Lecture 8 - Pancreas and liver Flashcards
Chyme
Low pH
Hypertonic
Partially digested food
Brunner’s glands
Secrete alkaline mucous, protecting the cells lining the duodenum from acidic chyme
Hypertonicity of chyme
Stomach is impermeable to water therefore chyme is hypertonic in stomach
Controlled release of chyme to prevent rapid water movement from the ECF and circulation to the chyme in the duodenum which would decrease blood pressure
Pancreatic secretions
Pancreatic enzymes aqueous bicarbonate solution
Liver secretions
Bicarbonate
Bile
Stimuli for pancreatic secretions
Acetylcholine (vagus PS)
CCK
Secretin
Secretin
Stimulated by acidity in the duodenum and jejunum
Stimulates pacreatic ductal epithelium to secrete aqueous bicarbonate solution
Cholecystokinin
Stimulated by proteins and fatty acids entering the small intestines
Stimulates pancreatic acinar to release enzymes
Causes gall bladder to contract and sphincter of Oddi to relax
Pancreatic exocrine function
90% exocrine - digestive enzymes
Pancreatic structure
Head located in the ‘C’ shape of the duodenum where the common bile duct and pancreatic duct enter the duodenum at the sphincter of Oddi
Contains:
Acinar - release enzymes
- Ducts - release aq bicarbonate solution which neutralises acidic chyme
Endocrine function:
- Islets of Langerhan - insulin and glucagon released into blood stream
Pancreatic enzymes
Amylase
Lipase
Proteases (inactive)
Proteases
Trypsin
Chymotrypsin
Elastase
Carboxypeptidase
Zymogen granules
Inactive proteases are stored in zymogen granules preventing the digestion of the pancreas
Pancreatitis
In pancreatitis due to blockage, pH decreases which activates proteases and causes pancreatic digestion
Ampulla of Vater
Where the common bile duct and pacreatic duct come together to enter the duodenum at the sphincter of Oddi