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Digestive System II Flashcards

1
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What are the four layers of the GI tract?

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1) mucosa (mucous membrane)
2) submucosa
3) Muscularis externa
4) Adventitia or Serosa

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What is the thin covering or sac that holds all the intestines and organs in place in the torso of the body?

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mesentaries

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The inner layer of the GI tract, the mucosa, is composed of what three layers (from innermost to outermost)?

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1) epithelium
2) lamina propria
3) muscularis mucosae

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The third layer of the GI tract, the musculari externa, is composed of what two layers (from innermost to outermost)?

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1) inner circular layer
2) outer longitudinal layer

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The external layer of the GI tract, the adevntitia or serosa, is composed of what?

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1) areolar tissue
2) mesothelium

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6
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Which layer of the GI tract wall is composed of smooth muscle?

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muscularis externa

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What are the two nerve plexi in the GI tract wall?

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1) submucosal nerve plexus
2) myenteric nerve plexus

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8
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What is the nervous system the controls the gut called?

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Enteric nervous system

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9
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Which nerve plexus of the ENS regulates mucosal tension and folding, and secretion of mucosal glands?

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submucosal nerve plexus

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Which nerve plexus regulates peristalsis of the submucosal plexus?

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myenteric plexus

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The esophagus extends from which two functioning points at the cardiac orifice?

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From the upper esphogeal sphincter to the lower esophogeal sphincter

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What kind of epithelium makes up the esophagus?

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nonkeratinized stratified squamos epithelium

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13
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Which two glands are found in the esophagus?

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1) mucous submucosal glands
2) esophageal glands

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The muscularis externa has an inner ____ muscle layer and an outer ____ muscle layer.

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circular; longitudinal

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Which layer in the esophagus are esophageal glands located?

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lamina propria

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16
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What is the boundary located between the submucosal glands and the esophageal glands?

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gastroesophageal junction

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17
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What are folds within the stomach called that grind chunks of food?

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gastric rugae

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18
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Food enters into the stomach from the ____ and exits the stomach through the ____.

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esophagus; duodenum

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The muscular layers of the stomach are found in what layer?

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muscularis externa

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20
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What is the mucous layer of the stomach composed of?

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1) epithelium
2) gastric pits
3) glands
4) lamina propria
5) muscularis mucosae

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What is the submucosa layer of the stomach composed of?

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1) connective tissue
2) blood vessels
3) submucosal plexus

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What is the muscularis externa layer of the stomach composed of?

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1) three muscle layers
2) myenteric plexus

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23
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Which special cells are associated with gastric pits (two kinds)?

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parietal cells and goblet cells

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24
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Which kind of epithelium are gastric pits lined with?

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simple columnar epithelium

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25
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What opens into the base of each gastric pit?

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gastric glands

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Which kind of glands dominate the stomach? Why is this?

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mucous glands; it helps prevent corrosion

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27
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What are the three glands found in the stomach?

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1) cardiac glands
2) pyloric glands
3) gastric glands

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28
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Which glands of the stomach are composed of shallow gastric pits, a long gland, and is purely mucous? Which region are they found?

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cardiac glands; cardiac region

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Which glands of the stomach have deep gastric pits, are shorter glands, are loosely arrayed in the lamina propria, and are purely mucous? What region are they found?

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pyloric glands; pyloric region

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30
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Which glands of the stomach have a mouth, neck, body, and fundus and have five types of cells? What region are they found?

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gastric glands; fundus, body, and most of the pyloric region

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31
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What are the five cells of the gastric glands?

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1) stem (regenerative) cells
2) mucous neck cells
3) parietal (oxyntic) cells
4) chief (zymogenic) cells
5) enteroendocrine cells

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32
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Which two cells of the gastric glands secrete proteins?

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  • parietal (oxyntic) cells
  • chief (zymogenic) cells
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33
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What do parietal cells secrete in the gastric glands?

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  • hydrochloric acid (HCl) - pH 8
  • Intrisic factors
34
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What do chief cells secrete in the gastric glands?

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  • pepsinogen
  • gastric lipase (infants)
  • chymosin (infants)
35
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What do enteroendocrine cells secret in the gastric glands?

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  • hormones
  • paracrines
36
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What do mucous neck cells secrete in the gastric glands?

