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m9 + 10 lecture - digestive system Flashcards

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what are the accessory organs of the digestive system?

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  • tongue
  • salivary glands
  • pancreas
  • liver
  • gall bladder
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what are the functions are the alimentary tract?

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  • digest food
  • absorb nutrients
  • metabolism
  • digest fat (gall bladder)
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what is the pathway of stimulatory nervous control?

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1) parasympathetic system (main controller)
2) vagus nerve plexus
3) enteric nervous plexus
4) esophagus
5) anus

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what are the parts of the enteric nervous plexus?

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  • primarily reflexes
  • contains multiple ganglion

1) submucosal plexus
- regulates all gland secretions
2) myenteric plexus
- controls all movements of the tract

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what are the events occurring in stimulation?

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1) these occur in the brain - sight, sound, smell and hunger thoughts
2) take place to stim. hypothalamus/prefrontal cortex - after food is in the tract, chemical and mechanical receptors in the walls of the organs will augment the process
3) control of digestive activity is accomplished by reflexes that stim. motility, secretions and hormones

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what is the pathway of inhibitory nervous control?

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1) sympathetic system
2) splanchnic nervous system - inhibits GI activity and releases somatostatin to shut off the secretions and motility of the GI tract

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what is digestion?

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  • can be mechanical or chemical digestion
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what is mechanical digestion?

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  • physically breaking food into smaller pieces —> helps to increase surface area and allow enzymes to work

examples: mastication, churning, segmentation

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what is chemical digestion?

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  • further breakdown of nutrients to chemical compounds
  • by water, acid, enzymes (hydrolysis - makes into tiny chemical compounds)
  • starts in the mouth by saliva
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what are the parts of the oral cavity?

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  • saliva
  • tongue
  • teeth
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what does saliva do?

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  • softens food and compacts it into a bolus
  • digests starch and carbs w/ amylase
  • digests fats w/ lipase
  • helps w/ taste
  • cleanses the palate
  • prod. 1.5L/day –> containing IgA and lysozyme to slow bacterial growth
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what does the tongue do?

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  • is a muscle that helps you swallow, chew (CN 7 + 9) and mix food w/ saliva
  • taste is accomplished by taste buds —> circumvallate papillae and fungiform papillae
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what do the teeth do?

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  • units used for mastication
  • 20 deciduous that become 32 adult teeth
  • protected by enamel and gingiva (the gums)
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what is swallowing?

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  • movement of food into the stomach
  • CN 9, 10, 12
  • two portions: voluntary (buccal phase) and involuntary (pharyngeal-esophageal phase)
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what happens during the voluntary portion of swallowing (buccal phase)?

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  • upper oropharynx is made from skeletal muscle
    —> needs tongue to push the food into the pharynx
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what happens during the involuntary portion of swallowing (pharyngeal-esophageal phase)?

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  • lower laryngopharynx is where smooth muscle begins
    —> smooth muscle of the esophagus receives the bolus and peristaltic waves carry it into the stomach
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what happens in the esophagus?

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a muscular tube about 25cm
- two layers of smooth muscle –> makes contractions called peristalsis
- carries bolus to the stomach
- connects to the stomach by the cardio-esophageal sphincter (aka gastro-esophageal sphincter)

conditions: hiatal hernia, acid reflux –> GERD –> Barret’s or cancer

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what happens in the stomach?

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  • contains 3 layers of smooth muscle to churn food
    —> churning helps with mechanical digestion
    —> avg. size .5 gal
  • chemical digestion occurs with HCL and pepsin (breaks down proteins - starts at stomach)
  • mucus is alkaline to protect stomach from damage (otherwise leads to ulcerations - stomach starts digesting itself)
    —> other causes of ulcerations: H. Pylori, stress, alcohol
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what is the structure of the stomach lining?

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called gastric pits - contain glandular cells (acini)
1) mucus neck cells
2) parietal cells
3) chief cells
4) enteroendocrine cells

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what do mucus neck cells do?

