Intestines Flashcards
- What is the role of the small intestine in simple stomached mammals?
a. Digestion and MAINLY absorption
What are the 2 phases of digestion?
- Luminal = enzymes secreted by salivary glands/ pancreas,
2. Membranous = enzymes attached to epithelial surface of intestinal cells
What kind of process absorption and how?
Absorption = selective process
HOW: specific transporter proteins, diffusion and secondary active transport)
What nutrients are absorbed irrespective of body requirements? What aren’t and why
a. Absorbed irrespective = Organic nutrients
b. NOT absorbed = Carbohydrates, protein, fat
c. Why? Those that could cause toxicity aren’t: Divalent ions and trace elements (copper)
- What is the only nutrient that is absorbed in the large intestine and can’t be absorbed in the small? Where is water absorpbed in most specied BUT?
a. FIBRE
b. 80% water absorbed in small I in most species BUT horses where it is large I
Functional anatomy of the small intestine?
compartments and what made up of
a. 3 parts: DUODENUM (15%), JEJUNUM (75%), ILEUM (10%)
b. Can’t distinguish between each part by eye
c. Mucosa = epithelium facing lumen, submucosa, muscle = 2 parts: inner circular and outer longitudinal, serosa = outer casing
- How is the surface area of the SI increased?
a. Mucosal folds
b. Villi = folds on mucosal folds
c. Microvilli = folds on each villi, that create a brush border
- What are the types of intestinal epithelial cell?
a. Goblet = secrete mucous for lubrication and protection of mucosa. Secrete HCO3- for neutralisation of stomach acid
b. Enteroendocrine cells = control digestive function via sensory mechanism and release hormones
c. Paneth cells – defence vs microbial penetration
d. Enterocytes (mainly) = responsible for absorption. Membrane bound enzymes. “brush border” appearance
What part of the SI are goblet cells more prominent in? WHY?
a. Proximal part (duodenum)
b. Neutralise acid with bicarbonate
What is the purpose of motility in the small intestine?
a. Mix luminal contents (segmental contractions)
b. Move contents down SI at appropriate rate for max digestion and absorption (peristalsis)
- What are the main types of contraction when digestive and absorbing and when stopped
a. D and A = segmental
b. Stopped = peristaltic
- What determines the type of motility?
a. Coordination between contraction and relaxation of longitudinal and circular muscles
- How is motility regulated?
a. By interstitial cells of Cajal which are pacemaker cells
b. Continuous oscillation of membrane potential always just below threshold
c. Above threshold = action potential.
d. Frequency of these determines the strength of AP
e. AP propagates from cell to cell via gap junctions
f. Regulated by enteric nervous system
g. Strength inc by parasympathetic and decreased by sympathetic
- Hydrolysable carbohydrate
a. Alpha glycosidic bonds = digestible by mammalian enzymes
b. Starch
c. Amylopectin
d. Glycogen
- Non hydrolysable carbohydrate
a. Beta glycosidic bonds = indigestible by mammalian enzyme
b. Cellulose
c. Requires microbial fermentation
- Name disaccharides
2. Name monosaccharides
DIA = a. Maltose (glucose and glucose) b. Sucrose (glucose and fructose) c. Lactose (glucose and MONO = a. Glucose, fructose, galactose
- What is the largest carbohydrate component that can be absorbed?
MONOsaccharides
- What hydrolyses disaccharides into mono?
a. Disaccharidases: maltase, sucrase, lactase
b. Attached to enterocyte brush border
- How does the disaccharidase enzyme levels change with age
a. Neonate = high lactase, low maltase
b. Adult = low lactase, high maltase
c. Ruminants = no sucrase
- What are the different types of carbohydrate transporter protein and what do they absorb?
a. Glucose and galactose absorbed by sodium-glucose co transporter (SGLT1)
b. Fructose absorbed down conc gradient by facilitative transporter (GLUT5)
- How is glucose and galactose absorbed by sodium-glucose co transporter?
a. Secondary active transport
b. Na+ and glucose/ galactose bind to transported on luminal side
c. Conformational change in T protein moves NA+ and glu/gal into cell and release them into cytosol
d. High levels Na+ in digestive juice = luminal conc Na+ high
e. Conc glucose/ galactose in cyctol high so diffuse down conc gradient into blood stream via facilitative transporter GLUT2
- How is fructose absorbed by GLUT5?
a. Down conc gradient
b. Passive transport
c. Diffuse out of cytosol down conc gradient into blood stream via GLUT2