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Final: Nutrition, Digestion, and Absorption Slides Flashcards

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Functions of digestive system (2)

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-Chemically breaks down food we eat
-Absorbs the food to transfer it to cells
(making nutrients in food accessible to cells)

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Processes of digestive system (4)

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Motility, secretion, digestion, absorption (in that order)

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What happens during motility?

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Food moves through organs at appropriate speed (propulsive), and food is mixed

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Purpose of mixing food during motility

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Promotes digestion and mixing with enzymes, and facilitates absorption

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What are proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids broken down into?

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Proteins: amino acids
Carbs: glucose, fructose, galactose (monomers)
Lipids: fatty acids

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What happens during secretion in the digestive system?

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Digestive organs release many substances (enzymes, lubricants, etc.)

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What happens during process of digestion?

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Food broken down into smaller pieces so it can be absorbed

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What are the main organs of the digestive system? (7)

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Mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, anus

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What are the accessory organs of the digestive system? (4)

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Salivary glands (3), liver, gall bladder, pancreas

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Difference between main and accessory organs of the digestive system

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Food only physically passes through the main organs, while accessory organs release substances into the main organs

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Types of salivary glands and location (3)

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  • Sublingual (under tongue)
  • Submandibular (under jaw)
  • Parotid (by ears)
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What enzymes does saliva contain? What are their functions?

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Salivary amylase: starts digestion of carbs

Lingual lipase: starts lipid breakdown (mostly insignificant effect)

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Functions of saliva in the mouth (5)

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  • Facilitates swallowing by lubricating food particles
  • Provides antibacterial action by releasing lysozymes (break down bacteria)
  • Saliva dissolves food particles to stimulate taste buds
  • Aids in speech
  • Neutralizes ingested acid (saliva usually basic)
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Function of esophagus (and how it moves food)

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Muscular tube (smooth muscle) that connects pharynx and stomach; peristaltic waves push food down (no actual digestion occurs)

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Structure of esophagus

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  • Upper esophageal sphincter is located proximally (beginning)
  • Lower esophageal sphincter is located distally (end)
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Functions of stomach (3)

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  • Starts digestion of proteins
  • Gastric mixing and gastric emptying
  • Temporary hold for food that is consumed
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Structure of stomach

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  • Gastroesophageal sphincter: opening from esophagus
  • Pyloric sphincter: gateway to small intestine
  • Rugae: folds that increase surface area
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What happens during gastric emptying?

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Pyloric sphincter open: peristaltic contractions move food into duodenum

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What happens during gastric mixing?

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Pyloric sphincter closed: food mixed inside stomach, cannot enter duodenum

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What does the rugae of the stomach contain?

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Gastric mucosa (has gastric pits, comprised of many different cell types)

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What types of cells comprise the gastric mucosa? (3)

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Mucosa cells, chief cells, pareital cells

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Function of mucosa cells

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Release mucous for lubrication

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Function of chief cells

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Release pepsinogen (inactive enzyme)

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Function of parietal cells

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Release HCl and intrinsic factor (helps absorption of Vitamin B12, needed for red blood cell synthesis)

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How is pepsinogen activated and what is its function? What is the active form called?

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Activated by HCl; active form is pepsin

-Function of pepsin is to break down dietary proteins we consume into smaller peptide fragments

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What happens in the duodenum?

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Food broken down into final digestible form (amino acids, fatty acids, etc.)

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From where does the duodenum receive input?

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Pancreas, liver and gall bladder, stomach

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Structure of pancreas

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  • Dual organ that contains endocrine (release hormones) and exocrine (release enzymes) tissue
  • Exocrine tissue contains acinar cells and duct cells
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Function of acinar cells of pancreas

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Release pancreatic juice (mix of pancreatic enzymes)

30
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What classes of enzymes do acinar cells release into the duodenal lumen?

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  • Proteolytic enzymes: trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, procarboxypeptidase
  • Pancreatic amylase
  • Pancreatic lipase
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Function of proteolytic enzymes released by pancreas

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Break down proteins

32
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Function of pancreatic amylase and pancreatic lipase

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  • Pancreatic amylase digests polysaccharides into disaccharides
  • Pancreatic lipase digests triglycerides into glycerol and fatty acids (requires bile from liver to do this)
33
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Function of pancreatic duct cells

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Release bicarbonate (HCO3-), which neutralizes acidic food mixture coming from stomach

34
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What triggers the pancreas to release its contents?

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Small intestine (duodenum) releases two hormones: secretin acts on duct cells, and cholecystokinin (CCK) acts on acinar cells

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Function of liver

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Hepatocytes release bile salts that function in fat emulsification

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Function of gall bladder

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Storage of bile salts

37
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Function of bile

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Emulsification: break down large fat globules into smaller fat droplets (increased solubility)

38
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Pathway of food through digestive system main organs

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Mouth - esophagus - stomach - small intestine - large intestine - anus

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Parts of small intestine (3)

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Duodenum, jejunum, ileum

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How does the small intestine increase its surface area?

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Has circular folds that contain villi (fingerlike projections), and each villus has many epithelial cells that have their own folds (microvilli, or brush border)

41
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What are the brush border enzymes?

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Additional enzymes in the small intestine: enterokinase (activate trypsinogen), disaccharidases (break down disaccharides), and aminopeptidases (hydrolyze peptide fragments to amino acids)

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Overview of carbohydrate digestion

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Dietary carbohydrates - SALIVARY AMYLASE - smaller polysaccharides - (no digestion in stomach) - PANCREATIC AMYLASE - disaccharides - DISACCHARIDASES - monosaccharides

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How are monosaccharides and amino acids absorbed into the blood?

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Enter duodenal lining through secondary active transport and leave through facilitated diffusion

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Overview of protein digestion

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Dietary proteins - PEPSIN (in stomach) - small polypeptides - PANCREATIC TRYPSINOGEN AND CHYMOTRYPSINOGEN - very small peptides and amino acids - AMINOPEPTIDASES - amino acids

45
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Overview of lipid digestion

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Dietary lipids - LINGUAL LIPASE - fat globules - BILE SALTS - fat droplets - PANCREATIC LIPASE - glycerol, fatty acids, monoglycerides

46
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How are lipids absorbed into the blood?

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Glycerol and fatty acids contained in micelles (vesicles) enter epithelial cell lining through diffusion, are resynthesized into triglycerides, packaged, and exocytose in chylomicrons (vesicles) to enter lymphatic vessels

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Parts of large intestine

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Cecum, colon (ascending, transverse, descending, sigmoid), rectum

48
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What goes to the large intestine? (3)

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  • Stuff that’s indigestible; these waste products are excreted from the body as feces
  • Houses helpful bacteria in colon (intestinal flora)
  • Some absorption of water and electrolytes
49
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Function of intestinal flora

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Symbiotic relationship: they help us produce Vitamin K, we give them an unlimited food source (but they must stay contained in the large intestine)

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