GI-Part 1 Flashcards
Which layer milks and shortens the vili, making it move and interact with food?
Muscularis Mucosae
Collections of neuron cell bodies. Each of these acts like a mini brain, integrating signals coming in (afferent) and generating an efferent response. Primarily sensory.
Submucosal Plexus (Meissner’s)
Grouping of neuron cell bodies. Primary purpose is motor, stimulates the Muscularis Externa.
Myenteric Plexus (Auerbach’s)
gap junctions are also called
nexi (nexus)
Hold NTs both stimulatory and inhibitory, in visceral smooth muscle. Site of NT release
Varicosities
Visceral Smooth Muscle doesn’t have troponin it has …
Calmodulin
Assuming you do not have to defecate your external anal sphincter is …
relaxed (striated skeletal muscle)
Assuming you do not have to defecate your internal anal sphincter is …
contracted, close (visceral smooth muscle - doesn’t fatigue)
What do you need to activate MLCK?
Calmodulin and Ca Complex (Ca binds to Calmodulin)
What enzyme is always running in visceral smooth muscle?
Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase
What occurs when MLCP activity exceeds MLCK activity?
Relaxation
Where does the Vagus Nerve of the PSNS arise from and innervate?
Arises from Medulla Oblongata and innervates from the Esophagus down to the Transverse Colon
What muscle is in the upper 1/2 of the Esophagus?
Striated
Where does the Pelvic Nerves arise from and innervate in the PSNS?
Sacral Spinal Cord and from the Transverse Colon to the Anus
What kind of Reflex is the Vagus Nerve of the PSNS?
Vagovagal
In the PSNS vasovagal reflex of the Vagus Nerve is there more afferent or efferent signals?
75% of the afferents are involved in a feedback loop
The … is the post-ganglionic leg of Parasympathetic Innervation in the gut.
Enteric Nervous System
The preganglionic efferent Vagus Nerve of the PSNS innervates the …
Myenteric Plexus
Pre-Ganglionic fibers of the SNS differ from that of the PSNS, in that they are …
short
Where do the short pre-ganglionic fibers of the SNS synapse in the gut?
outside the GI tract in Prevertebral Ganglia
Post-Ganglionic fibers of SNS synapse within in the GI wall primarily on the …
Myenteric Plexi (ENS)
What is the principle NT released from the post-ganglionic fibers of the SNS in the gut?
Norepinephrine (Adrenergic)
Pre-Ganglionic Fibers of the SNS arise from the … region of the Spinal Cord.
Thoracic and Lumbar
SNS is primarily … to motility and secretions of the gut.
inhibitory
The … is the effector organ for the post-ganglionic SNS
ENS
A spontaneous wave of depolarization initiated from pacemaker cells of the smooth muscle at different points in the GI system,
Basic Electrical Rhythm (BER; slow waves)
BER may be increased by an increase in …
temperature (fever) and/or metabolic activity
The … of membrane potential of the BER is affected by Neural and Hormonal Activity (aka PSNS)
Amplitude
The BER is a spontaneous wave of depolarization initiated from pacemaker cells in what muscle?
Longitudinal Muscle of the Muscularis Externa
What is the BER of the Esophagus?
No real BER
What is the BER of the Stomach?
3/min
What is the BER of the Duodenum?
10-12/min
What is the BER of the Jejunum?
9-10/min
What is the BER of the Ileum?
8-9/min
What is the BER of the Large Intestine?
Irregular (2-13/min)
Frequency of duodenal contractions following parasympathetic activation?
Increased
Frequency of duodenal slow waves (BER) following parasympathetic activation?
No Change
Frequency of duodenal contractions following sympathetic activation?
Decreased or No Effect
Frequency of duodenal slow waves (BER) following sympathetic activation?
No effect