GI Tract is LESSR Flashcards
GI tract is LESSR
Large intestine
Esophagus
Small intestine
Stomach
Rectum
PLS Get TT 😢 (Accessory glands not part of GI tract)
Pancreas
Liver
Salivary glands
Gall bladder
Teeth
Tongue
Functions of Gastrin so important!
- Stimualtes parietal cells to secrete HCL
- Makes chief cells secrete pepsinogen
- Contracts lower esophageal sphincter
- Increases motility of stomach
- Relaxes pyloric stomach
What does the pyloric stomach permit?
The passage of chyme into duodenum
What does the pyloric stomach prevent?
Prevents backflow of chyme from duodenum to stomach
What do the enzymes in the pancreas help digest
Carbs,
Fats
proteins
nucleic acids
What else does the pancrease produce and what does this do?
sodium bicarbonate which buffers stomach acid
Where does the pancreas empty its contents
duodenum
What makes bile
liver
What stores bile
gallbladder
True or false: carbohdrate, lipid and portein metabolism are functions of gallbladder
True
Gallbladder and liver does not process rugs or hormones true or false
False- it does
Bilirubin excretion, bile salt synthesis, storage, phagocytocis, and vitamin D activation is part of the functions of liver and glalbladder true or false
True
Bilirubin excretion, bile salt synthesis, storage, phagocytocis, and vitamin D activation is part of the functions of liver and glalbladder true or false
True
Which organ has segmentations of mixed chyme with digestive juices and brings food into contact with mucosa for absorption: peristalsis propels chyme with small intestine
Small intestine
