Lecture 18: GI II Flashcards
Is the Stomach Intra or Retroperitoneal?
Intraperitoneal
Which quadrant is the Stomach in?
The LUQ
Which section of the gut is the stomach in?
The Foregut
What is the stomach vascularized by?
Celiac Trunk
How does the stomach mechanically break down food?
Through mixing and churning using contractions of the muscular wall
How does the the stomach chemically and enzymatically digest food?
Through actions of secreted acid and enzymes
Where does Chyme form?
In the stomach
What is chyme?
The mixture of the bolus and gastric juices
Which part of the Stomach does the Esophagus enter?
The Cardia
What is the Fundus of the stomach do?
Detects when food comes in allowing the rest of the tube in the stomach to know when to secrete enzymes
What is the Pyloric canal continuous with?
The duodenum
What does the Pyloric sphincter do?
Stops chyme from being released into the Duodenum until its ready
What attaches to the greater and lesser curvature of the stomach?
The greater omentum and the lesser omentum
What is the less general name for the greater and lesser Omentum?
The mesentery
What is the Greater Omentum?
An apron that drapes from the greater curvature of the stomach over the abdominal wall organs
What is the Omentum made of?
Two layers of Serosa with lots of fat
What is the immunological function of the Omentum?
It will go wherever there is disease
What is found in the Greater Omentum?
Blood, nerves and lymphoid tissues
How does the Greater Omentum control temperature?
Using the lipid deposits
What are the three muscle layers of the stomach?
Inner Oblique, Middle Circular, Outer Longitudinal
What kind of epithelium goes from the Stomach to the Rectum?
Simple Columnar Epithelium
What are Rugae?
Folds in the stomach created by the muscle layers that stretch when there is food in it
What are the 5 Gastric gland secretory cells?
- Surface mucous
- Mucous neck
- Parietal
- Chief
- Neuroendocrine
What are the secretory cells at the lumen of the stomach?
Surface Mucous Cells
What do Surface Mucous cells do?
Produce a thick mucus in the stomach that prevents hydrochloric acid from chewing through
What do Mucous Neck cells do in the stomach?
They produce mucus that is more watery
Which cells in the stomach produce the Hydrochloric Acid?
Parietal cells
What do the chief cells in the stomach produce?
Enzymes Pepsin and Lipase
What do Parietal and Chief cells actually release in order to protect the stomach lining?
Pre Enzymatic and pre hydrochloric secretions
How do do the secretions released by Parietal cells and Chief cells become activated?
By passing through the secretions of the Mucous neck cells
Where are Neuroendocrine cells found?
Close to the base of the stomach wall near the submucosa
What do Neuroendocrine cells in the stomach do?
Detect food coming in and release gastrin
What does Gastrin released by Neuroendocrine cells do?
Stimulate the Parietal and Chief cells to release their secretions
What helps to break down lipids?
The small intestine
Where does most of the absorption occur?
In the Jejunum and Ileum of the small intestine
What kind of tissue is the small and large intestine made of?
Simple Columnar Epithelium
Where does the small intestine span?
From the pyloric sphincter of the stomach to the ileocecal valve in the ileum
What is the small intestine specialized for?
Absorption
What in the small intestine is specialized for absorption and how?
Circular folds, villi and microvilli by increasing the surface area
What is different about the folds in the stomach and the folds in the small intestine?
The folds in the stomach stretch out, the folds in the small intestine never stretch out
Where in the small intestine is the transition from the midgut and foregut?
The duodenum
What is different about the vascularization of the small intestine?
Half of it is vascularized by the foregut and half of it is vascularized by the midgut
What provides blood to the Duodenum?
The first half is the celiac and the second half is the superior mesenteric artery
What are the Jejunum and the Ileum vascularized by?
The Superior Mesenteric Artery
What Quadrant is the Duodenum in?
RUQ
Which organs does the Duodenum have a relationship with?
The Pancreas and the Gallbladder
What stores the bile from the liver?
The gallbladder
What secretions does the duodenum receive?
Bile and pancreatic juice
Where is the Bile produced?
In the liver
What does the Gallbladder store?
Bile from the liver
What stimulates the secretions from the pancreas and the liver to enter the duodenum?
The entrance of Chyme
Which part of the GI tract does digestion finish?
The end of the Duodenum