Liver & Pancreas Flashcards
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Endocrine function of pancreas
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Produces hormones; insulin
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Exocrine function of pancreas
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Pancreatic juice
3
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General pancreatic structure
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- Similar to salivary glands
- Secretions move from intercalated duct into large duct
- Secreted into duodenum
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GOATS & SHEEP; specific pancreatic structure
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- Pancreatic duct joins the common bile duct before it enters the duodenum
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Composition of pancreatic juice
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- HCO3- and Cl-
- Lipase
-Amylase - Proteases
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Activation of pancreatic enzymes
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- All enzymes are secreted in inactive form
- Activated by trypsin
- Trypsin is formed in the duodenum by enteropeptidase
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Function of Pancreatic juice
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- Alkaline (HCO3-); neutralises ingesta from stomach
-This provides optimal pH for enzymes and prevents injury to mucosa
8
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Phases of pancreatic juice secretion
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- Cephalic and Gastric phases; enzyme production increases with feeding; more juice
- Intestinal phase; chyme entering duodenum increases pancreatic secretion: regulated by CCK & secretin
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What is secretin?
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- Released from duodenum upon high acidity
- Stimulates HCO3- secretion
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What is CCK?
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Cholecystokinin
- released when FAs and peptides/AAs increase in duodenum
- stimulates pancreas to increase enzyme secretion
- increased ingesta degradation
11
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Role of the liver
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- Inactivate toxins, drugs etc.
- Lipid-soluble to water-soluble metabolites
- Excretion
- Producing plasma proteins
- Producing blood coagulation factors
- Production of cholesterol
- Excretion of bile pigments
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Bile Production
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- Bile salts are transported from the hepatocytes into bile canaliculi
- The canaliculi feed into larger canals and then the bile duct
13
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Bile Storage
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- Stored in the gallbladder
- Sphincter of Oddi = the band of smooth muscle between the bile duct and duodenum
14
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What are bile salts?
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- Produced by cholesterol
- Conjugate bile acids (bound to AAs) attract sodium and become bile salts
- Bile salts digest fat in intestine
- Not lipid soluble
- Through entire SI until end reabsorbed
- Absorbed bile salts are returned to liver
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Regulation of bile secretion
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- Parasympathetic; vagal nerves and secretin