Digestive System-upper Flashcards
The digestive system is a layered hollow tube, generally consisting of mucosa, submucosa, ______ ____ and serosa, when continuous with mesentery, and ____ where fixed to the wall of the cavity
muscularis externa
adventitia
The esophagus is lined by a stratified squamous ________ epithelium
nonkeratinized
The mucosa of the esophagus consists of mucous secreting esophageal ____ glands and esophageal glands _____ in the submucosa. ____ glands are more abundant.
cardiac
proper
proper.
The esophageal glands proper are primarily mucous secreting but also have some serous cells.
The muscularis mucosa of the mucosal layer consists of a single ____ layer of ____ muscle
longitudal
smooth
In the upper third of the muscalris externa, ____ muscle occurs. In the middle third, both smooth and striated muscle occur. In the distal 3rd, there is _____ muscle
skeletal
smooth
The two physiological sphincters of the esophagus are the upper ______ and the _____ located in the lower portion of the esophagus. Both sphincters are found in this layer: __________
pharyngeoesophageal
gastroesophageal
muscularis externa
The upper sphincter initiates ___ and the lower esophageal sphincter prevents _____ ___ from stomach to esophagus
swallowing
acid reflux
Persistant acid reflux can lead to _____
GERD
gastroesphageal reflux disease
Throughout the GI tract, we have the _____ plexus found between the muscle layers of the muscularis externa
myenteric (Auerbach’s)
At the gastro-esophageal junction, the epithelium switches from _____ to _____ abruptly
stratified squamous
columnar
_____ Esophagus is caused by an abnormal growth of simple columnar cells into the lower esophagus. This causes them to be more easily injured by stomach acid. It is a risk factor for _____ of the esophagus, and is 3x more common in this gender _____
Barrett’s
adenocarcinoma
males
If the esophageal hiatus in the diaphragm does not close entirely during development, a ____ _____ results. This causes reflux esophagitis and ulceration often, leading to difficulty swallowing and a feeling of a lump in the throat.
hiatal hernia
Longitudinal folds of the mucosa and submucosa called rugae are found in the _____ and disappear when distended.
stomach
The stomach has numerous gastric pits that are deepest in the _____ and shallowest in the ____
pylorus
cardia
Gastric pits produce ____ rich in ____
mucous
bicarbonate
The _____ part of the stomach is the primary contributor to gastric juice. It has simple tubular glands, shallow gland pits with abundant ____ and ____ cells
fundus
parietal
chief
The ____ part of the stomach consists of tubular glands with a coiled end. These glands are _____ _____
cardia
mucous secreting
The ____ part of the stomach consists of deep gastric pits with _____ glands. This part of the stomach also contains ____ secreting G-cells
pyloric
branched
gastrin
The gastric mucosa consists of _____ epithelium that are mucous producing. The rest of the mucosa includes the lamina propria, ___ glands, and muscularis mucosae
simple columnar
gastric
The muscularis mucosae of the stomach consists of a poorly defined inner ____ layer and an outer ____ layer of smooth muscle
circular
longitudinal
The gastric submucosa consists of dense irregular _____ CT with fibroblasts, mast cells, and lymphoid elements. It also contains _____ plexus
collagenous
meissner’s
The gastric muscularis externae consits of 3 layers: an incomplete inner ____; a thick middle _____; and an outer ____ layer. The _____ layer forms the pyloric sphincter
oblique
circular
longitudinal
middle
Chyme characteristics such as viscosity, pH, lipid content, osmolality, and caloric density influence the stomach _____ _____
emptying rate
Gastric _____ covers the external surface of the stomach
serosa