GI Pharm Flashcards
What are the acid secreting cells within the stomach?
Parietal cells
What are the pepsin secreting cells within the stomach?
Chief cells
What are the two major “aggressive factors” that the stomach secretes?
Pepsinogen
HCl
What is the major “protective factor” that the stomach secretes?
bicarb
What are the transporters in parietal cells that secrete H+ ions?
H/K ATPase
What cells in the stomach secrete intrinsic factor? What is the role of intrinsic factor?
Parietal cells
Vitamin B12 absorption
What are the cells in the stomach that secrete mucus/bicarb?
Superficial epithelial cells
What are the cells in the stomach that secrete histamine?
ECL cells
What are the cells in the stomach that secrete gastrin?
G cells
What are the cells in the stomach that secrete ACh?
NErve cells
What is the role that ACh plays in the stomach?
Promotes mucus, bicarb, and HCl secretion
What are the cells in the stomach that serete somatostatin? What is the role of somatostatin?
D cells
Suppressses HCl secretion
What is the role of gastrin?
Increases HCl output from parietal cells
What is the effect of PGE2 in the stomach?
Decreases the output of H/K ATPases
What is the neuronal input to gatric acid secretion? Does this facilitate or impair secretion?
ACh
Facilitates
What is the paracrine input to gatric acid secretion? Does this facilitate or impair secretion?
Histamine
Facilitates
What is the endocrine input to gatric acid secretion? Does this facilitate or impair secretion?
Gastrin
Facilitates
What is the role of pepsinogen?
Protein digestion
What do enterochromaffin cells secrete?
Histamine
Besides their direct effect on parietal cells, how else do ACh and gastrin increase HCl secretion?
Induce histamine release
What are the two substances that increase protective factor secretion?
ACh
Prostaglandins
Do prostraglandin exert their effects on gastric cells via that endocrine, or paracrine pathway
Paracrine
What are the three major effects of prostagladins?
- Increase mucus/bicarb
- Suppress HCl
- Increase gastric blood flow
What are peptic ulcers?
Break i nthe protective mucosal lining of the lower esophagus, stomach, or duodenum
What are duodenal ulcers?
Ulcers of the duodenum
Which occur more frequently: peptic, duodenal, or gatric ulcers?
Duodenal
What are gastric ulcers?
Ulcers of the stomach
What is a cushing ulcer?
Stress ulcers associated with head trauma of brain surgery
What are ischemic ulcers?
Ulcers caused by hemorrhage, severe burns
What are the two most common causes of ulcers in the US?
NSAIDs
H. Pylori infx
True or false: rapid gastric empyting may cause ulcers?
True