GIT 2 Flashcards
Immune functions of the Gut
Protect against microbial pathogens
Permit immunologic tolerance to both the potentially immunologic dietary substances and normal bacterial flora
Non-immunologic defenses
Gastric acid secretion
Intestinal mucin
Peristalsis
Epithelial cell permeability barrier
Roles of GI Tract
Digestion and absorption of dietary calories and nutrients
Maintenance of overall fluid and electrolyte balance
Excretion of waste materials
Immune functions
Non immunologic defenses
Secreted by I cells in duodenum and jejunum
Targets pancreas and gallbladder
Inc enzyme secretion
Inc contraction
Cholecystokinin
Secreted by K cells in duodenum and jejunum
Targets pancreas
Exocrine: dec fluid absorption
Endocrine: inc insulin release
Gastric-Inhibitory Peptide
Secreted by G cells, antrum of stomach
Targets parietal cells in body of stomach
Inc H secretion
Gastrin
Secreted by vagal nerve endings
Targets G cells in antrum of stomach
Inc gastrin release
Gastrin-Releasing Peptide
Secreted by alpha cells of pancreatic islets of Langerhans
Targets liver
Inc glycogenolysis
Glucagon
Secretes endocrine cells in upper GI tract
Targets esophgeal sphincter, stomach, duodenum
Inc smooth muscle contraction
Motilin
Secreted by endocrine cells, wide-spread in GI tract
Targets intestinal smooth muscle
Vasoactive stimulation of histamine release
Neurotensin
Secreted by endocrine cells in ileum and colon
Targets stomach and pancreas
Dec vagally mediated acid secretion
Peptide YY
Secreted by S cells in small intestine
Targets pancreas and stomach
Inc HCO3 and fluid secretion by pancreatic ducts
Dec gastric acid secretion
Secretin
Secreted by D cells of stomach and duodenum
D cells of pancreatic islets
Targets stomach, intestines, pancreas
Dec gastrin release
Inc fluid absorption/secretion
Inc smooth muscle contraction
Somatostatin
Secreted by enteric neurons
Targets enteric neurons and liver
Neurotransmitter
Substance P
Targets small intestines
Pancreas
Dec smooth-muscle relaxation
Vasoactive intestinal peptide
Innervation of GI tract:
Enteric nervous system
Parasympathetic nervous system
Sympathetic nervous system
Primary neural control of GI function
Enteric nervous system
Submucosal plexus
Myenteric plexus
Between muscle layers of proximal esophagus to rectum
Myenteric Auerbach’s Plexuses
Motor effect
Inc tonic contraction
Inc intensity of rhythmic contraction
Inc velocity of excitatory waves
Myenteric Auerbach’s Plexuses
Submucosa of intestines only
Regulates the secretory activities of glandular, endocrine, and epithelial cell
Meissner’s Submucosal Plexuses
Parasympathetic NS of GIT
Vagus N
Pelvic N
Splenic flexure to anus
Cholinergic (Ach)
Terminates in the enteric plexuses
Pelvic Nerves
Stimulated motor and secretory activities
Parasympathetic Nervous System
Inhibits motor activity of muscularis externa
Induces contraction of muscularis mucosae
Induces contraction of some sphincters
Inhibits secretory functions of the GI tract
Vasoconstriction of some GI blood vessels
Sympathetic NS
Functions of GI Motility
Segmental contraction
Propulsive contraction
Allows the stomach and large intestines to act as reservoirs
Segmental contractions
Non propulsive
Mixing and churning - digestion and absorption of nutrients
Propagated movement of food in a caudal direction
Results in elimination of nonabsorbed material
Propulsive contraction
Electrical and mechanical properties of GIT
Rhythmic contraction
Tonic contraction
RMP of GI Smooth Muscle
-40 to -80 mV
Slow waves are produced by the
interstitial cells of Cajal
AP of GI smooth muscle
More prolonged than skeletal
Precise
Modulation of intestinal smooth muscle contraction is dependent on
L type Ca2+
Predominant excitatory neurotransmitter
Acetylcholine
Inhibitory neurotransmitter
VIP
NO
Specialized circular muscles that separate segments of the GI tract
Function as barriers maintaining positive resting pressure that serve to separate two adjacent organs
GI sphincters
Stimuli proximal to sphincter
Sphincteric relaxation
Stimuli distal to sphincter
Sphincter contraction
Esophagus
and Anus histology
Stratified squamous non keratinized
Stomach
Small and large intestines
Rectum
Histology
Simple columnar
Anus histology
Stratified squamous non keratinized
Skin histology
Straified squamous keratinized
Absorption GIT Stomach SI LI
Simple columnar
Most common cancer of esophagus
Squamous Cel Ca
Metaplasia
SSQ
Simple columnar
Adenocarcinoma
Barret’s esophagus
Simple columnar + Glands
Adenocarcinoma
Vagal nerve receptors
Cholinergic receptor
Located between the circular and longitudinal smooth muscle layers
Responsible for motility
Myenteric Auerbach’s Plexus
Cells in the gastric epithelium secreting histamin
Enterochromaffin like cells
Released from enteric neurons, mucosal mast cells and specialized EECs called enterochromaffin cells
Serotonin
5 hydroxytryptamine
AA precursor of serotonin
Tryptophan