GI Flashcards
Where does the storage and further processing occur?
Liver
Peristaltis is contolled by what?
ANS
What are the 4 layers of GIT?
Mucosa (inner)
Submucosa
Muscularis
Serosa (advetia) continuous with mesentary
What is the name of the intrinsic nervous network of GI?
Enteric nervous system
What is the short (ENS reflex) loop?
Stimulus -> GIT receptors (mecano) -> ENS plexus -> smooth mucles and glands -> mucosal response
GIT receptors can -> brain and
Brain –> ens plexus (long reflex(vaso vagal reflex) )
What does tbe vagus nerve carry?
Parasympa and sympa fibers
What does the taste and food odours do on salivation?
Increase salivatipn and gastric juice secretion
What are the 3 glands for salivation?
Parotid
Submandibular
Sublingual
Saliva is:
Hypoosmotic
Neutral ph7.4
Regulated by ANS only
And para/sympa increase secretion
In saliva, what is ptyalin and mucus?
Ptyalin: carbohydrate digestion
Mucus : lubrication
What are the 3 mucles of esophagus?
Striated (at UES)
Mixed
Smooth (below LES)
The UES (upper esophagus sphincter) is ?
Relaxed
When contraction: prevent air into esophagus
The LES (lower esophagus sphincter) :
Usually Contracted (precent gastric reflux) Relaxed : allows bolus to enter stomach
What is the oropharyngel phase of swallowing?
Voluntary
Regulated by trigeminal and brainstem
- Pressure to pharynx
- Reflex protecting airways
- Relax UES
- Contract pharyngeal constrictors
What is the esophageal phase of swallowing?
- Primary peristaltis in esophagus
- Relax LES
- Accomodate tgrough gastric relaxation
Vagal relax of LES
What is absorbed in stomach?
Alcohol and NSAIDs
Where does the vagus innervation occur?
Fundus (upper portion)
What is the proximal stomach?
Body of stomach, serosa to mucosa
Storage and receptive relaxation
Stops at pacemaker cells
What is the role of the pacemaker cells?
Basic electrical rhythm (BER)
What is the distal stomach?
Atrum, pylorus
Gastric peristalsis (max 3 min) Gastrin & parasympa activity = increase Secretin & sympa activity = decrease
Gastrin ?
Increase peristalsis with parasympa
Secretin?
Decrease peristalsis with sympa
Gastric mixing
Antral systole -> increase velocity -> retropulsion
Gastric emptying:
Pyloric sphincter always open
Fluid: pressure
Solid: peristalsis
What does the enterogastric reflex do?
Decrease rate of emptying
What is enterogastric reflex?
Neural and hormonal
Short and long
Cholecystokinin (CCK) and secretin
What are the determinants of enterogastric reflex?
- Duodenal distension
- Chyme hyperosmolarity
- Very acidic chym pH
- High fat content
What is pepsinogene and pepsin
Pepsinogen : inactive form of pepsin
Pepsin : activated by gastric acid <2
digest proteins
Pepsin desactivated in intestine by alkaline pH
Ach increase secretion
Intrinsic factor
B12 abs
Gastroferritin
Increase iron absorption
Enterochromaffin-like cells (ELC) ?
Histamine -> increase HCl secretion
G-cells
Gastrin : increase HCl secretion
D-cells
Somatostatin -> decrease HCl
What are the fonctions of gastric glands?
Mucous neck cell : mucus secretion
Chief cell: pepsinogene
Parietal cell: HCl, intrinsic factor, gastroferritin
Endocrine cell: histamin, gastrin, somatostatin
What are the main functions of gastric acid?
HCl in stomach
HCo3 in urine
Dissolve food
Bactericidal agent
Pepsinogen-> pepsin
What is the 3x defense of gastric mucosal barrier?
- Mucus buffer layer (HCO3)
- Tight junctions
- Rapid mucius neck cell turnover
What is the role of prostaglandins in GMB?
Increase mucus & decrease acid secretion
NSAIDs (aas) inhib prostaglandin -> decrease GMB
H pylori
Kill mucuous cells + increase gastrin -> decrease GMB
What are the phases of gastric secretion?
Cephalic: thought, smell, taste of food
Gastric: stomach distension
Intestinal: histamine and digested proteins
What is secreted in cephalic phase?
Ach
What is secreted in gastric phase?
Gastrin
What is secreted in intestinal phase?
Histamine
What does CCK and secretin?
Decrease secretion
Enterogastric reflex
Digested proteins increase secretion of histamine
What is the main function of small intestin?
Complete digestion and absorption
Role of vili and microvili
Bush border -> increase surface area
Brush border
Increase surface area
Digestive enzymes & absorption