Digestive system Flashcards
What does the Messentary do?
connects peritoneal organs to the back of the abdominal cavity and is made of adipose
What are the largest salivary glands? What kind of saliva does it produce?
Parotid salivary glands. produce serous saliva. (Bite into lemon).
How does Watery saliva assist in digestion? What are the water saliva glands called.
They are called serous saliva Helps with mechanics digestion. It lyses the cells
What are enzymes in the saliva
Salivary amylase, small amount of lipase
Tooth structure.
Crown, Neck, root, pulp cavity
Teeth anerobic infections
Impacted teeth… but to have them removed
What does salivary amylase do?
breaks starch into maltose
What is the muscle configuration of esophagus?
Top 1/3 is skeletal muscle (still can under go paristolis, Middle 1/3 mixed, lower third smooth muscles
Pyloric sphinter
Slowly releases to help prevent too much acid from going into the intestine
What is Pyloric stenosis? Who is most likely to be affected?
narrowing of pyloric sphinctor. Happens in infants, lead to anorexia
What are Pylorospasms?
Caused by meat food poisoning. Keeps the pyloric sphintor under tightness
What are examples of the direct digestive system?
oral cavity, oral pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine,, rectum, anus
What are some of organs or structures of the digestive system are indirect organs )or accessory)?
Gall bladder, pancreas, liver, salivary glands, teeth, tongue
What kinds of bonds are broken during chemical digestion?
They break covalent bonds
What is the function of the acid in the stomach?
To break the hydrogen bonds in food molecules breaking down their confirmations and allowing digestive enzymes access to break them further into monomers
What level do proteins need to be broken down to to be useful to the body
amino acids, dipeptide, or tripeptide
What lipids are not absorbable in their whole from? And to what form do they need to be broken down?
Tri-gylderides, They break down in monoglyceride and two free fatty acids
What is the maximum length of the GI system? What is a more common length?
30 ft. max, generally about 20 ft.
By what mechanisms do mechanical digestion occur in the digestive system?
Through chewing food and the churning in the stomach and through segmentation small intestines
What are the layers of the GI tract?
Mucosa, Submucosa, Muscularis, Serosa
What type of epithelium is mucosa layer made of in most of the GI tract?
simple Columnar epithelium
What type of epithelium is the mucosa layer made of in the esophagus and anus?
stratified squamous epithelium (non-keritized)
What are the tissue layers within the mucosa?
The epithelium, the lamina propria, the muscular mucosa
What kind of tissue is the Lamina propria made of? What are some differences though the GI system?
loose areolar connective tissue. It can be as thin a basement membrane, or can be thick forming the villi in the intestines
What are rugae, what is there function and where are they found?
They are in the stomach, they are folds in the lower stomach that allow the stomach to distend.
What produces pepsinogen? and how is it activated?
Chief cells - also called zymogenic cells. It is activated by hydrochoric acid. The HCL cleaves of a portion of the pepsinogen protein. The remaining portion is pepsin
What happened to your blood while you eat? and what is this change called?
The pH is raised. It is called the alkaline tide.
What it the stomach emptying phase called?
The intestinal phase
Alcohol Dehydrigenase
acetaldehyde
What is the role of histamine?
Primarily targets parietal cells (produce HCL) and secondarily Chief cells (Pepsinogen)
Where do you find the Serus acini? What do they produce?
In the pancreas
What is the “master digestive acid” released from the stomach that activates the others
Trypsinogen
What is the result of pancreatitis?
The trypsin can start to break to the pancreas itself. This can increase risk for pancreatic cancer
What is the function of secretin?
Secretin acts of the parietal cells and the chief cells to slow down chemical digestion. It also acts on the pancreas to signal the release of bicarbonate.
What produces the bile and where is it stored? What is its function?
It is produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder. It’s function is emulsification
What is the organizational break down of the liver?
Lobules that are made up of sinusoids
What are the main components of the lobules of the liver?
hepatocytes, bile ducts, hepatic portal vein, Kupffer cells (macropahges), hepatic artery, central canal which how the hepatic vein.
What are the three components of the small intestine?
Duodenum, jejunum, ileum
Why are there more goblet cells in the lower intestine?
What is left is more viscus and needs goblets cell to keep it moving along, also microvilli are less important
What are the three structures that increase surface area in the small intestine?
Plicae circularis —> Villi —-> microvilli
What kinds of structures are typically present in the submucosal layer?
blood vessels and glands, and MALTs
What are the two layers of the muscularis, and what is their function?
The mucularis is composed of two layers of muscle. The outer longintudal lay and the inner circular layer. They work together in parastolysis.