Digestive System part 1 Flashcards
groups of organs that make up GI system
GI tract/gut tube
accessory organs
GI tract/gut tube
extends from mouth to anus and is 5-7m long folded up
includes:
mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine
accessory organs
most aid in chemical breakdown of food and support GI system
includes:
teeth, tongue, salivary glands, liver, gall bladder, pancreas
processes involved in digestion
ingestion
secretion: release of water, acid, buffers, enzymes
mixing/propulsion
digestion: mechanical and chemical
absorption: products from GI sys into blood and lymph
defecation
layers of GI tract (deep to superficial)
mucosa
submucosa
muscualris
serosa
mucosa
innermost layer, lines lumen
epithelium
lamina propria
muscularis mucosae
histology of mucosa
epithelial layer
- stratified squamous: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, anus
- simple columnar: stomach and intestines, goblet cells
- enteroendocrine cells
enteroendocrine cells
secrete hormones controlling organ function into blood supply from one end of the tube to the other
histology of mucosa
lamina propria
- thin layer of loose areolar CT
- contains blood vessels (capillaries) and lymphatic tissue (MALT)
histology of mucosa
muscularis mucosae
- thin layer of smooth muscle
- causes folds to form in mucosal layer to increase SA
- movements ensure that all absorptive cells are fully exposed to GI system contents
mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue (MALT)
provides immune function if you eat something bad
- acts as a first line of defence
submucosa
consists of loose aerolar CT that contains blood vessels, glands and lymphatic tissue
- also contains submucosal plexus (enteric nervous system)
submucosal plexus
enteric nervous system
- motor portion stimulates mucosal secretions
muscularis
mostly smooth muscle, some skeletal muscle
contains myenteric plexus
- skeletal: in mouth, pharynx, upper/middle esophagus, external anal sphincter
- smooth: throughout the rest of the GI tract; inner circular and outer longitudinal fibers
myenteric plexus
controls motility, stimulates muscle layers to contract
- located between the circular and longitudinal muscle layers
serosa
outermost layer
- serous membrane (visceral peritoneum) reates pathway for blood vessels and nerves
- consistes of aerolar CT covered with simple squamous epithelium
- covers entire GI tract except esophagus
peritoneum
serous membrane in the abdominal cavity
- visceral lauer covers organs, parietal layer lines walls of body cavity
- peritoneal cavity is the space containing serous fluid
peritoneal folds
connections b/w organs or wall and an organ that hold things in place
- contain blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and nerves that supply abdominal organs
major peritoneal folds
greater omentum lesser omentum falciform ligament mesentery mesocolon
retroperitoneal
some rogans are behind the peritoneum and only have serous membrane on one side
include: kidneys, ascending/descending colon and pancreas
greater omentum
runs from stomach in front of abdominal cavity and folds and attaches to transverse colon (4 layers of serous membrane here are known as the fatty apron)
falciform ligament
runs from liver to anterior wall of abdominal cavity