Histology Of Stomach Flashcards
3 regions of stomach
Cardiac
Pyloric
Fundus
Mucosa of stomach
Simple columnar epithelium
Folds or rugae
Gastric pits
Submucosa of stomach
Loose and distensible
Contains blood vessels
Muscularis of stomach
Inner circular layer reinforced by a inner oblique layer, outer longitudinal layer
Serosa of stomach
Covered by mesothelial layer
Fundic/gastric glands
Simple, branched, tubular glands, tightly packed and extend from the bottom of the gastric pits to the
muscularis mucosae
Isthmus of the fundic
gland is a
site of the stem cell’s location
Glands extend from the bottom of the ___ to the ___
gastric pits to the muscularis mucosae
Five major cell types
Mucous cells
Chief cells
Parietal cells
Gastroenteroendocrine cells
Stem cells
Surface mucous cells lines the
surface and the gastric pits
Shape and function of gastric mucous cells
Simple columnar
Secrete mucus to protect from acid
Mucus neck cells shape and function
Less columnar than the surface mucous cells lining
the gastric pits
• Their mucus secretion is less
alkaline than that of the surface epithelial mucous cells and is more soluble
Why do parietal cells have abundant mitochondria
provide the (ATP) to pump H+ ions into the lumen of the secretory canaliculus
Function of parietal cell
Secrete HCl (digestion) and intrinsic factor(absorb B12)
Chief cells secrete ___
Pepsinogen