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1
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What are the layers of the alimentary canal?

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Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis (inner and outer), serosa

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2
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What is the movement of food within the GI tract called?

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Peristalsis

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3
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What are the accessory organs within the digestive system?

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The liver, gallbladder, pancreas.

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4
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The mucosa is made up of _______

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Epithelial cells

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The submucosa is made up of ________

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Underlying tissue (containing glands, blood vessels, nerves)

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6
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The muscularis is made up of _______

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An inner and outer muscle layer (a third internal layer within the stomach)

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7
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What 2 layers does the serosa form?

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Visceral peritoneum and periental peritoneum (with serous fluid between)

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8
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What enzyme does saliva contain?

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Salivary amylase

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9
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What does salivary amylase do in the mouth?

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Assists with the initial digestion of carbohydrates - converts some to disaccharides.

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10
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The glands on the mucosa secrete ________

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Mucus (lubricant..helps with the movement inside the GI tract) and digestive enzymes (breakdown products from lumen)

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11
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The mixture of food and saliva is called ______

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Bolus

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12
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Name the 3 pairs of salivatory glands

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Parotid glands, submandibular glands, sublingual glands

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13
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Name and describe the 3 stages of swallowing.

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Oral stage - voluntary muscles (tongue and cheeks) push bolus to pharynx)
Pharyngeal stage - involuntary pharynx muscles propel bolus into oesophagus.
Oesophageal stage - bolus moves by peristalsis into the stomach.

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14
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What allows food into the stomach?

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Lower oesophageal sphincter

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15
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_____ are small pores in the lining of the thick stomach mucous membrane.

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Gastric Pits

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What are the 3 types of secretory glands in the gastric glands and what do they secrete?

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Mucous cells - mucus

Chief cells- pepsinogen (inactive digestive enzyme) Parietal cells - hydrochloric acid and intrinsic factor

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17
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What is the purpose of hydrochloric acid?

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Activates pepsinogen, converting it to pepsin, allowing it to convert proteins into polypeptides.

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18
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_____ is the name of the liquid released from the stomach into the small intestine

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Chyme

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19
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The pyloric canal leads to the ______________ which controls gastric emptying.

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Pyloric sphincter

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20
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______ and ______ stimulate the secretion of gastric glands

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acetylcholine and gastrin

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21
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Taste, smell, food entering stomach cause SYMPATHETIC/PARASYMPATHETIC stimulation by the _________, which releases acetylcholine.

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parasympathetic , vagus nerve

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22
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What is the function of the hormone gastrin? (2)

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Stimulates gastric glands and increases mitosis in the mucosa - replaces damaged cells to protect outer layers.

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23
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Chyme entering the small intestine causes _____ impulses to _______ gastric secretion.

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Sympathetic, inhibit.

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24
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Chyme stimulates the intestinal wall to release _______, which …..

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Cholecystokinin

decreases gastric motility ( stomach emptying, intestine filling).

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25
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What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?

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Release pancreatic juice

26
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Which cells release pancreatic juice?

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Pancreatic acinar cells

27
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Where does pancreatic juice enter the duodenum?

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At the duodenum papilla (surrounded by the sphincter of oddi/hepatopancreatic sphincter)

28
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The entry of pancreatic juice into the duodenum is regulated by ________

A

The hepatopancreatic sphincter/sphincter of oddi

29
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What are the enzymes within pancreatic juice and what do they breakdown?

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Pancreatic amylase - polysaccharides to disaccharides
Pancreatic Lipase - fats to fatty acids and glycerol
Nucleases - digest DNA and RNA
Trypsin, chemotrypsin, carboxypeptidase - proteins, polypeptides, peptides to amino acids.

30
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What is the function of bicarbonate ions within the pancreatic juice?

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Provide an alkaline environment - for best enzyme action and to neutralise acid chyme entering the duodenum.

31
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The entry of chyme to the duodenum triggers the _____ to release secretin.

A

mucosa

32
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Pancreatic juice secretion is regulated by _____ and _____.

A

Secretin and Cholecystokinin

33
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Bile is secreted in the _____ and stored in the _____

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liver , gallbladder

34
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What causes the gallbladder to contract and the secretion of bile and pancreatic juice into the duodenum?

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Cholecystokinin

35
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What are the functions of bile? (2)

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Emulsifies fats in the small intestine.
Enables absorption of fatty acids and cholesterol.
(also facilitates the excretion of bilirubin)

36
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Name the 3 sections which make up the small intestine.

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Duodenum, jejunem, ileum

37
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What controls entry into the large intestine?

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Illeocaecal valve (prevents backflow into ileum)

38
Q

The ______ is a double layer of peritoneal membrane

A

Mesentry

39
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What are the functions of the mesentry?

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Supports the jejunem and ileum

Supports blood vessels, nerves and lymphatics

40
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The ________________ is a double fold of the peritoneum that drapes over the stomach, transverse colon and small intestine.

A

The greater omentum

41
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_____ are projections from the mucosa within the small intestine

A

Intestinal villa

42
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what is the function of intestinal villa?

A

Better absorption - push into lumen contents to increase surface area and carry the nutrients away from the small intestine

43
Q

Intestinal villa are lined with __________ cells

A

columnar epithelial

44
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The connective tissue core of the intestinal villa contain ______ and a ________.

A

Blood capillaries

lacteal (a lymphatic capillary)

45
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______ sit at the base between villi.

A

Intestinal glands

46
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______ secrete mucus throughout the small intestine.

A

Goblet cells

47
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What do intestinal glands secrete and what is the purpose?

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Watery fluid - brings products for digestion to villi surface,

48
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_____ (smaller than intestinal villi) of the cells carry ________ to complete the final phase before absorption into the villus.

A

Microvilli, digestive enzymes

49
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What are the digestive enzymes of the microvilli and what do they breakdown?

A

Peptidase - peptides to amino acids
Sucrase, maltase, lactase - disaccharides to monosaccharides
Intestinal lipase - fats to fatty acids and glycerol

50
Q

What are the 4 methods of absorption of nutrients through the small intestine?

A

Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, osmosis

51
Q

Monosaccharides are transported into ______ by ______

A

capillaries

facilitated diffusion or active transport

52
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Amino acids are transported into ______ by _______

A

active transport

53
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Fatty acids and glycerol are transported into _______ by _______.

A

epithelial cells , diffusion

54
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What are fatty acids and glycerol converted into within epithelial cells and why?

A

Chylomicrons (tryglycerides surrounded by water soluble proteins)
Allows them to enter lacteals where they are transported along lymphatic vessels to thoracic duct - water soluble so dont clog them

55
Q

Electrolytes are transported by ______ and ______

A

diffusion and active transport

56
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Water is transported by ______

A

osmosis

57
Q

Name the sections of the large intestine

A

Caecum
Colon ( ascending, transverse, descending)
Rectum
Anal canal (internal sphincter-involuntary smooth muscle, external sphincter-voluntary skeletal muscle)

58
Q

_____ is not regular in the large intestine - only 4-6 times daily

A

peristalsis

59
Q

Does the large intestine have villi?

A

Nooooooooo

60
Q

____ are pouch like folds within the large intestine

A

Haustra

61
Q

The large intestine involves only some reabsorption of _____ and ______

A

water and electrolytes

62
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Faecal matter is forced from the ______ colon into the ______

A

sigmoid , rectum

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