Exam 3 Flashcards
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What are the 4 functions of the mouth?
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-Prehension
-Chewing(Mastication)
-Salivation
-Swallowing(deglutation)
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What is at the end of the esophagus leading to the stomach?
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Lower esophageal sphincter
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How tight is the lower esophageal sphincter?
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It’s pretty loose
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3 Main areas of the stomach
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-Fundus
-Corpus Body
-Antrum
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3 Main Areas of the Small Intestine
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-duodenum
-jejunum
-ileum
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What does the corpus body secrete?
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-Mucus
-Pepsinogen
-HCl
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What does the Antrum secrete?
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-Mucus
-Pepsinogen
-Gastrin
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What is the Gastric Pit?
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It is the opening into the lumen/intestine from the stomach
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What is underneath the gastric pit?
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The mucosal layer
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What are the 2 main components of the mucosal layer
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-gastric glands
-lymphoid tissue
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What are groupings of lymphoid tissue referred to as?
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Peyer’s Patches
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What layer is beneath the muscularis
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submucosa
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Smooth muscle in stomach
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-Oblique
-Circular
-Longitudinal
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What kind of smooth muscle is only in the stomach?
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Oblique Smooth Muscle
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What is the enteric nervous system?
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The enteric nervous system is a web of neurons that branch from through the gastrointestinal system
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Cells in Gastric pits
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-Mucous
-Parietal(Oxynotic Cells)
-Chief
-Endochromafin
-Endocrine
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What are Parietal Cells also known as?
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Oxynotic Cells
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Kinds of mucous cells
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Neck Cells and surface cells
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What is secreted by parietal cells?
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HCl and Intrinsic Factor
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What is secreted by chief cells?
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pepsinogen
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What do endocrine cells secrete?
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gastrin and somatostatin
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what doe endochromafin cells secrete?
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hist amine
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How is the Large intestine connected to the small intestine?
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Through the ileum
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What does the Large intestine have instead of tubules?
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Crypts
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What are the 4 components of the Large intestine?
-Colon
-Cecum
-Rectum
-Anal Canal
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Where is the sublingual and what is it?
An accessory digestive organ that is underneath the tongue
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Where is the submandibular and where is it?
It's an accessory digestive organ that is underneath the jaw
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What is the parotids, where is it, and what does it do?
The parotids is an accessory digestive organ by the ears that secrete serous
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What accessory digestive organ is unique to ruminants?
inferior molars
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Layers of the intestinal wall Descending
-Villi Cells
-Lymph Nodules
-muscularis mucosa
-Submucosal glands
-Submucosal plexes
-Circular smooth muscle
-mycentric plexes
-long smooth muscle
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What are the 4 functions of saliva?
-Lubricates food
-Initiates small amounts of polysacchardies by amylase
-dissolves food
-antibacterial actions
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What is the main pancreatic duct in the exocrine pancreas?
Wirsung Duct
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What is the accessory duct for the exocrine pancrease?
Duct of Santorni
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What component is the exit for the bile duct?
sphincter of oddi
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What is the pancreas tubloalveolar gland?
Alveoli that are comprised of acinar cells and duct cells
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What do acinar cells do?
secrete digestive enzymes
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What do the duct cells in the tubloalveolar gland?
secrete bicarbonate
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why do duct cells secrete bicarbonate?
To regulate a more neutral pH
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Where are the islets of langerhans
in the endocrine pancreas
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function of islets of langerhans
secrete insulin and glucagon from groups of pancreatic cells
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What organ filters old red blood cells to make bilirubin?
The liver
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What organ processes and stores nutrients?
The liver
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What is old red blood cells processed into in the liver?
Bilirubin
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What organ synthesizes plasma proteins
LIver
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Plasma proteins of the liver
-albumin
-clotting proteins
-angiotensin
-steroid binding proteins
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What is the main function of the hepatic portal system
the hepatic portal system is specialized vasaculature in the liver deisgned to deliver absorbed nutrients to the liver for processing before they enter systemic circulation
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Where does the hepatic portal system absorb nutrients from?
