Digestive Tings Flashcards
What are the functions of the GI system?
Prehensile: ingestion followed by fragmentation
Mechanical and enzymatic breakdown of nutrients
Absorption
Synthesis/ secretion
Excretion of waste material
What time of epithelium is present from the lips to the non glandular stomach ?
Stratified squamous epithelium
What type of epithelium is is present in the glandular stomach and intestines?
Simple columnar
What is a distinctive feature of the oral cavity in ruminants?
Dental pad - keratinized layer
The oral cavity is missing what layer?
Submucosa
The tongue is covered by ___________ epithelium dorsally and ____________ epithelium ventrally
Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
Stratified squamous epithelium
The tongue is mainly made of ??
Skeletal muscle
The oral cavity and tongue both are missing a?
Tunica submucosa
What cells produce enamel?
Ameloblasts
Dentin is made by what type of cells?
Odontoblasts
What anchors the tooth to the gums? What cells make up this ligament?
Periodontal ligament
Fibroblasts
What cells form cementum?
Cementoblasts
Where is serosa present along the digestive tract?
Continuous with the mesenteric, omentum, and pleura
What is the tunica submucosa made of? What is its purpose?
Loose connective tissue
Facilitate motility of mucosa
What is the purpose of the tunica muscularis
Control lumen size and motility
Contains myenteric plexus
What is the difference between tunica serosa and tunica adventitia
Serosa = mesothelium and loose CT
Adventitia= loose/dense CT only (up against other structures - no epithelium)
Where is adventitia found along the digestive tract?
Portions of esophagus where passing through mediastinum, rectum, vagina,
What are the features of the espohagus?
Stratified squamous epithelium May have lamina muscularis mucosae Mucous glands in submucosa Tunica musclaris -skeletal or smooth muscle Tunica adventitia over most of course
What is the junction between glandular and non-glandular stomach
Margo Plicatus
Compare the features of the rumen, reticulum, and omasum.
Rumen- low papillae, stratified squamous epithelium
Reticulum- honeycomb mucosa, proventricles are lined by stratified keratinized squamous epithelium
Omasum- long omasal lamina, stratified squamous keratinized epithelium
What are the distinctive features of the stomach?
Mucous producing epithelium
Longitudinal Rugae. :(
Gastric pits = invaginations of lining epithelium
The gastric glands are lined by __________ that dips down into grastric pits
Simple columnar epithelium
What cells are prevalent in the cardiac gland region of the stomach
Mucous glands and a few parietal cells
What cells are predominant in the funding region of the stomach?
Parietal
Chief cells