Littleton Part I Flashcards
What are the constituent of saliva?
Mucins
Amylase (starch breakdown)
lipase
lysozyme
IgA
Nerve Growth factor
Epidermal Growth factor
What are the functions of saliva?
lubrication
digestion of starch
digestion of fat
antibacterial
immune protection
Saliva Secreation and Chewing have several functions, what are they?
- Disruption of food resulting in smaller particles
- Aid in the formation of a bolus for swallowing
- Initiation of starch and lipid digestion
- Facilitation of taste
- Clensing of mouth and selective antibacterial action
- Clearance and neutralization of refluxed gastric material in the esophagus
- Production of intraluminal gastric and duodenal stimuli
- Regulation of food intake and eating behavior
- Aids in speech
Is salivary secretion hypotonic, isotonic, or hypertonic?
It is a plasma-like isotonic when first secreted into the acinar cells and as it passes through the duct it becomes hypotonic. Therefor the saliva that is actually secreted is hypotonic
What is the direction of ions in the ductal cells?
Chloride and Sodium are heavily reabsorbed
Bicarbonate and potassium are secreted byt to a lesser extent
(Net loss in ions)
Stimulated salivary secretion is ___________ dependent and alkaline.
Flow
As flow rate increases what happens to the ions?
pH, sodium, and bicarb increase then plateau
chloride steadily increases
potassium decreases then plateau
What occurs with flow rate of saliva nad pH while sleeping?
Flow rate decreases
pH becomes more acidic
(this is why you wake up with a weird taste in your mouth)
What are the two spinchters in the esophagous?
Upper esophageal sphincter
Lower esophageal sphincter
They remain tonically contracted (myogenic tone)
Neurotransmitters mediate swallow-induced esophagel peristalsis and les relaxation. What are the names of the neurotransmitters involved?
Ach - stimulates contraction
NO/VIP - cause relaxation
What maintains salivary amylase activity in the stomach?
Buffers and substrate protection
(this allows it to be neutralize)
What occurs to the pH and concentration of salivary amylase as you go from the esophagous to the pylorus?
Esophagous
pH - 7-8
amylase - 100 units
body of stomach
pH 5-6
(buffers are then released)
duodenum
pH 6-7
salivary amylase 50 units
What are the layers of the digestive tract?
Serosa
Muscularis External
Submucosa
Mucosa
What is the name and function of the plexus located in the submucosa layer?
Submucosal plexus
“inner wall of circular muscle layer, nut in submucosa layer”
SENSORY FUNCTION
Motor function of the GI is controlled by?
Myenteric plexus
Located between the circular and longitudinal layers of the muscularis externa
Describe the serosa?
Connective tissue lining
If damaged, the peritoneum is exposed and this must be surgically repaired
Describe the Submucosa?
Contains vessels and nerves
If damaged occurs at this layer you develop a ulcer (damage extends through the muscularis mucosa)
What are the two layers of the muscularis externa?
Outer longitudinal muscle
Inner circular muscle
Name and Describe the layers of the mucosa
(from inner to outter)
Mucous Membrane
line villi, epithelial cells, sensory
Lamina Propria
connective tissue
Muscularis Mucosa (interna)
muscular, movement in villi upon contraction
Damage to the mucosa is known as?
Erosion
(superficial to the muscularis mucosa)
The stomach and the proximal duodenum are normally exposed to what?
HCL
Pepsin
The cells in the cardia are sensitive to what?
Change in the concentration of ions and motility
Duodenal ulcers are typically associated with which part of the duodenum?
Duodenal bulb
this is the first part after the plyoric spinchter
What is the difference betwen the Right and left colon function and slow wave propagation?
Right colon (ascending)
slow wave propagation is backward
Last stop for absorption of water and electrolytes
Left colon (descending)
slow wave propagation is forwards
Formation and storage of feces
What are the three mechanism of communication response in the GI tract?
Endocrine
sensor cell -> hormone released into circulation -> target cells
Neurocrine
sensory neuron -> interneuron -> secretomotor neuron -> Neurotransmiter realeased close to target cell
more rapid in eliciting a response
Paracrine
released into interstitium and the target cell is near by