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Exam 4: GI 6-10 Flashcards

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What are the 2 control systems of the GI tract?

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  1. intrinsic control sys.

2. Extrinsic control sys

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Component of the autonomc nervous system, located w/i the GI wall and enables autonomic regulation of GI functions

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enteric nervous system

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What are the 2 plexuses of the enteric nervous system

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  1. plexus submucosus

2. Plexus myentericus

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plexus of the enteric NS located b/t submucosa and circular muscullature.

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plexus submucosus

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Plexus of the enteric NS located in the muscularis externa, between longitudinal and circular musculature.

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Plexus myentericus

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Which Plexus of the ENS regulates mucus secretion and food absorption?

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Plexus submucosus

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Which plexus of the ENS controls the muscular activity

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Plexus myentericus

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Unlike typical neurons, enteric neurons secrete their neuroT from ______, or bulge like structures located on axonal collaterals or branches

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varicosities

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What is imortant about enteric neurons varicosities

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can spread effect to wide area

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What are the 3 types of enteric neurons?

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  1. dogiel type 1
  2. dogiel type 2
  3. dogiel type 3
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What are dogiel type 1 neurons?

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have a small cell body with short dendrites and are motor neurons

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what are dogiel type 2 neurons

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have large cell bodies with one or two long dendrites and are sensory

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what are dogiel type 3 neurons

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show multiple shapes and functions

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What are the 3 types of neurons based on function?

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  1. sensory nerve cells
  2. interneurons
  3. motoneurons
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15
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detect changes/stimuli and are used to regulate funtion

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Sensory nerve cells

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What are the 2 types of sensory nerve cells?

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  1. mechanosensitive cells

2. chemosensitive cells

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Sensory nerve cells that recognize stretching of intestinal wall or volume changes

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mechanosensitive cells

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sensory nerve cells that detect the presence of nutrients in the GI lumen, changes in osmolarity, and changes in Ph

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chemosensitive cells

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Process signals coming from other cells or from the CNS and propagate them to other neurons

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interneurons

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20
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induce a change in the GI tract as an answer to stimulus

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motor neurons

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21
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What are the 3 types of motor neurons?

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  1. muscle MN
  2. Secreto MN
  3. Vaso MN
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MN primarily located in the plexus myentericus

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Muscle MN

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MN primarily located in plexus submucosus

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Secreto MN

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MN in both the mhyentericus and submucosus

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Vaso MN

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25
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What are 3 examples of NANC substances?

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  1. NO
  2. VIP
  3. Substance P
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What is NANC?

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Non-noradrenergic, non-cholinergic substances

substances, alnong with conventional transmitters, that are released by enteric neurons

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27
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Sympathetic nervous system uses noradrenaline which has an stim/inhib effect on the GI tract.

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Inhibitory

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What are the two basic types of electrical waves in the gI tract

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  1. slow waves

2. spikes

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29
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What are the slow waves of the GI tract?

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rhythmical GI contractions

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30
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electrical pacemakers for smooth muscle cells

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Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC)

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True AP of the GI tract that occur automatically when the resting membrane potential of the GI smooth muscle becomes more positive than -40mV

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Spike potentials

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32
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concerning GI smooth muscle cells which one is true?

a. their contraction cannot be extrinsically influenced
b. spike potential do not conduce to a contraction
c. they show spontaneous undulations in the membrane potential

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c.

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33
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What are the 3 types of GI reflexes essential to GI control.

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  1. reflexes integrated within the gut wall
  2. reflexes from the gut to the prevertebral sympathetic canglia and back
  3. reflexes from the gut to the spinal cord/brain stem and back
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What are the 3 types of the Reflexes from the gut to the ganglia and back?

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  1. gastrocolic reflex
  2. enterogastric reflex
  3. colonoileal reflex
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35
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signal from the stomach that causes evacuation of the colon

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Gastrocolic reflex

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36
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signal from the colon and SI to inhibit stomach motility and stomach secretion

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enterogastric reflex

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37
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Signal from the colon to inhibit emptying of ileal contents into colon

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colonoileal reflex

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Which reflex is responsible for controling GI secretions , peristalsis, mixing contractions, and local inhibitory effects?

