Digestive System Flashcards
What are the 7 functions of the digestive system as listed in lecture?
(essentially describe the journey of food from beginning to end)
- Ingestion
- Mechanical Processing
- Digestion
- Secretion
- Absorption
- Compaction
- Excretion
What are the four basic layers of the GI “tube”
- Mucosa
- Submucosa
- Muscular Externis Layer
- Serosa
What layer of the GI “tube” is associated with the lumen?
What are the three components of this layer?
- Mucosa
- Epithelium
- Stratified or simple
- Lamina Propria (CT)
- Glands
- Immune cells
- Muscularis Mucosa
- Propels content of glands into lumen
- Epithelium
What is the Submucosa?
What are three components of the Submucosa.
Connective tissue layer.
Conduit for vasculature, nerves and lymphatics
- immune cells
- exocrine glands
- submucosal plexus
- (part of enteric NS)
The muscularis externis has an inner__________layer and an outer _________ layer.
In the stomach, there is a third muscle layer:
At the beginning and end of the GI tube, this muscular layer is ______.
Has the ________ - muscular part of the enteric NS - controls GI motility (peristalsis)
The muscularis externis has an Inner circular smooth mm* and an *Outer Longitudinal smooth mm layer.
In the stomach, there is a third muscle layer: Oblique Smooth mm
At the beginning and end of the GI tube, this muscular layer is skeletal (somatic).
Has the Myenteric Plexus - muscular part of the enteric NS - controls GI motility (peristalsis)
What is the serosa made of?
Serosa = serous membrane = simple squamous epithelium and connective tissue
What layer of the GI tube continually produces watery fluid that lubricates the peritoneal surfaces?
The Serosa
What is a mesentery?
2 layers of serosa
Where is the esophagus in relation to the trachea?
The esophagus is posterior to the trachea.
What are the Four Abdominal Quadrants?
- Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)
- Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)
- Right Lower Quadrant (RLQ)
- Left Lower Quadrant (LLQ)
What organs would you find in the RUQ (right upper quadrant)?
(6)
- Liver
- Gall bladder
- duodenum
- head of pancreas
- transverse colon
- right kidney
What organs would you find in the LUQ (left upper quadrant)? (6)
- Stomach
- Spleen
- Body & Tail of Pancreas
- Transverse colon
- Left Kidney
- Jejunum
What (4) organs would you find in the RLQ (Right lower quadrant)?
- Ileum
- Cecum
- Appendix
- Ascending colon
What organs would you find in the LLQ (Left Lower Quadrant)?
- Ileum
- Descending and sigmoid colon
Which in which abdominal quadrant would you find the
- Liver
- Gall bladder
- Duodenum
- Head of the pancreas
- Transverse colon
- Right Kidney
Right Upper Quadrant (RUQ)
In which abdominal quadrant would you see the
- stomach
- spleen
- body and tail of pancreas
- jejunum
- transverse colon
- left kidney
Left Upper Quadrant (LUQ)
In which quadrant would you find the ileum, cecum, appendix, and ascending colon?
Right Lower Quadrant
In which quadrant would you find the ileum and the descending and sigmoid colon?
LLQ (left lower quadrant)
What are the three planes of the Abdomen?
- Midclavicular Plane - middle of clavicles
- Subcostal Plane - below the ribs
- Intertubercular Plane - tubercles of iliac crests (L5)
What are the 9 regions of the Abdomen?
- Right Hypochondrium / Epigastric Region / Left Hypochondrium
- Right Flank / Umbilical Region / Left Flank
- Right Groin / Pubic Region / Left Groin
The serous membrane lining the parietal (abdominal) wall and organs is called the:
What are its five “regions”?
Peritoneum
- Parietal Peritoneum (orange)
- Visceral Peritoneum (blue)
- Mesentery (proper) (green)
- Greater omentum (red)
- Lesser Omentum (purple)
Which membrane (peritoneum) lines the peritoneal cavity (body wall)
Parietal Peritoneum
Which membrane lines the peritoneal organs (viscera)
Visceral Peritoneum
Which membrane forms a sandwich of visceral peritoneum (2 layers of peritoneum that serves as a conduit for vessels, nerves and lymphatics and also anchors the organs to the body wall)
Mesentery
*Know this is 2 layers of serous membrane*
Which membrane is mesentery from the greater curvature of the stomach to the transverse colon (apron-like)?
Greater Omentum
Which membrane is mesentery from lesser curvature of stomach to liver?
Lesser Omentum
Name 10 Retroperitoneal (behind parietal peritoneum) structures:
- Inferior Vena Cava
- Right Kidney
- Duodenum
- Ascending colon
- Rectum
- Urinary Bladder
- Esophagus
- Pancreas
- Left Kidney
- Descending colon
What is included in the Foregut?
What vessels supply the foregut?
Foregut:
- From abdominal esophagus to descending part of duodenum
- Supplied by the Celiac Trunk
What is meant by “Midgut”?
What vessel supplies the Midgut?
Midgut:
- From descending part of duodenum to left colic flexure of transverse colon
- Supplied by Superior Mesenteric Artery
What is meant by “Hindgut”?
What vessel supplies the hindgut?
Hindgut:
- From Left Colic Flexure of the transverse colon to the Rectum
- Supplied by Inferior Mesenteric Artery
Which 7 structures are supplied by the Celiac Trunk?
- Abdominal Esophagus
- Stomach
- Spleen
- Liver
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
- Duodenum (of small intestine)
Which 7 structures are supplied by the Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA)?
- Pancreas
- Duodenum
- Jejunum (Sm. Int.)
- Ileum (Sm. Int)
- Cecum & Appendix (large intestine)
- Ascending Colon
- Transverse Colon
Which artery supplies the Ovaries/testes?
Gonadel Artery