GI Histology Flashcards
Taste buds are present on the superior surface of ____papillae and along the wall of the grooves in _____ papillae.
- fungiform
- circumvallate
Serous glands (Von Ebner’s glands) function:
produce secretions that provide a continuous flow to the base of the groove; wash it out and allow a quick response to changing stimuli by the taste buds
Define taste pore
A narrow opening in the epithelium covering the apex of the taste bud
The mucosa of the oropharynx is lined by _____ epithelium
nonkeratinized stratified squamous
What are the four layers of the GI tract?
- Adventitia or serosa
- muscularis externa
- submucosa
- mucosa
Three layers of the mucosa
- Epithelium
- Lamina propria
- muscularis mucosa
mesothelium
- simples squamous epithelium enveloping the CNT
- represents the outer limit of the serosa
Three layers of esophageal mucosa
- Nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium
- Lamina propria
- Muscularis mucosa
Submucosa of the esophagus is made up of _______ tissue
dense fibrous elastic connective
the small mucus secreting glands of the esophagus provide
lubrication to move the bolus
What structure is this?
the stomach
Chyme
Thick, pulpy fluid delivered to the small intestine
Rugae
Large longitudinal folds of the mucosa and submucosa (in the empty stomach)
Mucosa of the stomach has _______ epithelium
simple columnar
Function of the mucosa of the stomach
Secrete a thick insoluble mucus to lubricate and protect
what are the unique characteristics of the muscularis externa of the stomach
Middle circular layer of the muscularis externa increases in thickness in the lower portion of the stomach and forms the pyloric sphincter
Describe the unique characteristics of the cardia of the stomach
Gastric pits
Gastric glands: enteroendocrine cells, parietal cells
What is the function of the gastric glands of the cardia of the stomach?
Secrete mucus and lysozyme
What is the main difference between the gastric pits of the pylorus and the cardia of the stomach?
Gastric pits of the pylorus are deeper
Pyloric glands
Coiled tubular glands, branched
(similar to the cardiac glands)
The pyloric sphincter is formed from a _____.
thickened region of the middle circular layer of the muscularis externa
fundus and body of the stomach have the same _____.
type of mucosal glands
Major cell types of gastric glands
- Stem cells
- Mucous neck cells
- Parietal cells
Stem cells of the gastric glands May differentiate into ____.
Surface mucosa or other gastric gland cells
Mucous neck cells secrete a _____.
soluble mucus (different from that of surface mucous cells)
Parietal cells are also known as_____.
oxyntic cells
Oxyntic cells (aka parietal cells)
Large pyramidal shape cells with a round nucleus
Eosinophilic staining intracellular canaliculi
Intracellular canaliculus of parietal cells (aka oxyntic cells)
Semicircular invagination of the cell membrane lined by microvilli
Tubular vascular system of the intracellular canaliculus of parietal cells:
Large array of cytoplasmic vesicles adjacent to the canaliculi