Digestive system Flashcards
List the organs of the alimentary canal
Mouth Pharynx Esophagus Stomach Small intestine Large intestine
List the accessory digestive organs
Teeth Tongue Gallbladder Salivary glands Liver Pancreas
List the 6 essential digestive processes
Ingestion Propulsion Mechanical digestion Chemical digestion Absorption Defecation
Describe peristalsis
Waves of contraction/ relaxation of muscles
Describe segmentation
Local constrictions of the intestines
Describe chemical digestion
Catabolic breakdown of food
Describe absorption
Movement of nutrients from GI Tract to blood/ lymph
Where does chemical digestion take place
Mouth
Stomach
Small intestine
What are the circulation systems to the digestive organs
Splanchnic circulation
Hepatic portal circulation
Describe Splanchnic circulation
Aorta Celiac trunk Hepatic Splenic Left gastric Inferior/ superior mesenteric
What is the function of the hepatic portal circulation
Collect nutrient rich blood
Deliver it to the liver for processing/ storage
Name the 4 tunics of the alimentary Tract
Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis externa
Serosa
Functions of mucosa
Secrete mucus
Absorption
Protection
What are the layers of mucosa
Epithelium- simple columnar
Lamina propria- areolar and reticular
Muscularis mucosae- smooth miscle
What do the mucosa of stomach and small intestine contain
Enzyme secreting cells
Hormone secreting cells
What is the function of the mucosa lamina propria
Nourish the epithelium
Absorption
Contain MALT
Where does the serosa get replaced by adventitia
Esophagus
What does the submucosa contain
Elastic fibers Blood Lymph vessels Lymph nodes Nerves
What does the enteric nervous system consist of
2 intrinsic nerve plexuses
- submucosal
- myenteric
What does submucosal nerve plexus regulate
Glands
Smooth muscle of mucosa
What does myenteric nerve plexus regulate
Control of GI mobility
Function of the intrinsic tongue muscles
Change the shape
Function of the extrinsic tongue muscles
Alter position
What are the 3 types of tongue papillae
Filiform
Fungi form
Circumvallete
What makes the tongue rough
Filiform papillae
Gives tongue reddish hue
Fungiform papillae
In the back of the tongue
v shaped row
Circumvallete papillae
Function of saliva
Clean mouth Moisten food Dissolve food Bolus formation Breakdown starch- amylase Contain mucin, lysozyme, Defensins,IgA
Name an intrinsic salivary gland
Function
Buccal gland
Keep mouth moist
Name some extrinsic salivary glands
Function
Parotid
Submandibular
Sublingual
Secrete enzyme rich saliva
What do extrinsic salivary glands respond to
Ingested food stimulating chemoreceptors and pressoreceptors
Thought of food
What inhibits salivation
Sympathetic stimulation
What is enamel made of
Acellular material
Calcium salts
Hydroxyapatite crystals
What is cementum
Calcified connective tissue that covers tooth root
Attaches to periodontal ligament
What is Dentin
Forms bulk of tooth
Bonelike material
What is pulp
Connective tissue
Blood vessels
Nerves
Inside of tooth
What are dental caries
Demineralization of enamel and Dentin by bacteria
Acid produced by bacteria dissolves calcium salts
What happens to organic matter without calcium salts
Proteolytic enzymes digest organic material
Why is calculus bad
Disrupts seal between teeth an gingivae
What is periodontitis
gum disease
Inflammation response
What are the 2 skeletal muscle layers of the pharynx
Inner longitudinal
Outer pharyngeal constrictors
Where does the esophagus extent from and go to
From laryngopharynx to cardiac orifice
Through the mediastinum/ diaphragm
What happens to mucosa from esophagus to stomach
Stratified squamous to simple columnar
What type of chemical digestion takes place in the mouth
Salivary amylase breakdown starch
What are the 2 phases of deglutination
Buccal phase
Pharyngeal esophageal phase
Describe buccal phase
Bolus is voluntarily forced into oropharynx
