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Digestive System 2 - Accessory Organs Flashcards

1
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Where is the Salivary Glands situated?

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Submucosa of Oral Cavity + tongue

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What are the Salivary Glands grouped as?

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Lingual
Labial
Buccal
Molar
Polatine
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3
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What are the 3 Large Salivary glands?

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Sublingual - beneath tongue
Submandibular - floor of mouth, inner surface of mandible, ducts behind teeth
Parotid - largest empties into mouth

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What type of Glands/Cells are the Large salivary glands?

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Tubulo-acinar glands

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What do the Large Salivary glands close to oral cavity secrete?

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Mucus

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What do the Large Glands distal to the Oral Cavity secrete?

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Serous
Sublingual - mucus acini
Submandibular - serous and mucus acini
Parotid - serous acini

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7
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Describe the Liver?

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  • Largest gland of body ,
  • highly vascularised -
  • surrounded by connective tissue
  • 4 lobes - 2 major L&R, 2 minor caudate + quarate
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8
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What does the Liver function as?

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Exocrine gland (onto epithelium via duct), Gallbladder (bile storage)

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Describe the Vasculature of the Liver?

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Recieves blood from 2 vessels

  • Hepatic artery (oxygenated, 25%)
  • Hepatic portal vein (digestive system, 75%)
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Where is the Blood discharged into from the Liver?

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Small vascular channels called Sinusoids (capillaries)

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What Cells are located in the Liver?

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Kupffer cells - sinusoidal macrophages

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What does Sinusoidal Macrophages do?

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Destroy Bacteria and Degrade worn-out blood cells

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Describe the Blood flow of the Liver?

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Sinusoids -> central vein -> Hepatic vein -> Inferior Vena Cava

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What are the Hepatic Sinusoids lined by?

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Discontinuous Sinusoidal Epithelium

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Describe the Liver Lobule?

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Basic functional unit, composed of -
Terminal Hepatic Venule
Interconnecting Plates of hepatocytes
Peripherally arranged Portal triads

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What are the Specialised epithelial cells in the Liver?

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Hepatocytes

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What is the Liver Lobule delimited by?

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Connective tissue called Interlobular Septum

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What are the Hepatocytes Zones in the Liver Lobule?

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Periportal
Mid-zone
Centriobular

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Describe the Periportal Hepatocyte zone of the Liver?

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Most oxygenated, highest nutrient + highest toxin conc

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Describe the Mid-zone Hepatocyte zone of the Liver?

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No sharp Boundaries

21
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Describe the Centriobular Hepatocyte zone of the Liver?

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Lowest nutrient component, larger glycogen/fat deposits

Least oxygenated

22
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Describe the Bile Production in the Liver Lobule?

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Bile composition is organic (bilirubin) and inorganic (bile salts)

23
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What is the Bile Produced by?

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Hepatocytes - passes into bile caniculi (carry bile to bile duct)

24
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What is the Bile duct lined by?

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Cholangiocytes

25
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What are the features of Cholangiocytes?

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Short microvilli, one Cilium per cell (senses change in flow)

26
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Describe Bile secretion?

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Contains;
Terminal bile ducts
Intrahepatic bile ducts
Cystic duct
Common bile duct
27
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What is the Terminal Bile duct lined by?

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Cuboidal Epithelium

28
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Describe the Intrahepatic bile ducts?

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coalesce into L + R hepatic ducts, which then unite to form common hepatic duct

29
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What is the Hepatic Duct lined by?

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Columnar Epithelium

30
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Where does the Cystic duct secrete Bile from?

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To/From Gallbladder

31
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Where does the Common Bile duct secrete bile to?

32
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Describe Gallbladder?

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Ovoid sac with muscular wall - can distend

Concentrates and Stores biles

33
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Describe the how the Gallbladder Concentrates and Stores bile?

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H2O+ ions absorbed by mucosa, receives watery bile from hepatic duct and empties thick concentrated bile into common bile duct

34
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Describe the Mucosa of the Gallbladder?

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Columnar epithelium with Microvilli, no goblet cells or muscalaris or submucosa, Arranged in Plicae, concentrated bile expelled by contraction of S.Muscle

35
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What hormone is released in the Gallbladder?

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Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a peptide hormone, released from inclusion cells in duodenem

36
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What is the Purpose of the CCK hormone in the Gallbladder?

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Reduces digestive motility and gastric emptying

37
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Where is the Pancrease?

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Behind the Stomach, Retroperitoneal covered by a thin layer of connective tissue

38
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Describe the Function of the Pancrease?

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Endocrine and Exocrine functions

39
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What are the Exocrine functions of the Pancreas?

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Composed of tubulo-acinar glands which secrete pancreatic juice (alkaline fluid of enzyme precursors)

40
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What forms the Secretory Acini?

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Single layer of Epithelial cells

41
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What are the Endocrine functions of the Pancreas?

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Contains of Islets of Langerhans (scattered around) that secrete products into Pancreatic ducts which contain variety of neuroendocrine cells

42
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What Cells are contained within the Islets of Langerhans?

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Beta Cells
Alpha Cells
Delta Cells
PP Cells
e- Cells
EC cells
D1 Cells
43
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Describe the function of Beta cells of the Islets in the Pancreas?

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Secrete insulin + amylin, 60% of cells, stimulates glycogen and protein/fatty acid synthesis

44
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Describe the function of Alpha cells of the Islets in the Pancreas?

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Secrete glucagon, 15% of cells, opposite actions of insulin

45
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Describe the function of Delta cells of the Islets in the Pancreas?

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Secrete Somatostatin, 5% of cells, locally acting hormone inhibits other endocrine cells

46
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Describe the function of Pancreatic Polypeptide (PP) cells of the Islets in the Pancreas?

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Stimulates gastric chief cells and Inhibits bile secretion

47
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Describe the function of Epsilon (e) cells of the Islets in the Pancreas?

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Secrete Ghrelin and stimulates Appetite

48
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Describe the function of Enterochromaffin (EC) cells of the Islets in the Pancreas?

A

Secretes;
secretin : control secretion of hormone
motilin : stimulates gastric activity
substance -p: wide range of functions

49
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Describe the function of D1 cells of the Islets in the Pancreas?

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Secrete VIP (vasoactive intestinal peptide)
relaxes stomach and gallbladder and reduces arterial blood pressure

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