Histology of the Alimentary Tract Flashcards

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Is this esophagus, stomach, small intestine, or large intestine?

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Esophagus

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What is this structure? What is this epithelium called?

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Esophagus. Squamous non-keratinized epithelium.

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Enterochromaffin cells stained with a neurendocrine marker

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4
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What are the blue cells in the middle of this picture?

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Ganglion cells of the myenteric plexus, sandwiched in between the inner circular muscle layer and the outer longitudinal muscle layer.

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4
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Is this esophagus, stomach, small intestine, or large intestine?

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Small intestine

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5
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What structure is this? What are the folds?

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Stomach. Rugae.

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5
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What are the pink cells (red arrows)? What do they secrete? What layer are they found in?

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Parietal cells

Acid

Lamina Propria

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6
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Corpus of the stomach

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7
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Gastric Antrum

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This is a histological section of the stomach (corpus). Which image is abnormal?

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Abnormal on the right - note lymphocytes in the lamina propria.

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Chief cells. Pepsinogen.

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10
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Gastrin producing neurendocrine cells in the antrum

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12
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The blue cells are in between two muscle layers in the esophagus. What are they?

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Ganglion cells of the myenteric plexus

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12
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This is the gastric antrum. Which side is normal? Which side is abnormal?

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Left - normal

Right - carcinoma

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13
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What (single-cell layer) is the black arrow pointing to?

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Serosal layer of the stomach

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14
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Stomach. Note the rugae.

15
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Stomach

17
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What is this? What is on the right and what is on the left?

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Transition from the esophagus (right) to cardia of the stomach (left)

19
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Is this esophagus, stomach, small intestine, or large intestine?

A

Stomach

20
Q

What is this structure, and what are the little black dots?

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Stomach - black dots are gastric pits!

21
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Is this esophagus, stomach, small intestine, or large intestine?

A

Large intestine

22
Q

What tissue are we in? What are the blue things?

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Esophagus - the blue things are acini.

23
Q

What is this a picture of? Why are no rugae present?

A

This is a picture of the stomach taken on endoscopy. The reason you can’t see rugae is that the stomach was inflated with air.

24
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What might this stain be?

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Ki67 - stains for proliferating cells

25
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Endoscopic picture of an esophagus