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  • secrete bicarbonate rich mucus to protect the stomach lining
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what do parietal cells do?

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  • secrete HCL and intrinsic factor (for B12 absorption - hemoglobin prod.)
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what do chief cells do?

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  • secrete pepsinogen (zymogen)
    —> is activated by HCL to become pepsin (used in protein breakdown)
  • rennin in infants
    —> to breakdown milk proteins (< 1yr.)
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what do enteroendocrine cells do?

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  • secrete gastrin
    —> stimulate churning/secretions
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what are the three digestive phases?

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1) cephalic phase
2) gastric phase
3) intestinal phase

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what occurs during the cephalic digestive phase?

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in stomach
- prepares us for digestion in the stomach
—> external stimuli which cause the activation of hunger activity - sight, smell, thought, taste
- receptive relaxation (reflex process)
—> as stomach fills, it stretches due to the food and fluids entering - this will inhibit the smooth muscle from contracting while chewing and swallowing

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what is the gastric phase?

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(30-45 min)
gastrin
- is stimulated by proteins and distention
- stimulates the secretion of gastric juices and churning
- up to 2 liters of juices

  • the stomach is mainly responsible for the breakdown of proteins and mixing food w/HCL
    —> turns the bolus into a liquid paste called chyme
    —> some absorption of water and alcohol
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what occurs in the intestinal phase?

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triggered by chyme entering the duodenum
- excites the small intestine
as chyme enter the duodenum, the stretch and chemical receptors will be stimulated by the changes
- inhibits the stomach
enterogastric reflex
- duodenum will then release hormones to inhibit the stomach from secreting and prolong digestion
–> initiates the gastrocolic reflex - mass movement

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what is the duodenum called?

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“gut brain”
- releases chemicals and hormones, regulates stomach actions

29
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what happens during gastric mobility?

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when the stomach is filled or when you stop swallowing the stomach begins to churn
- top to bottom
- as stomach churns, the chyme is pushed down towards the pylorus and the pyloric sphincter

  • greatly affected by contents and by hormones (gastrin)
  • eventually emptying into the SI
30
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what is emptying (into SI)?

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when food is pressed against the pylorus from contractions of the muscle, around 3mL of chyme is secreted at a time into the duodenum
- if high fat content in chyme, it will slow the contractions and emptying of the stomach

normally the stomach will empty in 2-3 hours
- high fat = 6hrs
- high carbs = shortened time

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what is the duodenum (the gut brain)?

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first 10 inches of small intestine
- monitors and receives contents of the chyme
- releases hormones to stimulate chemical digestion and prolong digestion in the stomach

hepatopancreatic ampulla
—> the connection of the common bile duct and the pancreatic duct
- sphincter of oddi
—> releases bile and pancreatic juices

32
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what hormones does the duodenum release?

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releases hormones to regulate digestion
1) secretin - neutralizes stomach acid
secretion: acid + undigested food in chyme
action: stim. pancreas to release bicarbonate rich juice and inhibits the stomach’s motility
2) CCK - cholecystokinin
secretion: fat + protein in chyme
action: stim. pancreas to release enzymes and gall bladder to release bile
3) GIP - gastric inhibitory polypeptide + gastrin
secretion: fat + glucose in chyme
action: stim. pancreas to secrete insulin and inhibit the stomach’s motility

33
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what do the villi and microvilli in the jejunum and ileum do?

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area is characterized by dense microvilli
- villi and microvilli help to increase surface area for nutrient absorption

34
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what characterizes the jejunum and ileum?

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area has:
- has intestinal crypts
- has brunner’s glands
- villi and dense microvilli

35
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what do the intestinal crypts do?

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provide cell replacements

36
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what do the brunner’s glands do?

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produce intestinal juices
- 2 liters/day
- helps to maintain mobility of the chyme
- prevent sedimentation

37
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what are peyer’s patches?

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lymph nodes in the SI

38
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what is a lacteal?