The small intestine
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What carries nutrients from the small intestine to the hepatic portal system
mesentriv veins
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What is hepatobilary circulation
movement of bile acids from the liver to the SI then back to the liver
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What are the cells of the liver?
Hepatocytes
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How are hepatocytes organized
into lobules
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Where are lobules centered around?
The central vein
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where do lobules empty into
into the hepatic vein
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Portal Triad:
-Portal Vein
-Hepatic Artery
-Bile Duct
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What does the hepatic artery function as
oxygenation of the liver
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Where is the bile canaliculi a part of?
The bile duct, or portal triad
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What does the bile canaliculi function as?
They are bile capillaries that recieve secreted bile form hepatocytes
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What do salivary glands secrete?
Mucous and serous secretions
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What is the function of amylase
to break down starch
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What do parietal cells(oxynotic cells) secrete
HCl and Intrinsic Factor
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Intrinsic factor complexes with___ and is then absorbed by the____
Vitamin B12, ileum
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pH of HCl
0.8
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How are we protected from low pH's?
Mucus lining
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What does the proton pump help the production of?
HCl
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What can pepsin inhibit?
The proton pump
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What does HCl reduce feric iron (Fe3+) to?
ferrous iron Fe2+
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4 functions of HCl
-activates pepsin
-kills bacteria
-acid hydrolysis of proteins
-Helps with Feric iron (Fe3+) absorption
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What is pepsinogen secreted by?
Chief Cells
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How is pepsin made?
HCl converting pepsinogen
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What is pepsin classified as?
aspartylprotase
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What is a --protase?
Acts on proteins
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Function of pepsin
-Cleaves aromatic amino acids
-Acts on proteins that are ingested
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pH of pepsin
1.3-1.8
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How does pepsin degrade proteins?
Through its low pH
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Amino acids cleaved by pepsin?
-Phenlyamine
-Tryptophan
-Tyrosine
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Endocrine Cells
-Gamma Cells
-Entereochromafin cells
-D Cells
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What do gamma cells secrete?
Gastrin
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function of gastrin
to stimulate HCl
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What do enterochromafin cells secrete?
histomine
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Function of histomine
stimulates HCl
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What do D cells secrete?
somatostatin
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Function of somatostatin
to inhibit HCl
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Neural Control of GI Secretions function
Controls smooth muscle contractions
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Smooth muscle contractions in GI
peristalitic contractions and rhythamic contractions
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What are the sub components of the enteric nervous system?
submucosal plexus and mycentric plexus
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How does CNS control sympathetic and parasympathetic processes of the GI
Through hormonal control
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What kind of nutrients does the GI absorb?
Everything whether or not you need it or not
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Is the GI controlled by nutrional state of the body or the volume of luminal contents?
It is governed by the volume of luminal contents.
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What three phases control gastric secretions?
-Cephalic Phase
-Gastric Phase
-intestinal
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What does the cephalic phase do>
Stimulates normal enteric activity
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What increases during the gastric phase?
HCl and Gastrin
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What is the gastric phase mediated by?
-Neural
-Chemical
-mechanical
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When does the gastric phase occur?
Only when found in the stomach
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Where is gastrin releasing peptide?
In the enteric nervous system
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Hormones of the stomach...
-Gastrin
-Somatostatin
-Ach
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When does intestinal phase occur?
through mechanical and chemical receptors chyme enters the duodenum
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Entereogastric reflex
The duodenum ENS acts on gastrin through the myenteric plexus
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What cells are secreted in the duodenal mucosa?
cholecystokinin(cck) and secretin
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What are the main pancreatic secretions
-Proteases
-Lipase
-Amylase
-Nucleases
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What enzymes are classified as proteases?
-Trypsin
-Chymotrypsin
-clastase
-carboxypeptidase
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What are lipase amylase and nucleases classified as?
