GI 2 Flashcards
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Gastric (Stomach) Function (6)
*Temporary storage of ingested material
*Production of Chyme (Mechanical digestion and mixing)
*Meter delivery of chyme to duodenum
Partially sterilize meal
Initiates protein digestion (Chemical Digestion)
Produce Specialized Secretions
Produce Specialized Secretions (5)
- HCl acid
- Pepsinogen
- Intrinsic factor
- Mucus
- Hormones/Paracrines
- Receptive relaxation (2)
Accommodate the volume of the meal
Reduce pressure increases preventing gastric reflux and premature
gastric emptying
- Peristalsis (trituration/homogenization) (2)
Chyme production
Trituration
Trituration:
Mix ingested nutrients with gastric secretions,
breakdown large particles and increase SA for digestion
- Emptying (pyloric sphincter) (2)
≈ 200 kcal/hr released into small intestine
Important not to overload Small Intestine
- Migrating Motility Complex (MMC) (3)
Sweep ingested solids that cannot be digested out of stomach and
through intestinal tract
Occurs during fasting
Takes approximately 90 min to go from stomach to colon
- Gastric Receptive Relaxation
Initiated by: (2)
- stretch of gastric or duodenal
wall - protein or fat in duodenum
(CCK)
- Gastric Receptive Relaxation
reflexes:
caused by:
ENS (short) and Vago-vagal (long)
reflexes
Caused by inhibitory signals (NO,
VIP) from ENS.
- Gastric Receptive Relaxation
function
Accommodates increased
volume of food and slows emptying.
- Gastric Peristalsis/Trituration
Generated by
pacemaker cells
(Interstitial Cells of Cajal) located in GI smooth muscle
2. Gastric Peristalsis/Trituration Smooth muscle cells undergo spontaneous phases of depolarizations and repolarizations =
slow waves
or Basic Electrical Rhythm
(BER) of stomach
- Gastric Peristalsis/Trituration
Frequency =
3/minute
- Gastric Peristalsis/Trituration (cont.)
Functions: (4)
Acts to mix and break down (triturate) gastric contents (Retropulsion) Regulate Gastric emptying Peristaltic wave forces chyme through pyloric sphincter Causes pyloric sphincter to contract reducing volume released to Small Intestine.
3. Rate of Gastric Emptying Influenced by (3)
Solid vs. Liquid
Nutrient content
Force of gastric contractions
- Rate of Gastric Emptying
On average: (4)
50% of stomach contents emptied 2.5 to 3 hours
Total emptying of the stomach 4 to 5 hours
Total emptying of the small intestine 3 to 5 hours
Transit through the colon 8 to 15 hours
Factors that increase force of antral contractions that increase Gastric emptying (2)
Gastrin (Gastric hormone)
Distension of stomach
Factors that decrease force of antral contractions which decrease Gastric emptying
Contents of Duodenum
Enterogastrones =
hormones secreted by
duodenum in response
to nutrients and acid in
chyme.
Enterogastrones EX (3)
- CCK (Fat, Protein)
- Secretin (Acid)
- GIP (Carbohydrate)
- Migrating Motility Complex (MMC)
Occurs in between meals
(fasting state)
approximately every
90
minutes
- Migrating Motility Complex (MMC)
Intervals of
strong
propulsive contractions
- Migrating Motility Complex (MMC)
Sweep stomach and small
intestine of
indigestible
material