disorders of the small intestine Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE THREE PARTS OF THE SMALL INTESTIE
DUODENUM, JEJUNUM, ILEUM
WHERE DOES THE SMALL INTESTINE EXTEND FROM AND TO
PYLORUS TO THE ILIOCAECAL JUNCTION
WHAT ARE THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
RECEIVES SECRETIONS FROM THE LIVER AND PANCREAS
MECHANICAL AND CHEMICAL DIGESTION (ABSORBTION OF NUTRIENTS)
TRANSPORTATION OF UNDIGESTED MATERIAL TO LARGE INTESTINE
THE SMALL INTESTINE IS SPECIALISED FOR ________ ________
ABSORBING NUTRIENTS
WHAT INCREASES THE SURFACE AREA OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
CIRCULAR FOLDS AND VILLI
WHAT ARE MICROVILLI
CYTOPLASMIC EXTENSIONS OF villi
WHAT IS THE DEFINITON OF COELIAC DISEASE
GENETICALLY DETERMINES, ABNORMAL, HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION TO GLUTEN OR ITS PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE GILADIN
WHAT FACTORS ARE INVOLVED IN TEH DEVELOPMENT OF COELIAC DISEASE
GENETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS
WHAT GENE IS PRESENT WITH COELIAC DISEASE
HLA GENE
CAN COELIAC DISEASE BE TRIGGERED
YES
WHAT DOES GLUTEN GET BROKEN DOWN INTO
GLIADEN
WHAT ARE SOME ENVIRONMENTAL TRIGGERS FOR COELIAC DISEASE
INFECTIONS, GLUTEN FOODS, INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA, EARLY NUTRITION
WHAT CELL REACTS TO GLIADEN
T CELL
WHAT DOES A TCELL DO IN A PERSON WITH COELIAC DISEASE
TCELL REACTS TO GLIADEN AND PERCEIVES IT AS A THREAT, ACTIVATING AN ACUTE INFLAMMATORY ALLERGIC RESPONSE
WHAT DOES THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE TO GLIADEN CAUSE
WIPE OUT OF VILLI
WILL ELIMINATION OF GLUTEN FROM THE DIET OF A COELIAC ALLOW THE VILLI TO REGAIN FUNCTION
YES
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF COELIAC
GASTROSCOPE AND BLOOD TEST
WHAT IS COELIAC DISEASE OFTEN MISDIAGNOSED AS
IBS
WITH CHILDHOOD ONSET OF COELIAC DISEASE, WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES
IRIABILITY, FAILURE TO THRIVE, ABDOMINAL DISTENSION, ABDO PAIN, DELAYED PUBERTY
WITH ADULT ONSET OF COELIAC DISEASE, WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL FEATURES
WEIGHT LOSS, DIARRHOEA, CONSTIPATION, ANEMIA, ABDO DISCOMFORT, FATIGUE, AMENORRHEA, NAUSEA, STOMACH CRAMPS
