Lecture 25: SECRETION Flashcards
How many pairs of salivary glands are there?
3
How much fluid do the salivary glands produce?
1.5L per day
What amount of saliva do each of the salivary glands secrete?
Sublingual (5%), submandibular (70%) and parotid (25%)
What is basal saliva secretion?
0.3 ml/min
What is stimulated saliva secretion?
1.5 ml/min
What is the composition of saliva?
Mucus, a dilute solution of NaHCO3 and NaCl, digestive enzymes
What is the purpose of mucus in saliva?
Lubrication
What is the purpose of a dilute solution of NaHCO3 and NaCl in saliva?
To dilute food and provide an optimal pH for digestive enzymes
What are the digestive enzymes in saliva?
Lingual lipase and alpha amylase (denatured in the stomach)
Is saliva essential?
No
What does saliva aid in?
Talking, chewing and swallowing
How does saliva aid in chewing and swallowing?
Dissolves and lubricates food
What is saliva also involved in?
Hygiene and digestion
How does saliva help in hygiene?
Irrigation (removal of old food)
How does saliva help in digestion?
Dissolves for allowing tasting
What dies lingual lipase break down?
Fats
What does alpha amylase break down?
Starch
What is saliva secretion regulated by?
Nervous system, autonomic nervous system
What is the nervous system activated by (saliva)?
Thought, smell, sight of food and the presence of food in the mouth
What does the parasympathetic nervous system do (saliva)?
Stimulates secretion of abundant quantities of fluid
What does the sympathetic nervous system do (saliva)?
Small volumes of viscous fluid
What amount of fluid does the stomach secrete per day?
2-3L
What is the rate of gastric secretion between meals?
slow (15-30ml/h)
What secretes gastric fluid between meals?
Goblet surface cells secrete mucus & bicarbonate
What is the rate of gastric secretion when eating?
Superimposed on basal rate
What secretes gastric fluid when eating?
Goblet surface cells secrete mucus & bicarbonate
Parietal cells secrete HCl acid and intrinsic factor
Chief cells secrete pepsinogen
What is the function of goblet cell secretion in the stomach?
Mucus for protection
Bicarbonate, dilution from stomach acid, sticks to mucus, forming a layer lining the surface of the stomach to protect epithelial cells.
What is the function of intrinsic factor in gastric secretions?
Absorption of vitamin B12 in the ilium (small intestine)
What is pepsinogen?
The inactive form of pepsin
How is pepsinogen converted to its active form?
By HCl in the stomach
What does pepsin start digestion of?
Proteins
What is the function of HCl acid in gastric secretions?
Dilutes food, denatures protein, activates pepsinogen to pepsin, creates optimum pH for pepsin and protection
What is the source of acid (H+)?
Formation of H2CO3 (carbonic acid) by carbonic anhydrase (CO2 +H2O <>H2CO3) then dissociation of H2CO3 (H2CO3 <>H+ +HCO3-)
How is H+ secreted into the lumen?
By the H+/K+ ATPase
Where is H+/K+ ATPase found?
In the apical membrane of parietal cells
What does H+/K+ ATPase do?
Pumps H+ ions into the lumen in exchange for K+ ions ( to keep balance) and K+ then returns to the lumen through a membrane channel
What is the source of chloride?
Anion counter transporter
Where is the anion counter transporter?
On the basolateral membrane of parietal cells
What does the anion counter transporter do?
Ejects HCO3- into interstitial fluid and imports Cl- ions into the cell
How is Cl- secreted?
It diffuses across the cell and enters the lumen via the Cl- channel in apical membrane