GI secretions and non-fermentative digestion Flashcards

1
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what are the 4 major salivary glands

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  • parotid salivary gland
  • mandibular salivary gland
  • sublingual salivary gland
  • zygomatic salivary gland
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2
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what is mumps

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  • highly contagious viral infection
  • fever, swelling, swelling of salivary gland
  • not life threatening
  • zoonotic
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3
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salivary mucocele

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  • collection of saliva that has leaked from a damaged salivary gland or salivary duct and accumulated in the tissues
  • common in dogs
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4
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what are the types of saliva

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  • serous (parotid)
  • mucus (buccal)
  • both (mandibular and sublingual)
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5
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what is the composition of saliva

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mucins, water, electrolytes

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6
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what is unique about ruminant saliva

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high amounts of HCO3 (bicarbonate)

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7
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hypotonic saliva

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  • non-ruminants
  • less electrolyte compared to blood
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isotonic saliva

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  • ruminants
  • osomotic pressure/electrolytes is similar to blood/plasma
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9
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what enzyme digests starch

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alpha-amylase

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10
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what enzyme digests fat

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lingual lipase and present in all species

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11
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what enzyme is associated with lysozymes

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antimicrobial enzymes

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11
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what are the functions of saliva

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  • moisten and lubricate food
  • antimicrobial activity (oral hygiene)
  • evaporative cooling - cat and dog
  • buffering forestomach digestion in ruminants
  • partial digestion of starch/fat
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12
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what is important about salivary ducts

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  • anatomy same to glomerulus and collecting ducts in kidney
  • ion transporters
  • respond to aldosterone (Na conc.)
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13
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what does electrolytes in saliva depend on

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flow rate

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14
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what is the parasympathetic regulation of salivary secretion

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  • primary mode
  • pavlov’s dog - conditioned reflex
  • cholinergic receptors
  • atropine suppresses salivary secretion
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15
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what is sympathetic regulation of salivary secretion

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  • B-adrenergic receptors
  • salivation and drooling in carnivores preparing to attack
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16
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what are the two functionally separate secretions of the pancreas

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  • exocrine - digestion
  • endocrine - insulin
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17
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what does the acinar secrete

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  • lipase (active)
  • amylase (active)
  • zymogens (inactive)
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18
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what does the duct cells secrete

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HCO3

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19
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what does enterokinase do to trypsinogen

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cleave it into trypsin

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20
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what does trypsin activate

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trypsinogen

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21
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where are the inactive enzymes

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pancreas

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22
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where are the active enzymes and what are they and what did they get activates by

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  • SI (duodenum)
  • chymotryspin
  • elastase
  • carboxypeptidase A
  • carboxypeptidase B
  • trypsin
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23
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where is enterokinase located and released

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  • located on brush border of duodenal enterocytes
  • released from brush border by bile salts
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24
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what is enterokinase stimulated by

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trypsinogen

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25
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what is enterokinase

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  • 41% carb
  • protease
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26
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what does premature activation of the pancreatic enzymes in the pancrease cause

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acute pancreatitis

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27
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what is a risk factor for acute pancreatitis

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big fat meals

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28
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what are the three phases of pancreatic secretion

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  • cephalic
  • gastric
  • intestinal
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29
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what is the cephalic phase

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vagal stimulation (sight and smell of food)

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30
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what is the gastric phase

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vagovagal reflex (stomach distention)

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31
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what is the intestinal phase

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  • intestinal distension (Ach)
  • chemical stimulation (CCK, secretin)
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32
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what stimulates CCK secretion

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fat and protein

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33
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what stimulates secretin secretion

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H+

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34
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what do acinar, centroacinar and duct cells have receptors for

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CCK, Secretin, and Ach

35
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what is the function of secretin

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increases production of HCO3

36
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what do sinusoids contain

A

blood cells

37
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what is in bile

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  • bile salts
  • phospholipids and chlosterol
  • electrolytes (HCO3-)
38
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what is the pharmacologic importance of bile

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  • bile pigments (bilirubin) - jaundice
  • metabolites of drugs and toxins
39
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what does jaundice indicate

A

liver diseases

40
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cholesterol is a ____ molecule

A

hydrophobic

41
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cholic acid is a ____ molecule

A

amphiphilic

42
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bile is stored and concentrated in ____

A

gallbladder

43
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what are the two functions of CCK

gallbladder

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  • contracts the gallbladder
  • CCK relaxes sphincter of Oddi
44
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CCK from duodenum to blood stream in response to ____ and ____

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fat; protein

45
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what is the function of the gallbladder in dogs and cats

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  • bile is stored in gallbladder and modified
  • CCK contracts gallbladder and relaxes the sphincter of Oddi
46
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what is the function of the gallbladder in ruminants and pigs

