Labs 7-13 Flashcards
Which has the most profound effect on respiration?
H+
What happens to the rate and depth of breathing when a subject breaths into a paper bag?
Rate slows, depth deepens
Why does one breathe into a paper bag to treat hyperventilation?
Puts lost CO2 back into lungs
Name at least 5 different functions of the liver
- Process nutrients
- Stores sugars
- Produces bile
- Production of cholesterol
- Protein synthesis
What part of the pancreas is involved with digestion and how?
Exocrine glands of the pancreas that produce enzymes important for digestion
What are kupffer cells of the liver?
Resident liver macrophages that play a role in removing protein complexes, small particles, and bile ducts
What is the portal triad of the liver?
Portal vein, hepatic artery, bile ducts
What is the function of the greater omentum?
Prevents parietal and visceral peritoneum from adhering to one another
What is the function of the gallbladder?
Stores bile
What cells of the stomach produce HCL?
Gastric parietal cells
What substances can be absorbed into the bloodstream from the stomach?
Glucose simple sugars, amino acids, some fats
What determines if a substance can or cannot be absorbed in the stomach?
pH
Which cells produce pepsinogen?
Chief cells
Name in order the three sections of the small intenstine
Duodenum –> jejunum –> illeum
Where dos most digestion and absorption take place?
Jejunum
What is the purpose of the villi of the intestines?
Absorption, increases surface area to make absorption easier
What part of the small intestine do you see Peyer’s Patches in?
Illeum
Name the parts of the colon
- Ascending
- Cecum
- Transverse
- Descending
- Sigmoid
- Rectum
What are the functions of the large intenstine?
Absorb water and salt, excretion
How is the stomach protected from the acid it produces?
Mucus, bicarbonate barrier
What is the function of the pancreas?
Make enzymes to breakdown
What happened with starch and amylase incubated at 37C?
Full digestion of starch by amylase enzyme, all sugar left
For starch, a blue-black color indicated what versus a brown color?
Blue-black = positive starch test, brown = negative starch test
For sugar, a green-orange color indicated what versus a blue color?
Green-orange = positive sugar test, blue = negative sugar test
What happened with trypsin + BAPNA at 37C?
Most complete digestion of protein, darkest yellow
What happened with lipase + litmus cream at 37C?
Turned fully pink which means most digestion, purple means least amount of digestion
Why is fat absorbed differently from other foods?
Carbohydrates are water soluble and can easily pass through watery environment of digestive tract, fats are not water soluble