Lecture 20 4/15/14 Flashcards
Respiratory Centers of the brain
located in the reticular formation of the pons and medulla.
Respiratory Rhythmicity Centers
Sets the basic rhythm for respiration. Not thinking about respiration. Controls the Respiratory Rate and Rhythm at Rest.
Two Parts of the Respiratory Rhythmicity Centers
Dorsal Respiratory Center
Ventral Respiratory Center
Dorsal Respiratory Center
Controls the Respiratory, Rate, and Rhythm Centers.
Ventral Respiratory Center
Anterior to dorsal. Involved in the spill over effect into the ventral during exercise. Increase the respiratory rate.
Apneustic Center
located posterior and inferior to pons. Blocks off or switches off the inspiratory ramp. Adjust the rate and depth of respiration.
Pneumotaxic Center
Involved modifying the activities of the rhythmicity center.
Mechanoreceptors
Respond to lung volume
Mechanoreceptors Proper
Stretch receptors of the lung
Inflation Reflex
Prevents over expansion of the lungs
Deflation Reflex
Opposite of Inflation Reflex. Stimulates inspiration when the lungs begin to collapse.
Baroreceptors
Monitors blood pressure through the lungs
Chemoreceptors
They monitor blood gases and pH.
CO2, O2, and pH.
CO2 is the main driver for what?
Respiration
Increase in CO2 causes what?
Drives respiration.
In high altitudes, what drives respiration?
O2
Higher Centers in the brain?
Cerebrum which allows voluntary control of respiration
Receptors from these areas send info back to the brain to alter respiration. What are they?
Mechanoreceptors
Chemoreceptors
Higher Centers in the Brain
Respiratory Center performance can be altered by what?
Input from:
Mechanoreceptors
Chemoreceptors
Higher Centers in the Brain
Digestion
the process of converting food to chemical substances that can be absorbed and assimilated by the body’s tissues.
5 Activities of Digestive System
Ingestion
Peristalsis
Mechanical and Chemical Digestion
Absorption
Defecation
Ingestion
eating/taking food into the body
Peristalsis
the movement of food along digestive tract via smooth muscle contraction. Pushes food into one area to the next.
Mechanical and Chemical Digestion are a part of what?
part of the mouth
Mechanical Digestion
starts in the mouth. Physical movement, moving the tongue around to mix the saliva with the food we chewed in the mouth.
Chemical Digestion
food gets to the stomach. Churning of food, chewing to mix with digestive enzymes. Anything involved in breaking down food molecules into smaller food molecules. Enzymatic reactions that break down carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins into usable molecules.
Absorption
the passage of digested materials into the circulatory system and lymphatics.
Defecation
When this material that we’re digesting moves through the stomach and the small and large intestine, it is a semi liquid material in the small intestine, but in the large intestine, it pulls the water out of the material, so then the semi liquid turns to a semi solid material and then we defecate that material.
The elimination of digestive waste products.
Gastrointestinal Tract - AKA Alimentary Canal
a continuous muscular tube that runs through the ventral body cavity extending from mouth to the anus. Approximately 30 feet long.
What are the Organs of the Digestive Tract
1) mouth
2) pharynx
3) esophagus
4) stomach
5) small intestine
6) large intestine
Accessory Organs are involved with what?
Assisting Digestion
What are the Accessory Organs
1) teeth
2) tongue
3) salivary glands
4) gastric and intestinal glands
5) liver
6) gall bladder
7) pancreas
8) spleen
What are the four layers of the GI Tract
Tunica Mucosa
Tunica Submucosa
Tunica Muscularis
Tunica Serosa
Tunica Mucosa Has 3 Layers
Epithelium
Lamina Propria
Muscularis Mucosa
Epithelium of Tunica Mucosa
Inner most layer. Lines lumen of GI Tract, mostly simple columnar epithelium for absorption.
One cell layer thick that promotes absorption. Oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, and anus is stratified squamous epithelium and then it transitions almost to immediately to a simple columnar epithelium that we would see in the stomach and small and large intestines. Protection.
Lamina Propria of Tunica Mucosa
its loose connective tissue, not dense connective tissues. 80% diffusable with water. Highly diffusable. Deep to epithelium. Has blood and lymph vessels.
Muscularis Mucosa of Tunica Mucosa
serves two purposes, helps to throw those inner hypothelium into folds that we call, vili, finger like projections that increase surface area for greater absorption. And the other things that it does is that , it regulates blood vessel flow through the lamina propria and Meissners Plexus. Deep to lamina propria, smooth muscle layer that throws the mucous into folds, serving to increase the surface area for absorption.
Meissners Plexus
known as submucosal plexus. Autonomic Nervous Plexus. Helps to control the muscularis mucosa, and then also involved in controlling vasodilation and constriction of those vessels, or blood flow in the vessels of the lamina propria.
Tunica Submucosa
where the Meissners Plexus is found. 2nd main layer, more of loose CT that binds tunica mucosa to next layer, contains blood vessels.