Lecture 9-Small And Large Intestines Flashcards
Small intestine secretes what chemicals?
CCK, VIP, and secretin (enteroendocrine substances)
Four degrees of folding?
- Plicae circularis
- Intestinal villi
- Intestinal glands
- Microvilli (on the apical surface of the enterocytes)
What is the function of the four degrees of folding?
To increase surface area
Enterocytes
Epithelial cells lining the lumen
Plicae circularis
- What are they?
- Where do they begin and end?
- Permanent folds of mucosa and submucosa
- Begin in the duodenum, distinct in the jejunum, disappear in mid-ileum
Intestinal villi
-Extend deep into the mucosa to form?
-Villi extend deep into the mucosa to form crypts (of Lieberkuhn) ending at the muscularis mucosae
Intestinal villi
-The length of the villi depends on?
- the degree of distension of the intestinal wall
- the contraction of smooth muscle fibers in the villus core
Intestinal glands (Crypts of Lieberkuhn) -function?
Simple tubular glands that increase the intestinal surface area
Intestinal glands (Crypts of Lieberkuhn) -Formed by?
Invaginations of the mucosa between adjacent intestinal villi
Intestinal glands (Crypts of Lieberkuhn) -Cell types include?
Absorptive, goblet, paneth, and enteroendocrine cells
Microvilli
- What are they?
- Function?
- Evaginations of the apical part of the enterocytes to increase surface area
- Produce a brush border on the apical border of enterocytes
Muscularis mucosa
-Boundary between?
Mucosa and submucosa
Muscularis externa
-Responsible for?
Segmentation and peristalsis
Serosa
-description?
- Thin layer of loose CT covered by visceral peritoneum (mesothelium)
- mesothelium-a membrane composed of simple squamous cells that forms the lining of several body cavities
Segmentation
- What is it?
- Controlled by?
- When does it occur?
- Contraction of smooth muscle layers that mixes the chyme within the small intestine
- Controlled by the ANS
- Occurs when the contraction above is NOT COORDINATED
Peristalsis
-When does it occur?
Occurs when proximal contraction is COORDINATED
Microcirculation of the small intestine
-main distribution site of blood and lymphatic flow?
Intestinal submucosa
Microcirculation of the small intestine
-Arterioles derived from the submucosal plexus enter the mucosa of the small intestine and give rise to two capillary networks?
- Villus capillary plexus
- Pericryptal capillary plexus
Microcirculation of the small intestine
-Villus capillary plexus supplies?
The intestinal villus and upper portion of the crypts of Lieberkuhn
Microcirculation of the small intestine
-The pericryptal capillary plexus supplies?
The lower half of the crypts of Lieberkuhn
Lacteals
-Function?
-Convey chyle (lymph containing lipids absorbed from the meal and packaged in chylomicrons) from the intestine to the lymphatic circulation and thereby to the thoracic duct and then to the systemic blood circulation
Innervation and motility of the small intestine
- Motility controlled by ANS through?
- What do each of them do?
Submucosal-secretion
Myenteric plexi-contraction of muscle
Innervation and motility of the small intestine
-Intrinsic input is received from?
The mucosa and muscle wall of the small intestine
Innervation and motility of the small intestine
-Extrinsic input received from? Through?
Extrinsic input received from CNS through PS (vagus) and symp nerve trunks
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Histologic differences between duodenum, jejunum, and ileum*
- Duodenum?
- Brunner’s glands in submucosa
- Few goblet cells
Jejunum?
- Well developed plicae circularis (no brunners glands or peyer’s patches)
- more goblet cells