Final Exam Digestive part 1 & 2 Flashcards
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Accumulation of Saliva forming a fluid filled mass adjacent to a ruptured salivary duct
Sialocele
Liquid secreted by Salivary glands
Saliva
What are the functions of saliva?
- digestion
- Provide moisture & lubrication
- Local immunity
- Cooling/evaporating
What is saliva composed of?
- Water
- Salts
- Mucin
- enzymes
- IgA
- Lactoferrin
How are salivary glands divided?
- Major salivary glands
2. minor salivary glands
What are the major salivary glands?
parotid, sublingual, submandibular
What are the minor salivary glands?
lingual, palatal, labial, buccal, zygomatic, molar
What are the 2 main components of Large salivary glands?
Stroma and parenchyma
What is the purpose of the stroma of large salivary gland
Support
what is contained in the stroma of large salivary glands?
blood and lymph vessels
nerves and ganglia
What are the 2 parts of the parenchyma found in large salivary glands?
- Secretory units
2. Ducts
What are the secretory units found in large salivary glands?
Adenomeres
What types of secretion do the ssecretary units of large salivary glands secrete?
- serous
- mucous
- mixed
What are the 3 types of ducts found in large salivary glands?
- intercalated
- intralobular
- striated intralobular
Largest visceral organ of the body
Liver
What are the 2 blood supplies for the liver sinusoids?
- portal vein
2. hepatic artery
What is included in the portal triad in the liver?
- hepatic artery
- portal vein
- branch of bile duct
What covers the lobes of the liver?
mesothelium/Capsule of Glisson
What is the mesothlium covering the liver called?
The capsule of glisson
Parenchymal cells arranged in plates with adjacent sinusoids in the liver
Hepatocytes
How are liver plates organized?
Hepatic lobes
Brings blood from the intestine to the liver
Portal vein
why is the portal vein imortant?
brings nutrient rich blood from intestine to liver
How are complex lipids transported to the liver
Lymph vessels