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GI Tract Canines Flashcards

1
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Oesophagus in canines

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Inclines to the left then regains a medial position, continues past the heart then penetrates the diaphragm

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2
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What are the glands in the oesophagus?

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mostly mucus

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3
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Where is the stomach found?

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(C-shaped organ) Found on the left hand side of the abdomen, It has greater and lesser curvature

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4
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What stomach do canines have?

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Simple, Composed Primarily of glands, the glands occupy most of the lamina propria and produce gastric juices

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5
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How does the stomach expand?

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Tunica Mucosa and Submucosa work together to expand the stomach using rugae

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Meissners plexus

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submucosal layer- responsible for peristaltic movement in the bowels

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Tunica Muscularis

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Consists of three layers of smooth muscle between Myenteric or Auerbach’s plexus

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What are the 3 parts of the simple stomach?

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Cardiac, Fundic and Pyloric region

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Cardiac Region

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Very small region, contains mucus secreting glands and is closest to the oesophagus

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Fundic region

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The space between the cardiac gland and the pyloric gland which contains the fundic glands

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Pyloric gland

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region is near the Pylorus and secretes two types of mucus and the hormone gastrin

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12
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Enteric nervous system

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One of the main divisions of the autonomic nervous system

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Omentum

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Connecting peritoneum (connects stomach to abdominal wall)

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14
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What are the 4 cell types in the gastric gland?

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Mucous, Parietal, Chief and Endocrine

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The gastric mucosa

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contains

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16
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What are the 3 parts of the omentum?

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greater, lesser and omental bursa

17
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Lesser omentum

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attached to the lesser curvature of the stomach to the portal fissure

18
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Greater omentum

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attached to the greater curvature of the stomach has deep and superficial “leaves”

19
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Omental bursa

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Potential space, enclosed by greater omentum

20
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Epiploic foramen

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omental bursa opening to the peritoneal cavity

21
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What adaptations does the small intestine have?

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Highly folded mucosa containing microvilli

22
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Duodenum

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longest villi of all 3 regions and has a high number of goblet cells

23
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Illieum

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Crypts contain lots of important cells including those involved in host defence and signalling

24
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illeal mucosa

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large numbers of organised lymphoid tissue (Peyers patches)

25
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3 parts of the large intestine?

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Ceacum, Colon (ascending, descending and transverse) and rectum

26
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Blood supply to the stomach

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left gastric artery, hepatic artery and splenic artery- these all drain to the portal vein

27
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Blood supply to the intestine

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Cranial and Caudal mesenteric arteries

28
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What innervates the stomach and intestine

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Parasympathetic, Sympathetic and Enteric nervous system

29
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what are simple stomachs primarily composed of?

A

glands

30
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what is the ileocecal fold

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a layer of peritoneum between the ileum and the coecum

31
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What does the illeal mucosa contain large numbers of?

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lymphoid tissue

32
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What are the 4 types of cell found in the stomach?

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Chief, Parietal, Endocrine, Mucus

33
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Which gland secretes gastrin?

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Pyloric gland

34
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Which part of the small intestine has the highest number of goblet cells and the longest villi?

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Duodenum

35
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What side of the body is the stomach found on?

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The left hand side

36
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What side of the body is the ascending duodenum, jejenum and descending colon found on?

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The left hand side

37
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What side of the body is the descending duodenum and coecum found on?

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The right hand side

38
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What does the enteric nervous system control?

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Meissner’s and myenteric plexus

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