Zymogen
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What does zymogen mean?
Inactive enzymes
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What is tripsinogen converted to once in duodenum wall?
Trypsin
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How is tripsinogen converted to trypsin?
Therough the process of cleaving (entereokinase)
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How is trypsinogen converted to trypsin?
Through the process of cleaving (enterokinase)
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What is chymotrypsinogen converted to?
chymotrypsin
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How is chymotrypsinogen converted to chymotrypsin?
Through trypsin
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What is procarboxypeptidase converted to?
carboxypeptidase
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What are the two phases of pancreatic secretions?
Cephalic and gastric
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What are bile salts a derivative of?
Cholesterol
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What are the two bile salts?
Glyconolic and tahrocholic
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What are the bile pigments?
bilirubin and bilioerdin
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What are lecithins as a bile secretion?
its a membrane phospholipid derivative
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what does secretin as part of bile?
-Stimulates bile salt generation
-Recycles our bile salts
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Where are carbs proteins and lipids processed from greatest to least
duodenum > jejunum > ileum
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Where is calcium iron and folate processed?
All three are processed in the duodenum however only calcium is processed in juojenum and ileum
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What component of the SI are bile acids processed in?
Ileum
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What breaks down proteins in the stomach?
pepsin
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What breaks down proteins in the small intestine?
Trypsin
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What breaks down proteins in the pancreas?
chymotrysin
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In the pancreas what processes amino acids?
carboypeptidase
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In the SI how are amino acids processed?
Through aminopeptidase
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How do amino acids enter epithelial cells?
Through the apical membrane through Na coupling
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Where do amino acids exit into after entering epithelial cells?
The basolateral membrane through Na independent transporter
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What does GLUT 2 transport as part of the basolateral membrane?
All three monosacharides
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At 6 months of age what closes?
Your gut
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entereocytes have ____ capacity to ____ whole proteins
limited, phagocytic
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90% of whole proteins are degraded by what?
lysosomal enzymes
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What do special enterocytes lack?
lysosomal enzymes
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what are enterocytes also known as?
M cells
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How do endoproteases cleave peptide bonds internally>
-pepsin
-trypsin
-chymotrypsin
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How do exoprotease partake in peptide cleavage?
-carboypeptidase
-aminopetpidase
-dipeptidases
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pepT1
a hydrogen co transport of di and tripeptides
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How are most carbs in the diet consumed as?
polysachardies and dischardies
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What sugars are absorbed by intstinal cells?
only monosaccharides
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What are the three polysaccharides?
-Starch
-Cellulose
-glycogen
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What are the three disaccharides?
-Sucrose
-lactose
-maltose
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What are the 3 monosacharides
-galactose
-glucose
-fructose
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What linkages can alpha amylase cleave? What is the exception?
only 1:4 linkages except terminal bonds
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What kind of linkages does amylopeptin contain?
alpha 1:6 linkages
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What linkages are found in cellulose?
Beta 1:4 linkages
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What is the minor structural difference between glucose and galactose?
The positioning of an OH bond
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How is glucose and galactose transported across the apical membrane?
SGLT1
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How is Fructose transported across the apical membrane
Through GLUT5
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Brush Border enzymes
-Lactase
-Maltase
-Sucraseisomoltase
-Alpha limit dextrin
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Lactase converts lactose into what?
galactose and glucose
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Maltase converts maltose into what?
2 glucoses
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sucrasemoltase converts sucrose into what?
glucose and fructose
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alpha limit dextrinase converts 1:6 alpha linkages to what?
2 glucoses
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Those with lactose intolerance have lactose broken down where?
By microbes in the colon
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WHere are triglyercides reformed?
In small intestine entereocytes
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what do triglycerides form for secretion through entereocytes?
Chlymicrons
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What is a free fatty acid also known as
a nonesterified fatty acid
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What do fat droplets form with the addition of bile salts?
