Histology Of The Abdomen - Chiaia Flashcards
What are the secretion actions of the GI system?
Release of water, acids, buffers and enz by epi of GI tract and glandular organs
What do the pacesetter cells do where?
Aid in movement of digestive stuff, tract lumen
How does the GI tract depolarize?
Spontaneously via wave of muscular sheet
What does the stomach absorb?
Water and alcohol
What are the features of the gut microbiome?
2kg of it, 1000 bacteria species, 3 million genes, 2/3 unique to each person. Vit B and K production, some immune function
What do the microbes do?
Make nutrients and calories Improve absorbtion Tune acidity so enz work Make nutrients Regulate gut hormones
What else are features and actions of the microbes?
1200 main core 10^12 bac/gram ferment carbs to short chain FAs Make ingested nutrients available Epi abs, Vit K syn, motility Brain-gut communication
Histo layers of GI?
Mucosa, submucosa and muscularis
Serosa
What’s part of the mucosa?
Epi, lam prop (MALT), musc. mucosae
What’s assc w/ the submucosa and muscularis
The Meissner plexus and Myenteric/Auerbach plexus (long and Circ muscles)
What is the serosa?
CT epi
What’s the mucosa histo of different parts of GI tract?
Eso and anus: strat squam (protective)
Rest: simple columnar (enz, hormones, absorb nutrients, special cells–goblet, enteroendocrine cells)
Lamina densa histo?
Dense or loose CT
Macrophages and lymphocytes
What does the musc mucosae line?
Thin layers of smooth m
What’s the submucosa made of? Assc w/?
Fibroelastic CT
Blood vessels, Meissners, mucous glands (eso, duo), diffuse lymph cells
What kind of muscles are the longitudinal and circular muscles?
Smooth
Serosa details?
Loose CT covered by simple squamous epi (mesothelium)
Assc with lymph and blood vessels of GI and adipose
What’s up with the enteric NS?
Within muscular wall, can function w/o CNS.
Modulated by ANS
Details of the submucosa plexus?
Secretory/motor
Hormones and peptides
Innervates mucosa
Synapses with myenteric neurons
Details of the myenteric plexus?
Motor, peristalsis, between layers in musc. externa