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Digestive System Chapter 26 Flashcards

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What are the 6 functions of the digestive system?

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  1. Ingestion
  2. Motility
  3. Secretion
  4. Digestion
  5. Absorption
  6. Defecation
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What are the organs of the GI Tract?

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  1. Oral cavity
  2. Pharynx
  3. Esophagus
  4. Stomach
  5. Small Intestine
  6. Large Intestine
  7. Anus
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What are the accessory digestive organs?

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  1. Teeth
  2. Tongue
  3. Salivary Glands
  4. liver
  5. Gall Bladder
  6. Pancreas
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Define Ingestion

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eating food and liquid

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define Motility

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Mixing and peristalsis
The capability of smooth muscles to mix and move the food contents

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Define secretion

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DS secretes acids, bile mucus, enzymes 7L/day

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Define Digestion

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Mechanical and chemical breakdown of CHO, Lipids and Proteins

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Define Absorption

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Absorption of nutrients, ions and fluids into blood stream

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Define defecation

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Removal of metabolic wastes

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What is the overall function of the oral cavity?

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Mechanical and chemical digestion

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What is the overall function of the digestive system?

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Ingest, mix, transport and break down food mechanically/chemically. Absorb digested nutrients and expels wastes

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What is the overall function of the pharynx?

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Passageway for food and liquid

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What is the overall function of the esophagus?

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secrete mucus and transports food to the stomach

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What is the overall function of the stomach?

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mixing area and holding reservoir

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What is the overall function of the anus?

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discharge feces form body

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What is the overall function of the small intestine?

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completion of digestion and absorption

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What is the overall function of the large intestine?

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absorb most water remaining in digested material and forms faces

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What is the overall function of the teeth?

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Mechanically digest
Responsible for Mastication

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What is the overall function of the tongue?

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movement of food and assisting swallowing

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What is the overall function of the salivary glands?

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produce and secrete saliva

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what is the overall function of the liver?

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Produce bile

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What is the overall function of the gallbladder?

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Store and concentrate bile

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What is the overall function of the pancreas?

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produce enzymes to digest food (exocrine)

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What are mesenteries?

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Folds of peritoneum that support and stabilise intraperitoneal GI tract organs

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What are the types of mesenteries?

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  1. Greater Omentum
  2. Lesser Omentum
  3. Mesentery proper
  4. Mesocolon
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What is the Greater omentum?

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Longest peritoneal fold
Covers most abdominal organs
fatty apron

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What is the lesser omentum?

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secures stomach and duodenum from the liver

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What is the mesentery proper?

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suspends small int. from posterior abdominal wall

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what is the mesocolon?

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attaches large int. to the posterior abdominal wall

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What are retroperitoneal organs?

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Ascending and descending colon, duodenum and pancreas
situated behind the peritoneum

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What are peritoneal ligaments?

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Folds of the peritoneal that connect structures

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What are 3 examples of peritoneal ligaments?

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  1. Coronary ligament (liver to diaphragm)
  2. Falciform ligament (liver to abdominal wall)
  3. Lienorenal ligament (Spleen to kidney)
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What are the four tunics of the GI Wall?

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(deep to superficial)
1. Mucosa
2. Submucosa
3. Muscularis
4. Adventital/serosa

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What is the mucosa?

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Innermost lining of GI Tract

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What are the 3 layers of the mucosa?

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  1. Epithelium
  2. Lamina propria
  3. Muscular mucosa
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What is the epithelium of the mucosa?

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Absorbs nutrients and contains enteroendocrine cells

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What is the lamina propria of the mucosa?

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Connective tissue, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels.
Contains muscle-associated lymphatic tissue MALT

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What is the muscular mucosa?

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Smooth muscle fibres increase surface area

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What is the Submuscosa?

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Second deepest layer
Meshwork of collagenous fibres, nerves, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels
Contains submucosal glands

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What plexus does the submucosa contain?

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Submucosal nerve plexus
ENS
regulates movements of the mucosa and vasoconstriction of blood vessels
innervates mucosal glands

39
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What is the muscularis?

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Smooth muscle layer

40
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What are the two types of smooth muscle within the muscularis?

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Inner layer= Circular fibers
Outer layer= Longitudinal fibers

41
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What plexus is within the muscularis?

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myenteric nerve plexus
controls GI tract motility

42
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What is the adventitia/serosa?

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superficial layer
serous membrane
secretes serous fluid
aka visceral peritoneum

43
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What are the functions of the saliva?

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Moistened ingested stuff to form bolus
moisten/lubricate oral cavity structures
chemical digestion (amylase)
Antibacterial (lysozyme)
dissolve food for taste receptors

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What are the three pairs of salivary glands?

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  1. Parotid glands
  2. Submandibular glands
  3. Sublingual glands
45
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How much saliva is produced by the parotid glands?

46
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How much saliva is produced by the submandibular glands?

47
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How much saliva is produced by the sublingual glands?

48
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What enzyme is secreted by lingual glands?

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Lingual lipase

49
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What are the teeth composed of?

