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Digestive System Flashcards

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Pepsin

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Secreted by peptic cells, enzyme digesting proteins

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Mucin

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Glycoprotein in mucous secreting cells

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Canaliculi

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Tubules

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Parietal cells

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Acid secreting/ oxyntic cells, secretes HCl and intrinsic factor

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Peptic cells

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Chief/ zymogen/ pepsin secreting cell
Secretes pepsinogen (precursor of pepsin)
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Enteroendocrine cell

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At base of gastric glands- contain secretory granules

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Enterocyte

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Columnar epithelial cells participating in absorption and excretion

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Gastric gland

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Glands in stomach

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Brunners glands

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In duodenum, secrete alkaline mucus

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Enteric nervous system

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Quasi autonomous part of nervous system, controls motor function, blood flow, mucous secretion and transport, immune and endocrine dunction

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Submucosal (meissner’s) nerve plexus

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Plexus controlling submucosa

GI secretion and absorption, contraction of muscular is mucosa

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Peyer’s patch

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Part of GALT (Gut associated lymphoid tissue), in immune response

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Mucosa

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Epithelium- 1st layer

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Laminate propria

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Cellular connective tissue layer

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Muscularis mucosa

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Muscle in mucosal layer

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Submucosa

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2nd layer- connective tissue, blood and lymph

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Muscularis propria

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Smooth muscle, 3rd layer

Contracts

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Adventitia

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4th layer

Loose supporting tissue w nerves and blood

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Serous cell (salivary gland)

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Secrete protein rich fluid, round nuclei, RER at base and secretory granules at apex

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Mucous cells

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Secrete mucin, flat nucleus

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Exocrine gland

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Excrete factors into ducts

22
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Salivary end piece (acinus)

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Where ducts open into

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Pancreatic juice

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Alkaline fluid rich in digestive enzymes and electrolytes

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Somatostatin

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Hormone secreted by delta cells of pancreas

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Acinar cells

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Secrete inactive enzyme precursors (zymogens, eg amylase, trypsin)

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F cells of pancreas

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Secrete pancreatic polypeptide

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Islets of langerhans

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Contain alpha and beta cells

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Endocrine vs exocrine

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Exocrine into ductal system into epithelium, endocrine into blood directly

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Body and fundus glands

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Pepsin, HCl, mucus

30
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Cardiac and pyloric glands

31
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What did brunners glands make

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In pylorus and duodenum,

Make alkaline mucus- neutralises acidic chyme of stomach

32
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What lies between villi

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Crypts of leiberkuhn

33
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Ganglion cells found between muscle layers

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Myenteric plecus of Auerbach - controls GI movements

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