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Lecture 20: BASIC STRUCTURE OF THE GI SYSTEM Flashcards

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What is the primary function of the GI system?

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Bring nutrients into the internal environment (blood) so that they can be used for growth and energy. Waste is excreted

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What functions is the GI system specialised for?

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Motility, secretion, digestion and absorption

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What are the key structures of the GI system?

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Long tube with outgrowths, closed off at both ends, lined by epithelium

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How is the GI system closed off at both ends?

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Sphincters - thickened regions of circular smooth muscle

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Why is the GI system lined by epithelium?

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Because it is exposed to the outside

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Where in the GI system is there stratified squamous epithelium?

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Mouth/oral cavity, oesophagus, anal canal

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What is the purpose of stratified squamous epithelium?

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Protection from abrasion

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Where in the GI system is there simple columnar epithelium?

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Stomach, small intestine and large intestine

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What is the purpose of simple columnar epithelium?

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Secretion and absorption

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10
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What are unicellular glands?

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Goblet cells

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What is the shape of goblet cells?

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Columnar, goblet

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12
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What is on the apical side of goblet cells?

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Mucous granules

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What is on the basal side of goblet cells?

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Nucleus and other organelles because the mucous granules push them down

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14
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What can the epithelium do?

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Invaginate to form glands

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15
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What are the types of multicellular glands?

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Simple and compound

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What are simple glands?

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Gland with a single duct

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What are compound glands?

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Gland with two or more ducts, have more surface area for secretion

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18
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What are the layers of the gut (from inner to outer)?

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Mucosa, submucosa, muscular (externa/proper) and adventitia

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What is in the mucosa?

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Epithelium, lamina propria (FCT), muscularis mucosa and sometimes glands

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What is between the epithelium and lamina propria?

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Basement membrane

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What does the lamina propria of the mucosa contain?

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Blood vessels and lymphatics

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22
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What is the muscular mucosa?

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Thin layer of smooth muscle

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23
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What is in the submucosa?

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Glands and blood vessels

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24
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How is secretion in the submucosa regulated?

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By the submucosal nerve plexus which is part of the enteric nervous system (ENS)

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What is the ENS?

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The nervous system of the gut which can work independently of the CNS

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26
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What does the muscularis made of?

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Smooth muscle under involuntary control and the myenteric plexus

27
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What are the layers of smooth muscle in the muscularis?

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Inner circular and outer longitudinal

28
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What is the myenteric plexus part of?

29
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Where is the myenteric plexus found?

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In between the muscle layers of the muscularis

30
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What does the myenteric plexus do?

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Regulate motility

31
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What is the outermost layer of the gut tube?

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Adventitia

32
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What do organs have when in the peritoneal cavity?

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An additional covering called the serosa which is not considered to be one of the four layers

33
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What is the peritoneum?

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A serous membrane

34
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What does the parietal layer of the peritoneum line?

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The body wall

35
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What does the visceral layer of the peritoneum line?

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The organs

36
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What is between the visceral and parietal peritoneum?

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A fluid filled space (peritoneal space/cavity)

37
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What does retroperitoneal mean?

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Posterior to the peritoneum

38
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What is retroperitoneal?

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Organs which don’t move when functioning - these organs still have visceral peritoneum

39
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What are mesenteries?

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Double layers of visceral peritoneum that connect the organ to the body wall

40
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What are omentas?

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Double layers fo visceral peritoneum that connect organ to another organ

41
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Where is food ingested?

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At the mouth/oral cavity

42
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What happens in the moth?

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Digestion begins (mechanical and chemical - requires enzymes) and lubrication

43
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Where does the food go from the mouth?

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Through fauces, into oropharynx, then into esophagus

44
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How many pairs of salivary glands are there?

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3 which are connected to the oral cavity via ducts

45
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What are the 3 salivary glands?

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Parotid, sublingual and submandibular

46
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What is secreted by the parotid glands?

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serous fluid with amylase

47
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What is secreted by the sublingual glands?

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Mucous only

48
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What is secreted by the submandibular glands?

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Mix of serous fluid with amylase and mucous

49
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What is the total volume of salivary secretions?

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1L per day

50
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What type of glands are salivary glands?

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Compound secretory

51
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What are cells in clusters?

52
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What do acinar cells do?

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Secrete enzymes (amylase)

53
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What do duct cells do?

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Secrete bicarbonate (buffering)

54
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How long is the oesophagus?

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Approximately 25 cm

55
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Where is the oesophagus located?

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Posterior to the trachea and extends from the pharynx to the stomach

56
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What is the oesophagus?

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A basic tube modified to pass food

57
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What is within the oesophagus?

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Highly folded submucosa and mucosa with the capacity to expand

58
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What is the mucosa of the oesophagus?

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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What does the muscularis in the oesophagus do?

60
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What is the first third of the muscularis of the oesophagus?

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Skeletal muscle

61
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What is the second third of the muscularis of the oesophagus?

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mixture of smooth and skeletal muscle

62
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What is the last third of the muscularis of the oesophagus?

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Smooth muscle

63
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What is mucous needed for in the oesophagus?

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Lubrication and protection

64
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How is the mucous in the oesophagus made?

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No goblet cells, instead have glands with ducts to the surface

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