They form emulsion droplets
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What is a mulilaminer coating formed by?
Phospholipids
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What are micells formed by?
amphipillic fatty acids
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What do fat droplets become?
Emulsion droplets through bile salts
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What buds off of emulsion droplets?
Micelles
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What do micelles becoome
FFA
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Short Chain Fatty Acid Carbon Structure
Less than 12
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How are long chain fatty acids distinct from short chains?
They are more than 12 carbons as well as they will be resterfied
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What do long chain fatty acids regulate?
Triglycerides
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What do enterocytes make
apoproteins
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What complex forms VLDLs
apoproteins, triglycerides,phospholipids, and cholesterol
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What does a complex of apoproteins, triglycerides,phospholipids, and cholesterol form?
VLDL or chylomicrons
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What are fats inside endothelial cells broken down into?
glycerol and fatty acids
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what does lipoprotein lipase do?
Breaks down fats into glycerol and fatty acids
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How big are lymph vessels?
80 microns in diameter
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why do chylomicrons go into lymph vessels?
because they are too big for capillary
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what does VLDL stand for?
Very Low Density Lipoproteins
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Key features of the absorptive state
anabolic processes
-net update of glucose liner
-some synthesis of amino acids
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key features of post absorptive state
-catabolic processes
-break down glycogen
-breaks down protein
-breaks triglycerides into fatty acids
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Where can glucose-6-phosphate go back to glucose?
In the liver
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What is consumed when glucose is low
fatty acids
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What does glucagon break down into
glucose-6-phosphate
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What is it called when fatty acids are catabolized
Beta Oxidation
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When is there high insulin or high glucagon?
There is high insulin during the absorptive phase and high glucagon during the postabsorptive phase
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What does glucagon do(basic)
release stored sugars into bloodstream
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what does insulin do(basic)
Allows cells to use sugar for energy
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What two hormones help with the secretion of sex hormones(male)
FSH and LH
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What surrounds the scrotum?
Tunica Dartos
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What is the function of tunica dartos?
It functions as fibroelastic tissue and smooth muslce cells that increase or decrease surface area in response to temperature
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What temperature does spem need to be produced at?
Slightly lower than the body's temperature
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What three componenets provide structural support for the testis
-Tunica Albugnuiea
-Mediastrium Testis
-Trabecula
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Tunica Albugnuiea function
protects testis
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Where is the mediastrium testis
center of testis
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What does the trabecula in the tetis do?
It's connective tissue that segments testis
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What is the semiferous tuble the site of
spermatogenesis and spermiogenesis
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How do Interstial cells(Leydig Cells) respond to LH
By producing testosterone
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Epididymus components
-caput
-corpus
-cauda
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What is the head of the epididymus called
the caput
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what is the tail of the epididymus called?
The cauda
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Where is sperm stored prior to ejaculation with passive movement of sperm?
In the epidiymus
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WHere does the epdidymus empty into?
into the vas deferens
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What is the vas defernes a part of?
THe spermatic cord
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WHere is sperm when its ready to be ejaculated?
the vas deferens
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where does the semiferous tubule empty into
the rete testis
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what is the rete testis responsible for?
the production of sperm
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What does the spermatic cord do?
raises and lowers the testis in response to heat
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What does the paniniform plexus recieve and put away?
Recieves arterial blood and venous blood goes away
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function of paniniform plexus
Allows for constant exchange of heat
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Where do the two vas defernes merge?
At the ampulle
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What are the 3 acessory organs of the male reproductie system>
-Semilinial vesicles
-bulbour ethral glands
-prostate
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what do the accessory organs of the male reproductive system secrete?
semilinal plasma
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THe three parts of the penis and what they are
--Crus(anchorage to the pelvis)
-Corpus(body)
-glans(head)
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What surrounds the urethra of the penis
corpusspangiousum
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What component fills with blood for erection?
corpuscavernosum
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What stimulates the corpuscavernosum?