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Crown
Neck
Dentin
Enamel
Pulp cavity
Root canal
Apical foramen
periodontal ligaments

50
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What are the specific functions of the stomach?

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Connect esophagus to the duodenum
Mixing area and holding reservoir
Site for mechanical and chemical digestion
Starts digestion of proteins
Converts bolus to chyme

51
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What does the stomach secrete?

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Gastric juice containing HCL and pepsin
Gastrin

52
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What are the four main regions of the stomach?

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  1. cardia
  2. fundus
  3. body
  4. pyloric part
53
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What is the cardia of the stomach?

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Initial part

54
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What is the fundus of the stomach?

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Food storage

55
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What is the body of the stomach?

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Food mixing

56
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What are the 3 regions of the pyloric part?

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Pyloric antrum
Pyloric canal
Pyloric sphincter

57
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What is the pyloric antrum?

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Connects to body

58
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What is the pyloric canal?

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leads to pylorus

59
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What is the pyloric sphincter?

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Rugae (mucosal folds)
leads to duodenum

60
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What are the layers of the stomach wall?

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Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis
Serosa

61
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What are the 3 layers of muscularis in the stomach?

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  1. Oblique
  2. Circular
  3. Longitudinal
62
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What are the types of exocrine gland cells in the stomach?

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  1. Surface and mucous neck cells
  2. Parietal cells
  3. Chief cells
  4. Enteroendocrine cells
63
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What do mucous, parietal and chief cells secrete?

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Gastric juice

64
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What do enteroendocrine cells secrete in the stomach?

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Gastrin hormone

65
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What do surface mucous cells secrete specific?

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Alkaline fluid with mucin

66
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what do mucous neck cells secrete specific?

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acidic fluid with mucin

67
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what do parietal cells secrete specific?

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Intrinsic factor
Hydrochloric acid

68
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what do chief cells secrete specific?

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Pepsinogen and gastric lipase

69
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What is the function of intrinsic factor?

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Protein made to facilitate absorption of B12

70
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what is the function of HCL?

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chemically digest food
activate pepsin
kill bacteria

71
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What is the function of pepsin?

A

digest proteins
deactivated form= pepsinogen

72
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What is the function of gastric lipase?

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digest triglycerides

73
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What is intestinal juice?

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In small intestine
Clear, yellow fluid
vehicle for absorption of substances in the chyme

74
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What are the 3 parts of the small intestine?

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  1. Duodenum
  2. jejunum
  3. illeum
75
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What is the jejunum?

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Primary site for chemical digestion and nutrient absorption

76
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What are the layers of the small int wall?

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  1. Mucosa
  2. submucosa
  3. muscularis
  4. serosa
77
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What cells are in the intestinal villus?

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  1. Microvilli
  2. Goblet cells
  3. Unicellular gland cells
  4. Enteroendocrine cells
78
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What do unicellular gland cells do?

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Synthesises enteropeptidase

79
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What does enteroendocrine cells do in the small int?

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Secretes hormones:
-Secretin
-cholecystokinin
-Gastric inhibitory peptide

80
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What doe the submucosa of the small int. contain?

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Duodenal Glands
aka Brunner’s glands
Secrete alkaline mucous

81
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What are the structures of the Large intestine?

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  1. cecum
  2. Ascending colon
  3. transverse colon
  4. Descending colon
  5. Sigmoid colon
  6. Rectum
  7. Anal canal
82
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What are the four layers of the Large intestine wall?

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  1. Mucosa
  2. Submuscoa
  3. Muscularis
  4. Serosa
83
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What else does the large intestine contain in its wall?

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Intestinal glands
Teniae coli
Haustra

84
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What cells are in the large intestine?

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  1. Absorptive cell -Absorbs water
  2. Goblet cells -Mucous
85
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What is the structure of the liver?

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4 incompletely separated lobes and two ligaments
Ligamentum teres

86
Q

What are hepatocytes?

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Functional unit of the liver that produce 800-1000mL of bile a day

87
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What are ducts in the liver?

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Bile ductules and ducts
Right/Left hepatic ducts
Common hepatic ducts
Cystic duct
Common bile duct

88
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What are the hepatic structures?

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  1. Hepatic sinusoid
  2. Hepatic lobules
    3.Bile canaliculi
  3. Hepatocytes
  4. Reticuloendothelial cells (macrophages)
89
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What is the portal triad?

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Bile ductule
Hepatic portal vein
Hepatic artery

90
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What is the gallbladder?

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Attached to inferior surface of liver
stores and concentrates bile

91
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What are the three regions of the gallbladder?

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  1. Neck
  2. Body
  3. Fundus
92
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What is the cystic duct?

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Connects gall bladder to common bile duct

93
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What are the exocrine functions of the pancreas?

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Secrete pancreatic juice into duodenum via main pancreatic duct (juice= enzymes + mucin)

94
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What cells secrete pancreatic juice?

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Acinar cells

95
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What is the structure of the pancreas?

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head, body and tail

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