GI 05 & 06 Flashcards
Gastric phase of integrated response to a meal
Food has entered the stomach
What are the major functions of the stomach (7)?
- temporary storage of meal
- Secrete H (kill microbes, convert pepsinogen ā> pepsin)
- secrete intrinsic factor
- secrete mucus and HCO3 (protect gastric mucosa)
- secrete water (lube bolus and suspend nutrients in solution)
- motor activity (mix H and pepsin with bolus)
- coordinate motor activity of SM and emptying of stomach contents into duodenum
Major paracrine hormone of the stomach
histamine
Major endocrine hormones of the stomach
Gastrin (also from duodenum), somatostatin (also from duodenum and pancreas)
Gastric pits
Formed by folding of columnar epithelium , the pits are the opening were gastric glands empty
Parietal / oxyntic cells secrete what?
Hcl, intrinsic factor
Purpose of Hcl
Kill microbes, activate pepsin from pepsinogen
purpose of intrinsic factor
this is a glycoprotein that binds to vitamin B12 that makes it absorbable by ileum (IF is an essential factor)
Purpose of mucus neck cells
Secrete mucus to protect gastric mucosa
Peptic / Chief cells secrete what?
Pepsinogen (this will eventually be pepsin) - this is active only in acidic environments and will cleave proteins
Enterochromaffin-like cells (ECL) secrete what
Histamine (paracrine); this is the most powerful stimulator of Hcl secretion
D cells secrete what
Somatostatin (endocrine) - powerful inhibitor of Hcl secretion
G cells secrete what
Gastrin (endocrine) rom pyloric region - this leads to HCl Secretion
What are the 6 secretory cells of the gastric fundus an antrum
Parietal (Hcl, IF), mucus, peptic/chief cells (pepsinogen), D cells (somatostatin) G cells (Gastrin), and ECL cells (histamine)
What are the āmajorā gastric secretions: (4/5)
Hcl, pepsinogen, bicarb + mucus, intrinsic factor
In humans, what are the only essential components of gastric juice in a healthy individual
intrinsic factor
How is H generated and secreted via parietal cells
Carbonic anhydrase takes CO2 from cellular respiration and makes HCO3 and H.
H exchanges with K to go into gastric lumen; Cl follows H via a Cl channel.
HCO3 exits into blood via a Cl/HCO3 exchanger. NKA on basolateral membrane as well.
Secretion of epithelial HCO3
Surface epithelial cells secrete a fluid with Na, Cl, K and HCO3. This is isotonic for the ions, hypertonic in HCO3 compared to plasma. The HCO3 is trapped in mucous and makes the alkaline part of the mucosal barrier-thus net result is a neutral pH zone
What drug inhibits the H-K ATPase, and what cells do this hit and what secretion does it target?
Omeprazole
Parietal cells
HCl
What cells secrete mucus
mucus neck cells
What is mucus composed of
Primaily carbs - they are glycoproteins though, which mkes them susceptible to digestion by pepsins
PSNS stimulation of the stomach
vagus nerve (strongest stimulant for H secretion; but also terminate on ENS fibers that innervate ECL and G cells, too). Vagal stimulation also secretes pepsinogen, mucus, IF, and HCO3 - and it is triggered by distention