GI3 Flashcards
Mixing activity in the colon is present in all species but is more pronounced in pigs and horses due to the formation of sacculations called _______
Haustra
How are amino acids absorbed in the intestinal lumen?
With sodium gradient
Secondary active transport
What are the functions of intestinal motility
Mixing of food with digestive juices (GI secretions)
Enhancing contact between intestinal wall and food
Peristalsis, propulsive movement of chyme
What are the two plexus of the enteric nervous system and where are the located?
Plexus myentericus - between longitudinal and circular muscle -> controls muscular activity
Plexus submucosus - between submucosa and circular muscle -> control mucus secretin and reabsorption
How is K+ absorbed in the small intestine?
Paracellular
What two types of neurotransmitter are secreted by enteric neurons?
Conventional (norepi and ACh)
Non-noraderenergic, non-cholinergic (NANC)
NO
VIP (vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
Substance P
What is the structure of bile acids?
Sterol ring with amino acid side chain
Amphiphatic
What is the motoric of the stomach
Tonic contraction of the fundus (gastric store)
Strong peristaltic wave in the antrum (grinder)
Passage into the grinder and the pylorus
Emptying of fluid and pre-digested particles into the duodenum. (Fluid empty faster than solid particles)
What occurs in the duodenum to breakdown lipid droplets and increase surface area
Emulsification by bile acids
What parasympathetic nerve innervates the decsending colon and the distal GI tract?
Pelvic nerve - from the sacral spinal cord
How is phosphate absorbed in the intestine?
Na+/phosphate symporter
During peristalsis, stretch in the intestinal wall is recognized by mechanoreceptors. What is the feedback neuronal feedback to the smooth muscle around the site of distention?
Proximal to distention -> excitatory motor neuron -> ACh and SP -> smooth muscle contraction
Distal to distention -> inhibitory motor neuron -> NO, ATP, VIP -> smooth muscle relaxation
____________________ of fatty acid produces AcetylCoA, NADH, FADH2
B oxidation
How is B12 absorbed in the GI tract?
B12 within a food protein
HCl and pepsin separates B12 from food protein
B12 binds to HC
Trypsin cleaves B12 from HC in duodenum
B12 combines with IF (intrinsic factor)
IF with B12 binds to receptor in ileum and is absorbed
Reflexes for pain to inhibit the GI tract, or the defecation reflex must travel to the _____________ before going back to the GI system
Spinal cord
Diarrhea is due to increased frequency for fecal volume. Fecal volume often is increased to to increased water. This increased water in the gut can result from?
Ingested water
Water secreted by glands of GI tract
Water secreted or lost through mucosal epithelium
How is Ca2+ reabsorbed in the intestine?
Calcitoriol (PTH stimulates release from the kidney)
- > increase apical Ca2+ channels
- > increase Calbindin-synthesis
- > increase Ca2+ ATPase (basolateral)
What is the migrating motoric complex?
Series of contractions occurring between meals that helps to push undigested material out of the intestine and controls bacterial population
3 phases: rest, intermittent contractions, strong peristaltic contractions
What are the extrinsic control mechanisms of the GI tracts?
Nerves- Vagus and Splanchnic nerves
Endocrine -aldosterone
What is the sequence of events of vomiting?
Antiperistaltic wave originate in duodenum
Propulsion toward stomach
Contraction of abdominal musculature increases intraabdominal pressure
Expansion of chest cavity - lower intrathoracic pressure
Relax lower esophageal sphincter
Open upper esophageal sphincter
What are important polypeptides?
Gastrin
CCK
Glucagon
ANP
What parasympathetic nerve innervates the esophagus, stomach, sm intestine, ascending colon, pancreas, gallbladder, and liver?
Vagus nerve - from medulla oblongata
Enteric neurons contain _______________ which are bulge like structures which allows it to affect a wide area
Varicosities (containing neurotransmitter )
What types of receptors detect changes int he GI and conveys these changes to the Enteric nervous system and CNS?
Mechanoreceptor- detect stretch
Chemoreceptors- nutrient, osmolarity, pH
The smooth muscles of the GI tract are connected by _________________ so they function as a syncytium
Gap junctions
What are fatty acids used for?
Energy
Structural :phospholipid and glycolipid
Hormone precursors : prostaglandin
Energy reserve :TAG in adipose tissue