37
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Purposes of hydrochloric acid:
1) activates ____ and ____ lipase
2) breaks up connective tissues and ____ fiber (collagen and cellulose)
3) converts Fe3+ to ____.
4) nonspecific disease resistance aka ____ properties

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1) pepsin; lingual
2) plant
3) Fe2+
4) antibacterial

38
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Which region of the stomach have the deepest gastric pits?

A

pyloric stomach

39
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The gastric pits in the pyloric region of the stomach are somewhat ____, giving a sawtooth appearnce.

40
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What do G cells in the stomach secrete?

41
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What do ECL cells in the stomach secrete?

42
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What do D cells in the stomach secrete?

A

somatostatin

43
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What is the function of the parietal cells secretion?

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  • Kills microbes and activates pepsinogen
  • Bind Vitamin B12 to allow its absorption
44
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What is the function of the chief cells secretion?

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  • protein digestion
  • fat digestion
45
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What is the function of the G cells secretion?

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stimulates gastric acid secretion

46
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What is the function of the ECL cells secretion?

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stimulates gastric acid secretion

47
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What is the function of the mucus-neck cells secretion?

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protects stomach epithelium from acid

48
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What is the function of the D cells secretion?

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inhibits gastric acid secretion

49
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Even though HCl kills most bacteria in the stomach, which bacteria sits deep within the stomach and can cause ulcers?

50
Q

At what point does the small intestine start, and where does it end?

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starts - pyloric sphincter
ends - ileocecal valve

51
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What is the order of the regions of the small intestine called starting from where food travels through first to where it ends?

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1) duodenum
2) jejunum
3) ileum

52
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Which portion of the small intestine includes chyme, bile, and pancreatic juice?

53
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Which portion of the small intestine is the site of most digestion and absorption?

54
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Which portion of the small intestine has a thinner wall, and is the site of the rest of digestive and absorption properties?

55
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What is the upper region of the small intestine called (duodenum region)?

A

epigastric region

56
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What is the middle region of the small intestine called (jejunum)?

A

umbilical region

57
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What is the lower region of the small intestine called (ileum)?

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hypogastric region

58
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What are the four things that increases intestinal surface area?

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1) length
2) circular folds
3) villi
4) microvilli

59
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What is the total surface area of the small intestine?

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~2150 square feet

60
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What is the main factor which increases surface area in the small intestine which is mainly prevalent in the jejunum?

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circular folds (pilcae circulares, valves of Kerckring)

61
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Why is a large surface area important in the small intestine?

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  • slows the progression of chyme
  • makes chyme spiral down the intestine
  • increases epithelial contact for digestion and absorption
62
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Which type of villi has a ridge-like appearance?

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foliate villi

63
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Which type of villi has a tounge-shaped appearance?

A

linguiform villi

64
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Which component of villi helps transport lipid molecules?

65
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What are the absorption cells called in villi?

A

enterocytes

66
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What type of cells are located on villi and aid in secretions (different from absorption cells?

A

goblet cells

67
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What is a dense cytoskeleton aggregation at the apical pole of the cell? What filament is anchored here?

A

terminal web; actin filaments

68
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Which intestinal cells secrete antibacterial lysozyme?

A

Paneth cells

69
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What glands within the duodenum are located in the submucosa?

A

Duodenal glands

70
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What is another name for duodenal glands?

A

Glands of Brunner

71
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Which portion of the small intestine has Peyer’s patches?

72
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Which portion of the small intestine have the shortest villi and more lymphocytes than anywhere else?

73
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What are all the parts of the large intestine?

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1) cecum
2) appendix
3) colon
4) rectum
5) anal canal

74
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What are the different regions of the colon?

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1) ascending
2) transverse
3) descending
4) sigmoid

75
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What is the main functions of the large intestine?

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  • absorption of water and electrolytes
  • water conservation
  • consolidation of residue into feces
  • defaction
76
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What tissue is the appendix mainly composed of?

77
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What surface area enhancer does the colon have? What does it not have?

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have - intestinal crypts
doesn’t have - villi, circular folds

78
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In the intestinal crypts of the colon, which cells give rise to neutrophils which help with anibacterial defense?

A

STEM cells

79
Q

What are the two sphincters of the anal canal?

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  • internal anal sphincter
  • external anal sphincter
80
Q

Which sphincter in the anal canal is involuntary?

A

internal anal sphincter

81
Q

Which sphincter in the anal canal is voluntary?

A

external anal sphincter

82
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Which kind of muscle controls the external anal sphincter?

A

skeletal muscle

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