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reflexes integrated within gut wall

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Which reflex is responsible for transmitting signals long distances to other areas of the GI tract

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reflexes from the gut to prevertebral sympathetic ganglia and back

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40
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Which reflex is responsible for controlling gastric motor and secretory activity

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from gut to spinal cord

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41
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which reflex is responsible for pain

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from gut to spinal cord

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42
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which reflex is responsible for defecation reflex?

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gut to spinal cord

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43
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Stretching of the intestinal wall during the passage of a bolus triggers this reflex to constrict the lumen behind the bolus and dilate in front

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peristaltic reflex

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44
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In order to move bolus through GI, areas proximal to the bolus are stimulated by _____ causing _____

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excitatatory MN, Smooth muscle contraction

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45
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In order to move bolus through GI, areas distal to the bolus are stimulated by _____ causing ______.

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inhibitory motor neurons, smooth muscle relaxation

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Which kinds of sensory neurons will be stimulated during the peristaltic reflex?

a. chemosensitive neurons
b. mechanosensitive neurons

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b. mechanosensative neurons

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GI tract reflex circuts where afferent and efferent fibers of the vagus n. coordinate responses to gut stimuli via the dorsal vagal complex in the brain

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vagovagal reflex

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This reflex controls contraction of the GI m. layers in response to distension of the tract by the chyme

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vagovagal reflex

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49
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the vagovagal reflex is active during _______ of the stomach in response to mastication of food.

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Receptive relaxation

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50
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What does the vagovagal reflex do to the stomach

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active relaxation

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51
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What are the 3 parts of the stomach based on function?

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  1. gastric store- tonix relaxation and contraction
  2. gastric pump- peristaltic wave
  3. grinder- mixing and breaking down
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inflow into the gastric pump happens due to the following sequences:

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  1. tonic contraction of fundus
  2. peristaltic waave in corpus
  3. passage into grinder then pylorus
  4. emptying into duodenum
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53
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What are the 3 relaxation signals of the stomach?

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  1. receptive relaxation
    b. adaptive relaxation
    c. feed-back relaxation
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54
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What reflex control receptive relaxation of the stomach?

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vagovagal reflex

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55
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Which reflex controls adaptive relaxation of the stomach?

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gastro-gastric reflexes

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56
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What are the 3 purposes of intestinal motility?

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  1. mixing of food with GI juices
  2. inc. contact b/t food and walls
  3. peristalsis
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What are the 2 distinct phases of SI motility?

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  1. digestive period

2. interdigestive period

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58
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Which phase of SI motility occurs when food is present in the stomach?

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digestive period

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Which phase of SI motility occurs when little food is present in the gut?

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interdigestive period

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Which phase of SI motility occurs when little food is present in the gut?

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interdigestive period

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What are the two contraction patterns of the SI?

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  1. Propulsive pattern

2. non-propulsive pattern

62
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Motility pattern of SI during interdigestive period.

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migrating motoric complex (MMC)

63
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What are the two function of MMC in the SI during the interdigestive period

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  1. helps pushing undigested material out of the intestine

2. controls bacterial pop.

64
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What are the 3 phases of the MMC of the sI during the interdigestive period.

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Phase 1- no contractions Phase 2- intermitent contractions

Phase 3- strong peristaltic contractions starting from the stomach and moving distally

65
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What are the 2 motility patterns of the large intestine?

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  1. peristaltic waves

2. antiperistaltic waves

66
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Motility pattern of the LI that impedes the movement of ingesta, causing a more intense mixing

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antiperistaltic waves

67
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Giant contractions

A

pathologic contractions

68
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What are 2 exapmles of pathologic contractions

A
  1. vomiting

2. diarrhea

69
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Where is vomiting coordinated in the body?

