Normal GI Flashcards
What is segmentation?
using smooth muscle to squeeze apart food particles and mix them with surrounding material
Where does segmentation take place?
Small intestine
What type of digestion is segmentation?
Mechanical
What are the two types of nerve plexuses in the GI tract?
Short (enteric)
Long (CNS involvement)
What are the three layers of the mucosa?
Epithelium
Lamina propria
Muscularis mucosae
What is found in the submucosa?
Blood vessels, lymph, nerves
What does the submucosa do?
Allows GI tract to expand
Differentiates parts of the small intestine
What is the makeup of the muscularis layer?
2 layers
Inner circular, outer longitudinal
What are the four layers of the alimentary canal?
Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis
Serosa or Adventitia
What determine if a layer will be covered by serosa or adventitia?
Esophagus, rectal canal, parts of retroperitoneal are covered by adventitia- rest of structures by serosa
What are the two major intrinsic plexuses?
Submucosal nerve plexus
Myenteric nerve plexus
What do salivary glands do?
Clean mouth, taste, moisten food, chemical breakdown of starch (most are extrinsic)
What are intrinsic salivary glands?
Buccal
Keep mouth moist
How are extrinsic salivary glands described?
Paired, compound, tubuloalveolar glands
What are the three extrinsic salivary glands?
Parotid glands
Submandibular glands
Sublingual glands
What are the two phases of deglutition?
Buccal phase
Pharyngeal-esophageal phase
Where is the swallowing center located?
Medulla and pons
What cell types if mainly found in the stomach in gastric pits?
Goblet cells
What layer of the mucosa is scant in the stomach?
Lamina
What type cell in the gastric gland cells produce intrinsic factor?
Parietal cells
What do chief cells produce?
Pepsin
What extra layer is added to the muscularis in the stomach?
Inner oblique layer
What is the only enzymatic digestion that occurs in the stomach?
Protein degradation
What is rennin
Digests casein in infants
What is pepsin?
Protein digesting enzyme
What does protein degradation denature?
HCl
What does gastrin do?
Stimtulates secretion of enzymes, HCl & other hormones
What are the three phases of gastric secretion?
Cephalic (reflex)
Gastric
Intestinal
What triggers the cephalic phase in gastric secretion?
Aroma, taste, sight or thought of food
Conditioned reflex
What does the cephalic phase of gastric secretion do?
Prepares stomach for digestion
What happens during the gastric phase of gastric secretion?
Distention- stimulates stretch receptors
Causes impulses to medulla along vagus
Gastrin stimulates HCl production
When does the intestinal phase of gastric secretion starts?
When food enters small intestine
What is the excitatory subphase of intestinal secretion?
Presence of acidic chyme in small intestine causes intestine to release gastrin- stimulates gastric glands to produce even more HCl
What are the two subphases of the intestinal phase?
Excitatory subphase
Inhibitory subphase
What sets peristalic wave rate in the stomach?
Pacemaker cells
How much chyme enters the small intestine at a time?
3 ml
What are the three surface area modifications in the small intestine?
Plicae circularis
Villi
Microvilli
What do the plicae circularis do/ where are they found?
Slow chyme and mix with digestive juices
Cork-screwed shaped
Found in duodenum
What do the villi look like?
Finger like projections
What is found in villli?
Lamina propria
Capillary bed
lacteal (lymph cell for fat)
What is microvilli?
Brush border (+ their enzymes) Increases surface area
Where are paneth cells found?
interstinal crypts
What do Paneth cells do?
Secrete lysozyme
What does bile do?
Emulsifies fats- facilitates digestion (makes fat water soluble)