CNS
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What do nerves in the penis release for dialation?
Nitric Oxide
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What are the three main components of sperm?
-ovoid shaped head
-midpiece
-flagellum
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What is primarily in the head of sperm?
the nucleus
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What overlays the nucleus in the head of sperm?
The acrosome
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What enzymes does the acrosome cap contain?
acrosin and hylavirnidase
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Function of the tail of sperm
alot of mitochondira drive the flagella movement
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subcomponents of the midpeice sperm tail
-proximal distol centrioles and coarse fibrils
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What combination of hormones provide the environement for spermatogeneis?
FSH + Testosterone
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What do sertoli cells do?
When testosterone is taken up it is converted to dihydrotestosterone that is more potent or more estrogen
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Spermatogenesis
Mitosis for more stem cells that is constant throughout life
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What does testosterone inhibit?
LH Secretion
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what stimulates erthyroporetin in the kidneys
testosterone
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what hormone decreases GnRH
Testosterone
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What is the outer layer of the ovary?
Germinal epithelium
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What provides surface protection to the ovary?
Tunica Albunguintea
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Cite of gamateogenesis in the ovary
The cortex
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What does the medella do as part of the ovary?
In charge of blood, nerves and lymph through the vilus
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What does a female have at time of birth?
All primordial follicles
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What is the fallopian tube also known as?
The oviduct
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What opens into the oviduct
Infundibulum
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What is the thin membrane a oviduct has?
Fimbria
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2 sections of the oviduct
The ampulla half and the isthmus half
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What is the isthmus the site of?
Site of fertilization
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What is the periometoium a part of?
The uterus
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What is the perimetoium?
The serous connective tissue that continues with mesometium
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What is the myometium a part of?
The uterus
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What kind of muscle is the myometium
Longitudinal and circular
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Where does implantation start?
In the endometrium as part of the uterus
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What are the 3 components of broad ligament
Mesmetioium
Mesosalphin
Mesovarium
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What is the mesmetioium known as?
The uterus
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What is the mesosalphin known as?
The oviduct
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What is the mesovarium known as?
Ovaries
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What opens as estrogen increases?
The cervix
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Does the vagina have glands?
No
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What kind of cells line the vaginal wall
Squamous epithelium
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When does 1st meiosis occur for females?
Begins prior to birth but doesn’t complete until first period
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When is meiosis 2 completed?
At fertilization
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What kind of follicles compose follicular development
primary follicles
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When does primordial follicle development start?
During follicular development
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What layers are formed during follicular development?
Thea layers
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When is the position of the oocyte created?
During follicular development
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What kind of cells are primary follicles made of?
Flattened granulosa cells
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What does the zona pellucide form?
Polysaccharide and glycoprotein cord
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What does the theca interna produce?
Progesterone and testosterone
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What does the theca externa provide?
A barrier
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What do granulosa cells secrete?
Estrogen and inhibin
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What does cumulus oopherus mean?
How granulosa cells surround the oocyte
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What DEVELOPS around an oocyte?
Corona radiata
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What is a wasted oocyte known as? (Dies out of follicle)
Atresia
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Does negative or positive feedback occur when there’s low estrogen?
Negative
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What increases just prior to ovulation? What kind of feedback is this?
Estrogen, positive feedback
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What is the follicle replaced by in the lunteal phase?
Follicle is replaced by corpus lutenum
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What hormones are made during the lunteal phase
Progesterone and some estrogen
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Where does the oocyte go during the lunteal phase?
Goes from ovary to uterus
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What tissues are broken down during ovulation?
Metalloproteinase connective tissues
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When does LH surge?
During ovulation
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What color is the corpus lutenum?
Yellow
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What is the corpus hemmoreghum derived from?
Granula cells
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What is the purpose of granulosa cells surrounding an oocyte?
To provide nutrients to the oocyte
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What hormones are secreted with increased estrogen?