70
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T/F. vomiting contains only ingesta of gastric origin.

71
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An inc. in frequency of defecation or fecal volume

72
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what are 3 reasons for water in the gut?

A
  1. ingested water
  2. water secreted by glands
  3. water secreted or lost directly through the mucosal epithelium
73
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Diarrhea occurs when there is a mismatch between ____ and ____.

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secretion and absorption

74
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What are the 2 types of Diarrhea

A
  1. malabsorptive

2 secretory

75
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D that occurs when absorption is inadequate to recover all secreted water

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malabsorptive diarrhea

76
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D that occurs when rate of intestinal secretion increases and overwhelms the absorptive capacity

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secretory diarrhea

77
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What Type of diarrhea is caused by viral, bacterial, or protozoal infections?

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malabsorptive

78
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In which type of diarrhea would you see shortened villi?

A

malabsorptive

79
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in which type of D would you see opening of the Cl channels?

80
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Is the internal sphincter sympathetic or parasympathetic?

81
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sympathetic stimulation causes contraction/relaxation of the sphincter.

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constriction

82
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Parasympathetic stimulation causes constriction/relaxation of the sphincter

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relaxation

83
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the internal/external sphincter is normally tonically contracted

84
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What is the retrosphincteric reflex?

A

When poo accumulates in the rectum, peristaltic movement of poo into the rectum and relaxation of internal anal sphincter, urge to defecate

85
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What are the 2 suborders of ruminants?

A
  1. ruminantia

2. tylopoda

86
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digestion that occurs in specialized compartments localized before the stomach or after the stomach an SI

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fermentative digestion

87
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3 microbes that are responsible for fermentation?

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  1. bacteria
  2. fungi
  3. protozoa
88
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What side of the animal is the abomasum located on?

89
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The ______ is the largest compartment of the newborn’s stomach

90
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most protozoa in the rumen belong to the genus ____ or ____

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isotricha or entodinium

91
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what is the ph of the ruminants stomach?

92
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carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids in the ruminants stomach is digested by microbes to become ______.

93
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propionate in the rumen goes to the _____ to procuce _____

A

liver, glucose

94
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Acetate in the rumen goes to the ______ to procuce ____

A

all tissues, energy

adipose tissue, fatty acid

95
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Butyrate in the rumen goes to the ______ to produce ____

A

all tissues, energy

96
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Indigestible plant component

97
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what are the 3 primary VFAs

A
  1. acetic acid
  2. propionic acid
  3. butyric acid
98
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product of microbes that form short chain peptides as end products which are absorbed in to the microbial cell bodies

A

endopeptidases

99
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AA contribute to what 2 things?

A
  1. synthesis of microbial protein

2. metabolized to VFA and ammonia

100
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To enter the VFA pathway an AA must first be ______

A

deaminated

101
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what happens in deamination?

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NH3 group removed, carbon skeleton remains

102
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What are the exception to the deamination rule

A

Branch chain AA
(BCAA)

carbon skeleton cannot be used

103
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nitrogen waste product of prtotein catabolism

104
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What are the 2 sources of urea?

A
  1. urea from deamination of AA

2. nitrogen absorbed as ammonia from the rumen

105
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What are the 4 types of fats and lipids?

A
  1. triglycerides
  2. glycolipids
  3. phospholipids
  4. free fatty acids
106
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major lipid type found in cereal grains, oilseeds, animal fats, and byproduct of feeds, also in milk

A

triglycerides

107
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major lipid type found in forages

A

glycolipids

108
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minor compnent of most feeds, forms the cell memb. of all animal cells, and the surface of milk fat globules

A

phospholipids

109
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Lipid that is important in fat digestion in the SI of cows

A

phospholipids

110
Q

minor component of dairy feeds, but major component of certain fat supplements

A

free fatty acids

111
Q

microorganism that digests triglycerids

A

A. lipolytica

112
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microorganism that digests phospho and glycolipids

A

B. fibrisolvens

113
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ruminants eating high forage will have a acetic/propionic/butyric ratio of:

114
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Ruminants eating high grain diets will have an acetic/propionic/butyric ratio of:

115
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What 3 vitamins do microbs synthesize?

