Digestive System Part 2 Flashcards
What is the function of the esophagus?
Conducts bolus from oropharynx to stomach
What is the location of the esophagus?
Anterior to vertebrae
In the esophagus, what kind of cells are found in the mucosa layer?
NK stratified squamous
Within the esophagus,what is found in the submucosa?
Thick with mucous glands
In the muscularis layer of the esophagus, what kind of muscle is found in the superior 1/3, middle 1/3, and inferior 1/3?
Superior 1/3, skeletal
Middle 1/3, skeletal and smooth
Inferior 1/3, smooth
Does the esophagus have adventitia or serosa?
Adventitia
What is the location of the superior esophageal sphincter?
Between pharynx and esophagus
What is the function of the superior esophageal sphincter?
Close during inhalation
What is the location of the inferior esophageal sphincter?
Between esophagus and stomach
What is the function of the inferior esophageal sphincter?
Prevents regurgitation (with esophageal hiatus)
What is the function of the stomach?
Continues mechanical and chemical digestion and turns bolus into chyme
What is the location of the stomach?
Upper left quadrant
What is the structure of the stomach?
Muscularis——> three layers or muscle
What are the three layers of muscle of the stomach from superior to deep?
Longitudinal, circular, oblique
What are the four regions of the stomach?
Cardia, fundus, body and Pyloris
What are the four features of the stomach?
Greater curvature, lesser curvature, pyloric sphincter and reggae
What is rugae?
Gastric folds for expansion of stomach
What three things are found within the stomach wall?
Mucosa, gastric pits, gastric glands
What kind of cells are found in the mucosa of the stomach?
Simple columnar
How much absorption happens in the stomach?
Very little, the stomach mostly secretes
What are the gastric pits?
Indentations
What two cells are found within the gastric pits?
Surface mucous cells and mucous neck cells
What do surface mucous cells secrete?
Mucin
What do mucous neck cells secrete?
Acid and mucin
What three cells are found in the gastric glands?
Parietal cells, chief cells, enteroendocrine cells
What do parietal cells secrete?
HCI
What do chief cells secrete?
Pepsinogen
What does pepsinogen mix with to create pepsin?
Hydrochloric acid
What is the function of pepsin?
Break down proteins
What do enteroendocrine cells secrete?
Gastrin
What is the function of gastrin?
Regulate chief and parietal cells
What is the function of the small intestine?
Finishes chemical digestion, most nutrient absorption happens here
What are the three segments of the small intestines?
Duodenum, jejujnum, ilium
What shape is the duodenum?
C shaped
Where is the duodenum found?
Upper right quadrant
What are the two features of the duodenum?
Duodenojejunal flexure and major duodenal papilla
What is the duodenojejunal flexure?
A border of the duodenum (the bend)
What is the major duodenal papilla an entrance for?
Bile and pancreatic secretions
Where is the jejunum found?
Middle segment of small intestines
What is the jejunum the primary region for?
Chemical digestion and nutrient absorption
What part of the small intestine is the ilium?
The last segment
Which part of the small intestine is the longest?
The ilium
What is the ileocecal valve?
Sphincter controlling entry into large intestines