Digestive System Flashcards
What does the digestive system consist of
The digestive system comprises the oral cavity and alimentary canal, which includes the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines, and several glands (salivary, liver, and pancreas).
It consists of a hollow tube (highly modified in the oral cavity) whose lumen varies in diameter and is surrounded by four layers:
1. Tunica mucosa consisting of three sublayers (epithelium, lamina propria and muscularis mucosae), 2. Tunica submucosa, 3. Tunica muscularis, and 4. Tunica serosa (CT layer covered by mesothelium) or tunica adventitia (T covering of organs present outside the body cavities).
What is part of the Oral cavity
includes the lips, palate, teeth, tongue, and salivary glands.
What is the epithelium of the outside of lips
Outside: stratified squamous keratinized epithelium with hairs and sebaceous glands;
What is the epithelium of the inside of lips
inside: stratified squamous, which may be slightly keratinized in ruminants and horse, depending upon the type of food;
lamina propria and submucosa blends (muscularis mucosa absent in the oral cavity); muscularis consists of skeletal muscle.
What is the epithelium of the cheek
like lip, except epithelium may be modified at some places to form conical papillae in ruminants.
What is the epithelium of the hard palate
Stratified squamous keratinized, which is very thick in ruminants and forms the dental pad rostrally; lamina propria blends with submucosa that covers the bony tissue.
What is the epithelium of the soft palate
Soft palate: epithelium: stratified squamous on the oral side and pseudostratified ciliated on the nasal side; lamina propria and submucosa blend and contain lymphatic tissue.
What is the epithelium of the tong
Stratified squamous with varying degrees of keratinization on the dorsal side and non-keratinized on the ventral side. The dorsal epithelium is modified to form papillae, which are classified into five types:
Filiform
Fungiform
Foliate
Circumvallate/vallate
lenticular
What are filiform of the tongue
Most numerous, sharp, highly cornified, pointed backward, lacks taste buds
What are fungiform of the tongue
Few in numbers, mushroom-shaped, interspersed among filiform papillae, may contain taste buds on the dorsal surface;
What are Foliate of the tongue
Leaf-like, present on the lateral surface, most numerous in rabbits, contain taste buds
What are circumvallate/vallate of the tongue
Least numerous, surrounded by a deep furrow in which serous Ebner’s glands open, distributed in a V pattern rostral to the sulcus terminalis, taste buds numerous on the lateral surface;
What are Lenticular of the tongue
Flat, lentil shaped, mainly found in ruminants, lacks taste buds. The lamina propria is closely attached with submucosa, and both are penetrated by skeletal muscles oriented vertically, transversally, and longitudinally and thus enabling tongue movements in all directions.
Species Variations of the tongue
lyssa (fat and muscular tissue) in carnivores, fibrous chondroid structure in horses, and lingual bone in birds.
Taste buds
bell- shaped structures consisting of taste cells, supporting cells, and nerve fibers innervating taste cells
note, only dissolved substances can be tasted
What are the four taste qualities
sweet, salt, bitter, and acid
What do teeth consist of
Consist of hard tissues (enamel, dentin, and cement) and soft tissues (pulp cavity and periodontal ligament).
Enamel
Covers the crown and is the hardest substance of the body;
Completely acellular and avascular;
What do enamel consist of
Consists of prisms synthesized by ameloblasts, which are non-regenerable and thus enamel, if damaged, cannot be replaced
Dentin
Represents the skeleton of the tooth; living and regenerable
What do Dentin Consist of
Consists of dentinal tubules and inter-tubular tissue composed of calcified matrix containing collagen fibers that are synthesized by odontoblasts lining the pulp cavity;
note, dentin is like bone except those odontoblasts are not embedded in the calcified matrix.
Cementum
Covers dentin of the root, exception: hypsodont teeth where it also covers crown (above enamel), live, consists of calcified matrix containing collagen fibers synthesized by cementocytes.
What does the Periodontal Ligament contain
Consists of dense CT, no mineral, fibers penetrate as Sharpey’s fibers into the cementum on one side and insert into bony alveolus on the other side and thus fixing the tissue in situ.
What does Dental pulp consist of
Consists of jelly-like substance containing fibers, CT cells, blood vessels, and nerve fibers; lined by odontoblasts.
Types of teeth among animal species
Brachydont
Hypsodont
What are Brachydont teeth
Simple, short crown but long root, crown covered by enamel and root by cementum
Examples of brachydont Teeth
Examples include all teeth in man, carnivores, and swine (except canine tooth in swine, which is hypsodont), and incisors in ruminants.