A
  1. vit. C
  2. vit. K
  3. Vit. B (B1 and B12)
116
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Vitamin B1

117
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Bitamin B12

118
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When do you see a vit. B1 deficiency

A

sudden change of feed from roughage to concentrate

119
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When do you see a vit B12 deficiency

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cobalt poor soils or diets with too much grain

120
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What are the 2 main mechanisms for absorption of VFA in rumen epithelium?

A
  1. ionized VFA- need carrier

2. non-ionized VFA- lipophilic- diffuse through apical memb

121
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how does rumen acidosis occur?

A

fast-fermentable carbohydrates lead to an inc. in VFA production

ph in rumen dec.

122
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what is the pK of VFA?

123
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What are the 3 ways sodium is absorbed in the rumen

A
  1. Na channel
  2. Na/H exchanger
  3. basolat. Na/K ATPase
124
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What 2 ways are Cl absorbed in the rumen

A
  1. Cl/HCO3 exchanger

2. basolateral channel

125
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what is the highest mineral found in the rumen?

126
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what are the 2 buffers found in the rumen?

A

H2PO4-

HCO3-

127
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What 2 ways is potassium absorbed in the rumen?

A

apical and basolateral channels

128
Q

how is magnesium absorbed in the rumen?

A 
Mg channel
(affected by high K)
129
Q

what are the clinical signs of pasture grass tetany?

A

irritability, muscle twitching, incoordination staggers, collapse

130
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What two ways are Ca absorbed in rumen?

A
  1. Ca/H exchanger

2. basolat. Na/Ca exchanger and Ca ATPase

131
Q

compartment of the stomach with muscular folds that project into the lumen, the canal connects reticulum to abomasum

132
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What are the 3 functions of the omasum?

A
  1. concentration of ingestia (absorption of H2o)
  2. SCFA absorption
  3. Na Cl absorption
  4. HCO3 reabsorption
133
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What are the two motility patterns in the rumen?

A
  1. mixing (primary contractions)

2. erucation (secondary contractions)

134
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The two major motility patterns observed in the rumen are:

a. Peristaltic and antiperistaltic waves
b. Segmentation andpropulsive contractions
c. Mixing and erucation contractions

135
Q

T/F. Deglutition, eructation, and regurgitation can be observed on the left side of a cow?

136
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What is the function of primary contractions?

A

reduce particle size

137
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What is the function of secondary contractions

A

force gas toward cranial part of rumen

138
Q

What are the main compnents of the gas produced in the rumen?

A

carbon dioxide and methane

139
Q

where is the eructation center located?

140
Q

bloating that occurs in cattle when the eructation mechanism fails

141
Q

When cattle feed on lush, rapidly growing alfalfa or clover pastures, gas becomes trapped in tiny bubbles and normal gas bubble cannot accumulate on top of dorsal sac

A

legume bloat

142
Q

occurs most frequently in high producing dairy cows

A

ruminant ketosis

143
Q

Where is the control center for reticulorumen motility located

144
Q

a gutterlike infagination transversing the wall of the reticulum from the cardia to the reticulo-omasal orfice

A

esophageal groove/ reticular groove

145
Q

What is the importance of the reticular groove?

A

diverts milk away from the rumen to the abomasum

146
Q

all of the glucose available to ruminants originates from _______.

A

gluconeogenesis

147
Q

The most important precrsor of glucose in ruminants is the VFA ______

A

propionate

148
Q

Bloat in cattle is caused by

a. inc. in the volume of cas produced
b. failure of the erucation lmechanism

149
Q

proprionate enters the krebs cycle as ____

150
Q

succinate leads to the formation of ______ which is the entry metabolite for gluconeogenesis.

A

oxyloacetate

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