GnRH and LH
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Luteinzation
Granulosa cells or theca are developed into corpus lutenum
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Why does FSH decrease prior to it increasing?
To prevent second egg from releasing
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What has a bigger spike, LH or FSH?
LH
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What spikes first? Progesterone or estrogen
Estrogen and then progesterone
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During what phase is estrogen dominant?
Follicular
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During what phase is progesterone dominant?
Luteal
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Order of the menstrual cycle
-Menses
-Proliferative
-Ovulation
-Secretory
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What happens during menses
Uterine lining is shed which causes bleeding
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What happens during the proliferative phase?
Epithelial cells reproduce to repair uterine lining
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What happens during the ovulation phase
Ovum is released from ovary and goes through fallopian tube
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What happens during the secretory phase?
Uterine prepares for pregnancy by growing thicker and developing a blood supply that then is depleted right before menses
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During what phases is the ovary involved in?
Follicular and luteal
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What phases is the uterus involved in?
Proliferative and secretory
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Where does sperm first bind to?
The zona pellucia
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Where is the zona pellucida
It surrounds the ovum
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Where does capacitation occur?
In the distal oviduct next to the uterus
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After capitation where does sperm move from the oviduct to?
The site of fertilization
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What does the acrosome (outer layer of sperm head) release in order to penetrate egg?
A rosin and hylaluronidase
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What is the oocyte membrane also known as?
Vitelline membrane
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What two things are created at fertilization?
Make and female pro nucleuses
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What do the male and female pronucleases combine to make?
The zygote
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What is the perivitelline space?
The space between the oocyte and zona pellucida
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What is polyspermy
When two or more sperm bind to the egg
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Why is polyspermy a problem?
It causes miscarriages
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What is shedded at the end of meiosis 2?
The second polar body
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After 16-32 cells are created from the zygote, what is created?
Morula
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When the morula is compacted what does it become?
It becomes the blastocyst
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What two cell types is the blastocyst
-trophoblast
-inner cell mass
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What does the trophoblast give rise to?
Gives rise to placenta
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What does the inner cell mass give rise to?
It gives rise to the fetus
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What “hatches” after the blastocyst is fully formed?
The zona pellucida
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What is the endometrial stroma?
Connective tissue that differentiates into decidua
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What are the two types of trophoblast?
Syncitiotrophoblast and cytotrophoblast
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How does the syncitiotrophoblast become a placenta?
Through stem cells
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What does cytotrophoblast form?
Columns of placental villi
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What’s part of the inner cells mass?
Fetus
Yolk Sac
Amnism
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What do syncitiotrophoblasts secrete?
Secrete chorionic gonadotropin that help recognize maternal pregnancy
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Is hcg leudotropic?
Yes
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What happens if hcg is not present?
The corpus luteum recesses (leudiolysis)
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What does HCG help maintain?
Progesterone prodcuction
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During pregnancy what hormones spike and immoderately fall, or remain constant (between estrogen, HCG, and Progesterone)
HCG spikes at beginning, Progesterone and Estrogen grow gradually
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What is in charge of progesterone production in the third trimester?
The placenta
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How human arteries and veins does the chorionic plate
2 arteries and 1 vein
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What does the basal plate refer to?
The maternal side of the placenta
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Preeclampsia
Chorionic Villi is not low turgidity thus less blood is able to make its way to the fetus
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When does the Ductus Venous open
It opens when there is an issue with the placenta, thus the blood goes to the vena cava rather than the liver
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Ductus arteriosis function
To shunt blood from pulmonary arteries to aorta to bypass lungs
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What is the foreman ovale?
A hole between left and right atria prior to birth
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How many stages are there of labor?
3
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What happens in the first stage of labor?
Rhythmic contractions of the uterus that make the baby face towards the cervix
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What happens in stage 2 of labor?
The baby tries to exit through reflex contractions
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What happens during stage 3 of the labor
Expulsion of the placenta
