Gastric Secretion And Emptying Flashcards
How many muscle layers does the stomach have?
3
Outer longitudinal
Middle circular
Inner oblique** unique to stomach :)
How does the orad stomach know to relax when food is on its way down your esophagus?
Via receptive relaxation, a vagovagal reflex**
What does the size of the stomach depend on?
Volume of the contents
What is a vagovagal reflex?
A reflex in which the afferent AND efferent signals are both carried by the vagus nerve
What happens to your vagovagal reflexes if you cut you vagus nerve>
No more
What kind of cells are in the gastric pits?
Parietal cells
Chief cells
What part of the stomach has gastric pits (with parietal and chief cells)?
Body
What part of the stomach are G cells and Mucous cells?
Antrum
What do Parietal cells secrete**
HCl
Intrinsic Factor
What do chief cells secrete?
Pepsinogen
โHave a Pepsi, Chiefโ ๐ฅคโก๏ธ๐ฎ๐ผโโ๏ธ
What are the 4 major components of gastric juice?
HCl
Pepsinogen/Pepsin
Mucus
Intrinsic Factor
Is pepsinogen active?
No, it needs to get turned into Pepsin to be active
What is the only thing that the stomach secretes that we can not live without?
Intrinsic Factor (if you lose that part of your stomach , you need B12 injections)
What are the functions of HCl?
Reduces pH
Activates pepsin
Protein digestion
Kills bacteria
What does pepsin do?
Digests proteins
What does mucus do for the stomach?
Protects the gastric mucosa from the corrosive actions of HCl
What does Intrinsic Factor do?
It is necessary for the absorption of vitamin B12
How are H+ and HCO3- formed inside parietal cells?
Hydration of CO2 by Carbonic Anhydrase
H2O+CO2= HCO3- + H+
After Carbonic Anhydrase makes H+ and HCO3-, where do they each go/
HCO3- goes into the blood in exchange for a Cl-
H+ goes into the stomach in exchange for a K+
What is the alkaline tide?
The flow of HCO3- out of the parietal cells when they make H+
How does H+ get out of the parietal cell and into the stomach?
In exchange for K+ via ATPase
How does Cl- get out of the parietal cell and into the stomach?
Passively through chloride channels
What are the functions of Gastrin?
Stimulate Acid and pepsinogen secretion (mostly acid)
Growth of gastric and intestinal mucosa (trophic effects**)
Antral and intestinal motility
If you have too much gastrin what happens to the thickness of the stomach?
Stomach and intestine mucosa grow too thick, plus there will be a lot of acid
What stimulates G cells to release Gastrin?
Small peptides/amino acids in stomach
Distention of stomach
Vagal stimulation
What inhibits the release of Gastrin?
Low pH (donโt need any more acid!)
What are the 2 ways that gastrin can communicate with parietal cells
- Bind to ECL -> releases histamine -> histamine binds to H2 receptor on parietal cell
- Gastrin can just bind directly to a CCKb receptor on the parietal cell
What do ECL cells do?
When gastrin binds to ECL, ECL releases histamine* which then will bind to an H2 receptor** on the parietal cell and stimulate acid production.
How does ACh released from the vagus nerve affect parietal cells?
ACh will bind to an M3 receptor and stimulate acid production
(Parasympathetic stimulation, anyone?)