Lecture 33: Abdomen VI Midgut And Hindgut Flashcards
Where does the vagus nerve stop
End of midgut
Topography of midgut/hindgut
-right side: duodenum and ascending colon
-mediolateral: transverse colon
-left side: descending colon
What travels within the mesentery to sustain jejunum and ileum
Mesenteric vessels and innervation
What are arcades
Loops of artery
Vasa recta
Straight arteries out to organ
Mesenteric vs anti Mesenteric sides/edges
Antimesenteri = opposite to side attached to Mesentery
What arteries supply distal duodenum and jejunum
Jejunal arteries
What artery supplies right pancreatic lobe and middle of duodenum
Caudal pancreaticoduodenal
Blood supply to ascending colon and terminal end of ileum
Ileocolic artery
2 branches of ileocolic artery
Cecal
Right colic
Cecal artery supplies
Cecum
Right colic artery supplies
Right colic flexure (between ascending and transverse colons)
Blood supply to first 2/3 of transverse colon
Middle colic
What structures are absent in colon
-villi
-digestive glands
Function of goblet cells in colon
Secrete mucous to lubricate feces for passage
Where are goblet cells located (specific colon)
Transverse colon
Alimentary canal definition
Continuous tube
Esophagus —> colon
What tissue layer differs the most along alimentary canal
Mucosa
Which tissue layer contracts mucosa for mobility
Muscularis mucosa
Plica circulares: features and function
-circular folds
-non distensible
-covered with villi to increase surface area of proximal small intestine
What happens to size and number of plica circulares along small intestine (jejunum to ileum)
Decrease
specializations for absorptive function along small intestine (duodenum, jejunum, ileum)
-intestinal villi
-goblet cells and microvilli within simple columnar epithelial cells
-lacteal
what are lacteals
specialization lymphatic structure within each villus of small intestine (lymphatic capillaries)
carry absorbed fats away from small intestine
what structure covers surface of each plica circularis
intestinal villi
what is each intestinal villus covered with
goblet cells and simple columnar epithelial cells with microvilli
predominant function of small intestine
absorption
2 hallmarks of small intestine mucosal epithelium
-villi
-intestinal crypts
enterocytes definition
cell of intestinal lining
2 functions of enterocytes
-absorption
-digestion
what 3 features allow for enterocytes absorptive function
-tall microvilli
-tight junctions to contain luminal contents
-lateral enfoldings
what 2 features allow for enterocytes digestive function
-glycocalyx enzymes
-glycoproteins mixed with mucous creates coating that traps molecule near apical membrane
what structure is present specifically in the proximal portion of the duodenum (closest to pylorus)
brunner’s glands
brunner’s glands: definition and function
-specialized mucous secreting glands
-protect duodenal lining from acidic chyme delivered from stomach
-secrete peptide hormone urogastrone that inhibits HCl secretion