Gastric Motility & Pancreatic Function

Question 1

Body of the stomach has

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thin muscle wall - weak contraction

No mixing

Question 2

Antrum of stomach has

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thick muscle wall - powerful contraction

mixing, & forcing chyme into duodenum

Question 3

What is chyme?

Answer 3

gastric content

Question 4

What produces gastric peristaltic waves?

Answer 4

Peristaltic rhythm

Question 5

Peristaltic rhythm

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(~3/min) generated by pacemaker cells (longitudinal muscle layer)

Question 6

slow wave rhythm =

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basic electrical rhythm

Question 7

slow waves -

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spontaneous depolarisation/repolarisation

Question 8

slow waves conducted through

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gap junctions along longitudinal muscle layer

Question 9

Slow wave depolarisation sub-threshold require further depolarisation to induce

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action potentials for contraction

Question 10

More AP waves means stronger

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contraction

Question 11

Gastrin & stretching of stomach walls increases

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contraction

Question 12

Fat/acid/increase tonicity in duodenum inhibits

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motility

Question 13

Bicarbonate secreted in submucosal gland of duodenum to

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neutralise acid

Question 14

Control of HCO3 secretion in duodenum:

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• Vagus nerve & enteric nervous system

- S cells release secretin

Question 15

what is secretin?

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hormone that activates HCO3 release from pancreas & liver

Question 16

3 parts of pancreas

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Head
Endocrine part
Exocrine part

Question 17

Head

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Head (located within curvature of duodenum), body, tail (extends to spleen)

Question 18

Endocrine part

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islet of Langerhans, produce somatostatin (control of insulin and glucagon), glucagon and insulin

Question 19

Exocrine part

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acinar cells and lobules

Question 20

Lobules connected by

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intercalated ducts then intralobular ducts, and interlobular ducts before secreting into pancreatic duct, bile duct & through Sphincter of Oddi into duodenum

Question 21

Sphincter of Oddi secrete

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secrete enzymes and HCO3

Question 22

Exocrine pancreas is responsible for

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digestive function of pancreas

Question 23

Functions of exocrine pancreas

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Secretion of bicarbonate by duct cells

Secretion of digestive enzymes by acinar cells

Question 24

Zymogens are

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inactive form of enzyme

Question 25

Acinar cells of pancreas contains

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digestive enzymes stored as inactive zymogen granules

Question 26

Zymogens prevents

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autodigestion of pancreas

Question 27

Enterokinase converts

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trypsinogen to trypsin

Question 28

Trypsin converts all other zymogens to

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active forms

Question 29

Types of pancreatic enzymes:

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1. Protease (peptide bonds)
2. Nuclease (hydrolyse DNA/RNA)
3. Elastase (collagen digestion)
4. Phospholipase (phospholipids to fatty acids)
5. Lipase (triglycerides to glycerol & fatty acids)
6. α-amylase (starch to maltose + glucose)

Question 30

Bicarbonate secretion stimulated by

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secretin

Question 31

Secretin released in response to

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acid in duodenum

Question 32

Zymogen secretion stimulated by

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cholecystokinin (CCK)

Question 33

CCK released in response to

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fat/amino acids in duodenum