Gut L2 Flashcards

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what is gut motility

A

controlled movement of food from mouth to anus

mixing of food with digestive system enzymes and exposure to absorbtive surfaces

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describe the motility in food reaching the stomach and once in the stomach

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  • muscular contraction of oesophagus cause relaxation of LOWER OESOPHAGAL SPHINCTER
  • top of stomach relaxed O inc stomach vol
  • pressure in the bottom of stomach O food sits at the top, liquid goes straight down
  • movement to MAIN part of stomach triggers MECHANORECEPTORS and distension which triggers MOTILITY
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3
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what is responsible for the electrical rhythm in the stomach

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interstitial cells of Cajal

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what can cause vagus nerve damage

what is the effect of having a not inact vagus nerve on the stomach

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  • a long term effect of diabetes or from BARIATRIC surgery

food won’t sit at the top of stomach, it is forced into the main body immediately O causes high pressure

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if you have a healthy vagus nerve how does the stomach respond to food

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1) FUNDUS (top part of stomach) relaxes
2) vago vagal reflex
3) receptive relaxation
4) inc in volume w/out inc in pressure
5) adaptive relaxation (stomach dilates in response to gastric filling)

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where do contractions in the stomach originate

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pacemaker zone

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what is the antrum of the stomach

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thick muscular wall, stimulates contractions from the BOTTOM

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what is a tonic contraction of GI muscle

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sustained contratcion eg muscle sphincter are naturally closed

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what is a phasic contraction of GI muscle

where do slow waves originate, how do they pass to smooth muscle

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contraction-relaxation cycles
dependent on SLOW WAVE potentials( spontaneous depolarisation and repolarisation using volt gated Ca2+ channels)
- originate in INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL, pass to smooth muscle via GAP JUNCTIONS

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in the stomach what is PROPULSION (pt 1)

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bolus PROPELLED towards the CLOSED PYLORUS

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in the stomach what is GRINDING (pt 2)

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in the antrum, the trapped material is churned

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in the stomach what is RETROPULSION (pt 3)

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the bolus is PUSHED BACK to the proximal stomach, continues until all residues have been reduced in size

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what is the function of the ANS in the gut

what is the effect of sympathetic and parasympathetic on ANS

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forms neural connections with ENTERIC NS
SYMPATHETIC: inhibits SECRETION and motility
PARA: stimulates

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14
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what is a short reflex in the gut wall

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  • the ENTIRE process is cont in the gut wall (eg mechanoreceptor in gut wall, myenteric nerve plexux)
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what is a long reflex in the gut wall

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  • part of the process is in the CNS ( eg smell of food, triggers submucosal plexus - saliva and gastric acid production)
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16
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what are the 2 things that regulate gastric motility?

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  • neural enterogastric reflex (gives you feeling of needing to defacate)
  • hormonal mechanisms
17
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when food reaches the s.int how is yhe action of the stomach switched off

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1) ENDOCRINE CELLS- food residue in s.int triggers hormone release
2) CHEMORECEPTORS- change in pH triggers chemoreceptors to feedback to the stomach and inhibit motility in the stomach
3) MECHANORECEPTORS- cause DISTENSION of s.int which feedbacks to stomach

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what is the role of chemoreceptors in the s.int

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detect changes in OSMOLALITY, absorbption of nutrients raises blood hormone level O feedbacks on stomach to INHIBIT motility and secretion

19
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what is the primary stimulus for s.int motility

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DISTENSION - via enteric NS

20
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what are the 2 type sof movement in the s.int

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1) PERISTALSIS-movement of food down the gut

2) SEGMENTATION- food being mixed

21
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what is segmentation in the s.in

what is it altered by

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  • food moved back and forth
  • contractions of CIRCULAR MUSCLE, ALTERNATE CONTRACTION and RELAXATION of segments
  • mixes CHYME w/ digestive secretions
  • electrical activity generated by PACEMAKER cells
  • altered by: HORMONES, ENTERIC NS, AUTONOMIC NS
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what is peristalsis in the l.in

what is it altered by

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  • circular muscles contract just behind the mass
  • pushes into receiving section
  • bolus moves between 2 and 25cm
  • altered by: hormones & NS
23
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what is the gastro colonic reflex

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contraction of the stomach causes contraction of the stomach which causes contraction of the COLON

24
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how does food move through the colon

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in thirds, then mixing, then moves another third

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what influences defaecation
- once rectal pressure reaches a certain point, it causes the EXTERNAL ANAL SPHINCTER to relax
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what is the stimulation for defecation | what is the response
distension of rectum | response: contraction of rectum, RELAXATION of internal anal sphincter, contraction of EXTERNAL ANAL SPHINCTER
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what is the MMC what is its role
MIGRATING MOTOR COMPLEX - for removing indigestible - ALL sphincters open, allows indigestible content to move through from gut to faeces
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what is receptive relaxation
increasing the volume of an area but not increasing the pressure eg fundus relaxes
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what is adaptive relaxation
when the stomach relaxes as it fills