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-lymphatic capillary
- fat is absorbed here - fat-soluble vit. A, D, E, + K

39
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what is the large intestine (colon)?

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connects to the ileum by the ileocecal valve
- chyme enters the large intestine (most of this will be excreted in the feces)
—> the colon is responsible for compacting the feces by absorbing water and vit. B12 + K thru veggies and fruits
—> to get vitamins B12 + K, bacteria in the colon help to break down any fiber in the diet (E-coli – normal flora)

  • as these break down fiber, K and B vitamins are produced and absorbed —> by-product of this is gas (flatulence)
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what is the gastrocolic reflex?

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triggers mass movements
- movement through the colon is prod. by contractions (peristalsis) of the tenaie coli
- triggered by food entering the duodenum
- happens 3-4 times/day

41
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what is the defecation reflex?

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  • happens when feces are forced into the rectum
  • even after absorption, fecal matter is still 60% water
42
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what does the liver do in the digestive system?

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  • accessory organ, which produces bile
  • receives blood from the hepatic portal vein —> carries the blood from the intestines to the liver for processing
  • packages and metabolizes all incoming nutrients for the body
43
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what is the liver responsible for?

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  • fat metabolism
  • cholesterol transport
  • bile production
  • detoxification
  • storage of iron + B12, vit. D
  • plasma proteins
44
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what does bile do?

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bile salts
- emulsifier (breaks down fat)
- made from cholesterol
bilirubin
- waste (turns feces brown)
- black (bleed) , pale (liver Dz, blocked duct)

45
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possible pathologies of the liver and gall bladder?

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1) cirrhosis
2) hepatitis
3) gallstones

46
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what is cirrhosis?

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  • hardening of the liver
  • caused by chronic inflammation of the liver

causes: alcoholism, hepatitis

47
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what is hepatitis?

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  • type A is transmitted from feces - m/c at daycares and restaurants
  • type B and C are transmitted through blood, or sexual contact - m/c in heroin users
    —> type B is dangerous - causes recurrent infections (vaccine available)
48
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what are gallstones?

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  • hardened deposits of bile that form in the gallbladder – biliary calculi
49
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what is the pancreas responsible for?

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digestive enzyme and hormone production

50
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what types of enzymes are produced by the pancreas?

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  • amylase –> starch
  • lipase –> fat
  • nucleases –> DNA, RNA
  • trypsin/chymotrypsin –> protein
51
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what hormones are produced by the pancreas?

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to regulate blood sugar
- insulin –> lowers
- glucagon –> raises
normal level: 70-110 mg/dL

52
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what do the epithelial cells in the ducts of the pancreas secrete?

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bicarbonate (alkaline) –> neutralizes stomach acid in the duodenum
- about 1,500 mL secreted into the duodenum per day

53
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what is metabolism?

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  • the sum of all chemical reactions in the body
  • requires major and minor nutrients to perform all the chemical reactions
  • measured by taking the BMR (basal metabolic rate) –> generates heat as by-product
  • two types of chemical reactions: anabolic + catabolic reactions
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what is a anabolic reaction?

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  • building up large molecules from small ones
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what is a catabolic reaction?

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  • breaking down large molecules into small ones
56
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what is basal metabolic rate (BMR)?

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  • measured through heat loss –> most occurs by radiation through our heads
  • heat is generated by movement of the skeletal muscle
57
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what is body temperature regulated by?

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  • the hypothalamus and the thyroid gland
58
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what are the minimum daily dietary requirements?

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carbs 270 - 290 g
proteins 80 - 100 g
fats 50 - 65 g
- sat fat 10 - 17 g

not meeting these = results in malnutrition

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what disorders can be caused by deficiencies in nutrients/vitamins?

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  • anemia –> iron, B12
  • bleeding disorders –> vit. K
  • brain disorders –> vit. D, essential fatty acids (EFAs) - omega-3
  • night blindness –> vit. A
  • osteoporosis –> Ca++
  • osteomalicia –> vit. D
  • scurvy –> vit. C

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