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  • sphincter of Oddi poorly defined
  • continuous secretion of bile
47
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what is the function of the gallbladder in horses and rats

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  • no gallbladder
  • continuous secretion
48
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how is bile released

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  • initiated by the presence of food in the duodenum
  • CCK
49
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how is bile synthesized

A
  • recirculation of bile from intestine
  • de novo synthesis of bile salts from cholesterol
50
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how is bile modified

A
  • effects of secretin on HCO3-
  • water
51
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what are the functions of biliary secretion

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  • provides a source of bile acids for fat digestion and absorption and absorption of fat-soluble vitamins
  • provides an excretory route for metabolites and drugs
  • provides additional buffer (HCO3-) to neutralize H+ in the duodenum
52
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enterohepatic circulation of bile salts

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  • re-absorption of ~94% of bile salts
  • absorption occurs in distal ileum
  • re-absorption from hepatic portal blood
  • re-secretion into bile by hepatocytes
53
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secretion of bile salts by hepatocytes is proportional to what

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hepatic portal vein concentration of bile salts

54
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what are the physical actions of digestion

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  • mastication
  • grinding in the distal stomach
55
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what are the purposes of physical actions of digestion

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  • physical reduction of food particle size
  • increased surface area of food particles
56
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what is chemical digestion

A
  • hydrolysis
  • splitting chemical bonds
57
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what are the three chemical bonds that are broken

chemical digestion

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  • glycosidic linkages
  • peptide bonds
  • ester bonds
58
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what are the two phases of chemical digestion

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luminal and membranous

59
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what is the luminal phase of chemical digestion

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  • enzymes active in lumen of gut
  • large polymers (starch and protein)
60
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what happens in the membranous phase of chemical digestion

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  • enzymes active at surface of gut
  • small polymers digested to monomeric molecules suitable for absorption
61
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where are the digestive enzymes from in the luminal phase

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salivary, gastric, and pancreatic glands

62
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where are the digestive enzymes from in the membranous phase

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enterocytes (SI)

63
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what occurs during carb digestion

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  • luminal digestion (starch)
  • brush border oligosaccharidases
  • only monomers are absorbed
64
Q

what kind of bonds do amylase break

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1-4 glycosidic

65
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what happens in protein digestion

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  • luminal digestion
  • brush border peptidases
  • intracellular peptidases
  • absorbed as small peptides and amino acids
66
Q

what are the two groups of enzymes of protein digestion

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endpeptidases and exopeptidases

67
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how is the zymogen - chymotrypsiogen turned into chymotrupsin (active)

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by trypsin

68
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process of lipid assimilation

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  • emulsification
  • luminal lipolysis
  • micelle formation
  • absorption of fatty acids
  • formation of chylomicrons
  • chylomicrons enter lymphatics
  • lipid-soluble vitamins
69
Q

what are dietary lipids

A
  • triglyceride
  • cholesterol ester
  • phospholipids
70
Q

lipase

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  • secreted in active form
  • inhibited by bile acids
71
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co-lipase

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  • secreted as pro-colipase
  • activated by bile acids
  • binds to lipase and bile acids
72
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lipase/co-lipase are in a what ratio

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1:1

73
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how are absorbed lipids packaged

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into chylomicrons

74
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what is a micelle

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bile-coated, emulsified fat droplet

75
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where do chylomicrons enter

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extracellular space and then into the lymphatics

76
Q

what does a fatty meal occur in

chylomicrons

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lipemia (chylomicronemia)
- lymphatics turn milky white

77
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describe lipid absorption

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  • absorbed through the apical membrane by carrier proteins and simple diffusion in the jejunum
  • absorbed lipids are re-esterified and re-packaged into chylomicrons in the enterocyte
  • chylomicrons enter lymphatics
  • bile acids are re-absorbed in the ileum by a sodium co-transport system
78
Q

what are the 3 benefits of digestion

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  • nutritional
  • toxicologic - breakdown of toxic proteins
  • allergic - breakdown of allergenic proteins
79
Q

how are proteins absorbed in the neonate

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  • proteins are not digested but absorbed intact
  • in most livestock, no antibodies are passed from dam to fetus
  • antibodies are acquired through colostum
80
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what are there delays in, in protein absorption in the neonate

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  • delay in acid secretion from stomach
  • delay in pancreatic function
81
Q

what is present at birth

protein absorption

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specialized intestinal epithelium
* special enterocytes engulf soluble proteins
* lost after 24 hrs

82
Q

what receptor is on the enterocyte in neonates to take in Ig

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Fc receptor and Ig is absorbed by pinocytosis

83
Q

what is the major dietary carb for neonate

A

lactose from milk

84
Q

what does lactase switch to with maturity

A

maltase

85
Q

what is malassimilation and what is it caused by

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  • weight loss and diarrhea
  • maldigestion and malabsorption