, and endocrine functions of the GI tract.
Enteric nervous system
Reflexes in which both afferent and efferent pathways are contained in then vagus nerve are called __________ __________.
Vagovagal reflexes
A division of autonomic nervous system responsible for excitatory function of the GI tract.
Parasympathetic nervous system
A division of autonomic nervous system responsible for inhibitory functions on the GI tract.
Sympathetic nervous system
An innervation in the GI tract composed of parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems.
Extrinsic innervation
The innervation that coordinates and relays information from the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems to the GI tract using local reflexes.
Intrinsic innervation/ enteric nervous system
Hormones that are released from endocrine cells in the GI mucosa into portal circulation, general circulation, then have physiological actions on target cells.
Gastrointestinal hormones
An official GI hormone which increases H+ secretion of gastric parietal cells and stimulates growth of gastric mucosa.
Gastrin
The official GI hormone that stimulates contraction of the gallbladder, the secretion of pancreas, and inhibits gastric emptying.
Cholecystokinin
The actions of this official GI hormone are coordinated to reduce the amount of H+ in the lumen of the small intestine.
Secretin
A group of regulatory substance released from endocrine cells in the mucosa that diffuse over short distances to reach their target cells.
Paracrines
A paracrine which responds to H+ in the lumen.
Somatostatin