Gastric secretion Flashcards
What does mechanical digestion consist of?
Chewing (mouth)
Churning (stomach)
Segmentation (small intestine)
What is propulsion?
Swallowing (oropharynx)
Peristalsis (oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine)
What is the stomachs anatomy?
Mucosa
Submucosa- contains submuscosal plexus
Muscularis externa- contains myentric plexus
Serosa
Where does gastric secretion occur?
In the lumen
What is stomach mucosa composed of?
Simple columnar epithelium
Gastric pits
What do gastric pits lead to?
Gastric glands
What do gastric glands produce?
Gastric juice
What is Wheater’s Functional Histology of stomach mucosa?
F- foveolae (gastric pits)
CC- chief cells
MM- muscularis mucosae
SM- submucosa
What do gastric glands in the fundus and body of the stomach produce
Most of the gastric juice (oxyntic glands)
What does gastric juice aid in?
Stomach functions
What do gastric glands comprise?
Hydrochloric acid
Pepsinogen
Intrinsic factor
Mucus
What are some examples of gastric gland cells?
Parietal cells
Chief cells
Mucous cells
What do Parietal cells do?
Secrete intrinsic factor
Secrete HCl
Why is intrinsic factor needed in the body?
Needed for absorption of Vitamin B12
Why is HCL needed in the body?
Because it has a pH of roughly 1-3, it has the ability to:
Kill microbes
Denatures proteins
Activate enzymes
What do Chief cells do?
Secrete pepsinogen
Secrete gastric lipase