esophageal physiology and swallowing disorder Flashcards
odynophagia
painful swallowing
dysphagia
difficulty swallowing
globus
sensation of fullness in upper throat (feels better with swallowing) –marble
pyrosis
heart burn, substernal lcoation-ascneding up chest
regurgitation
return of sour gastric contents
water brash
spontaneous salivation from reflux
triggered frm vagus
rumination
chewing one’s cud
can get dental erosion
primitive gut forms during
week 4 gestation
trachoesophageal septum splits primitive gut into
ventral trachea and dorsal esophagus
developmental abnormalities of esophagus include
short esophagus esophageal stenosis (usually in distal third due to incomplete recanalization during 8th week dev) esophageal atresia (typically occurs with a tracheoesophageal fistula)
upper 5% of esoph
skeletal/striated
middle 35%
mixed skeletal and striated with circular muscles and long muscles
lower 60%
smooth muscle w/ circular msucles and long. muscles
c6
beginning at upper eso spinchter
t3
aortic arch presses on eso
t10
passes through diaphragmatic hiatus to reach stomach
job of inner circular layer of muscles
prox connected to cricopharyngeous
forms upper eso spinchter (UES) and (LES)
UES formed by
cricopharyngeus muscles
at rest, UES is
closed to avoid swallowing air
N supply UES
pharyngeal branch of vagus
LES at rest
closed to prevent reflux
what keeps LES closed
normal muscle tone + fibers of right diaphragmatic crus and phrenoesophageal ligament
nerve supply to LES
parasymp, symp, enteric fibers
neurotransmitters at LES
inhib: NO>VIP
excite: Ach>substance P
microscopic anatomy (4 layers) of esophagus
mucosa
submucousa
muscularis propia (inner and outer layers)
*no serosal layers
arteries of esophagus
upper-inferior thyroid artery
middle- R & L bronchial arterioles
mid-distal/distal- branch from thoracic aorta and esophagial branch of L gastric artery
veins of esophagus
upper: submucosal plexus–>inferior thyroid vein
middle: azygous and hemizygous
mid-distal.distal- gastric vein
intrinsic motor system nerves
ens–>myenteric plexus between muscle layers
extrinsic motor/secretory
post gang fibers (symp)-inhibit motility
vagus (parasymp)- stim motility/secretory
sensory nerves
vagus–>nucleus tractus solitaris–>CNS
sensory issues present as
chest pain
heart burn
dusphagia
sensory chemo R
located in mucosa and submucosa–>sense chemical irritants
sensory mechano-nociceptors
submucosa–>adventitia–>respond to lumen distention NOT teraing (why endoscopy doesnt hurt)
normal swallowing relies upon
intact neuromuscular fx of the tongue, pharynx, and esophagus