Lecture 8 (Digestive Glands) Flashcards
Salivary Glands
- Parotid: large anterior to the ear goes from cheek to jaw
- Sublingual: below the tongue
- Submandibular: below the jaw
Saliva
Keeps mouth moist, moistens food, keep teeth clean, good for enamel, neutralize acid in food and drink
Beings digestion of starches and fats
Saliva may absorb tobacco tar increase the risk of esophageal cancer
Mumps
Viral infection Of parotid salivary glands they become swollen very contagious Adult men: exposed to virus can be rendered sterile
Stones of salivary glands
Saliva crystallize, form in the ducts become swollen
Cancer in the salivary glands
2/3 tumors are benign
have to remove because the high collection of lymph nodes, cervical nodes
Pancreas
6 inches long
behind the stomach and intestines
Pancreatic ducts release enzymes into the duodenum.
Release insulin
Exocrine
Creating hormones
Pancreas has abundant rough ER
Endocrine
Diff cells that make hormones
Seat Belt Injuries
Lap belts
May compress abdomen, causing the pancreas to rupture,
Enzymes will release into the abdomen
Digest the body cavity and organs
Pancreatitis
Symptoms: fever yes or no, abdominal pain
caused by reaction to medication
Pancreatic Cancer
Difficult to diagnosis, no specific abdominal pain
difficult to treat
Will spread before it is recognized, go to liver, spleen, stomach, lungs
The liver
Largest Gland, bile
200 hundred diff functions
Gall stones
Crystalized bile, high lvl of cholesterol this is common
Bile is used to metabolize fats
Small stones = bad = block duct = cause back up in the liver
Jaundice
When excess bile enters the blood stream
Yellowing of eyes and skin
Get from pancreatic cancer
reaction to medication
Jaundice in new borns
Immature live cant not do its job = jaundice
UV lights helps liver mature, 10 -15 mines