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Grand Tour of The Alimentary Systems Flashcards

1
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What are the functions of the digestive system?

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  • Digestion
  • Secretion
  • Absorption
  • Motility
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What are the three salivary glands?

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Parotid

Sublingual

Submandibular

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3
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What happens in the stomach?

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Digestion of proteins, foodstuffs reduced to liquid form, sterilisation

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What are the digestive enzymes in the pancreas used for?

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Digestion of fats, proteins and carbohydrates

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5
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What is the function of the liver?

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Bile salts for digestion/absorption of fats in small intestine

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What is the function of the gallbladder?Stores and concentrates bile

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Stores and concentrates bile

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What is the function of the small intestine?

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Final stages of chemical digestion and nutrient absorption

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What is the function of the large intestine?

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Water absorption, bacterial fermentation and formation of faeces

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What are the different layers of the alimentary canal?

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Mucosa

Submucosa

Muscularis externa

Serosa/adventita

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What is the mucosa composed of?

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Epithelium

Lamina propria

Muscularis mucosae (no significant function)

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What is the function of the muscularis externa?

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Where all the motility comes from

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12
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When is the serosa called the adventita?

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The shiny connective tissue sheath is known as the serosa below the diaphrafm, but above it is known as the adventitia

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What is the inner layer of the musculris externa?

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Inner layer is the circular muscle layer

Outside that is the longitudinal muscle layer

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Where in the digestive tract can you find stratified squamous epithelium?

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Mouth, oesophagus, anal canal (entry and exit)

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Where can you find simple columnar epithelium?

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Stomach, small & large intestine

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16
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What is the function of the epithelium in the digestive tract?

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  • Barrier separating lumen of alimentary canal from body
  • Synthesis and secretion of digestive enzymes, hormones, mucus
  • Absorbs products of digestion
17
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What is the lamina propria?

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•Loose connective tissue (glands, blood/lymph vessels)

18
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What is the muscularis mucosae?

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Thin smooth muscle layer

19
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What type of the tissue is the submucosa?

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Thick irregular connective tissue

20
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What is the function of the submucosa?

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Supports the mucosa

21
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What is contained within the submucosa?

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Blood vessels, neurones, lymphatic vessels.

The neurones form an extensive network, submucosal plexus (Meissner’s) (parasympathetic)

22
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What is the function of the submucosal glands in the oesophagus and the duodenum?

A

Oesophagus - mucus secretion

Duodenum - bicarbonate secretion to neutralise stomach acid

23
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What are the function of the lymphatic vessels in the submucosa?

A

Take away the products of fat digestion

24
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What is the serosa / adventita described as?

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A connective tissue sheath surrounding the alimentary canal.

Adventita attaches the oesophagus and rectum to surrounding structures

Serosa surrounds the stomach, small intestine and the large intestine

25
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What comprises the enteric nervous system?

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The submucosal plexuses and the myenteric plexuses

26
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Where can you find myenteric plexus’?

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•Myenteric (Auerbach’s) plexus between circular and longitudinal muscle

27
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Which parasympathetic nerves are responsible for alimentary nervous control?

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Vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10) apart from salivation which is controlled by facial (VII) and glossopharyngeal (IX)

28
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What is the effect of the parasympathetic nervous system on the alimentary function?

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Stimulatory - an increase in secretion and motility

29
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Which sympathetic nerves are responsible for alimentary nervous control?

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Splanchnic nerve

30
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What is the effect of the sympathetic nervous system on the alimentary function?

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Inhibatory (except salivation)

There is a decrease in ecretion and motility

31
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What do the following arteries supply?

32
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How does blood from the stomach reach the inferior vena cava?

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Gastric veins - Hepatic portal vein - Hepatic vein - Inferior Vena Cava

33
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How does blood from the pancreas reach the inferior vena cava?

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Splenic vein - Hepatic portal vein - Hepatic vein - Inferior Vena Cava

34
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How does blood from the small intestine, caecum, ascending colon and the transverse colon reach the inferior vena cava?

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Superior mesenteric vein - hepatic portal vein - hepatic vein - IVC

35
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How does blood from the descending colon, sigmoid colon and the rectum reach the IVC?

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Inferior mesenteric vein - Hepatic portal vein - hepatic vein - IVC

36
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Which organs send blood to the liver?

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The heart for oxygen supply - hepatic artery

Those which supply the hepatic portal vein (digestive tract arteries) - these include the stomach, intestines, pancreas and spleen

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