Describe pharyngeal esophageal phase
Controlled by medulla/ pons
Close airways
Open digestive ways
What lets food enter stomach
Gastroesophogeal cardiac sphincter opening
Where is food converted to chyme
Stomach
What makes up the pyloric region of the stomach
Antrum and canal
Terminate at pyloris
Describe mesentaries
Double layer of peritoneum fused
Where is lesser omentum
From liver to lesser curvature
Where is greater omentum
Greater curvature to small intestine
What type of mucus is in stomach from goblet cells
Thick alkaline mucus
Traps bicarbonate rich fluid beneath it
Where are gastric glands
In gastric pits
What do the gastric glands secrete
Mucus
Gastric juice
Gastrin hormone
List the 4 types of cells in the stomach glands
Mucous neck cells
Parietal
Chief
Enteroendocrine
Mucous neck cells secrete
Thin Acid mucus
Parietal cells secrete
HCL
Intrinsic factor
Chief cells secrete
Pepsinogen
Enteroendocrine cells secrete
Gastrin into lamina propria ( not lumen)
How is Pepsinogen activated
By HCL and pepsin
What keeps stomach from digesting itself
Bicarbonate rich mucus layer
Epithelium with tight junctions
Damaged cells replaced quickly
Functions of the stomach
Store food Degrade food Deliver chyme to small intestine Enzymatic ally digest protein with pepsin Secrete intrinsic factor
What regulates gastric secretion
Neural and hormonal controls
What are the 3 phases of gastric secretion regulation
Cephalic
Gastric
Intestinal
Function of the Cephalic phase
Prepares stomach for food
What occurs during Cephalic phase
Parasympathetic- vagus
Stimulate submucosal enteric plexus
Activate mucus, parietal, chief, and G cells
Function of gastric phase
Enhance secretions
Homogenize and acidify chyme
Initiate protein digestion by pepsin
What is the neural response of the gastric phase
Stretch/ chemoreceptors stimulate submucosal plexus as myenteric plexus
What is the hormonal response of gastric phase
Presence of peptides or caffeine stimulate Gastrin
Gastrin stimulates parietal/ chief cells
What stimulates HCl secretion
Ach- neural
Gastrin- hormonal
When is HCL release low
If only one ligand binds to a parietal cell
When is HCL release higher
If both Ligands bind to parietal cells
Hormonal/ neural stimulation
What happens to Cl during HCL secretion
Cl transported into stomach lumen
Maintain electrical balance
What happens to bicarbonate during HCL secretion
Bicarbonate ejected into capillary blood
What is the alkaline tide
Blood leaving the stomach is more alkaline than blood entering it
When does the intestinal phase begin
When chyme enters the small intestine
Describe what stimulates intestinal phase
Enterogastric reflex Distension of duodenum Acid- low ph Lipids Partially digested proteins
What occurs when the intestinal neural response is stimulated
Gastric contractions are inhibited
Pyloric sphincters close
What occurs during hormonal response of the intestinal phase
Release of enterogastrones
Inhibit gastric secretion
What are the enterogastrones
Cholecystokinin
Secretin
Vasoactive intestinal peptide
What is the rate of gastric contractions of peristalsis
3 per min Basic Electrical Rhythm
Toward pyloric valve
What increases stomach contractions
Distension of stomach wall
Activated chemoreceptors
What inhibits Gastrin and pepsin as chyme enters duodenum
Neural enterogastric reflex
Hormonal mechanisms- enterogastrones
Where do the bike duct and main pancreatic duct join duodenum
Hepatopancreatic ampulla
Controlled by Oddi
What do the villi of small intestine contain
Capillary bed
Lacteals- lymph
What makes up the brush border
Microvilli and enzymes
What is small intestine mucosa made of
Absorptive columnar cells
Goblet cells
Enteroendocrine cells
What is another name for intestinal crypts
Crypts of lieberkuhn
What do intestinal crypts secrete
Intestinal juice
Enzyme poor watery mucus
rapidly dividing stem cells