Option D.2 Digestion Flashcards

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Where is food taken into in mammels?

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alimentary canal (gut)

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What is the alimentary canal?

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long tube with muscular wall;

food is held in lumen and digested there

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What are the glands called that release digestive enzymes?

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exocrine glands; where secretory cells are arranged

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What are major exocrine glands release?

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gastric glands in stomach; exocrine glands in pancreas;

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What fluid is secreted onto food to aid digestion in gut?

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digestive juice (bunch of enzymes)

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Is the secretion of digestive juice continuous?

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No. Coordination regulated by nervous hormonal mechanisms that ensure secretion:

  • when/where required
  • volume and composition of juice is appropriate to food
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What is an example of digestive juice secretion regulated by nervous/hormones?

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  • sight/smell of food causes brain to send nerve impulses via vagus nerve from medulla;
  • gastric gland cells in stomach wall are stimulated;
  • Gastric juice from gastric glands
  • if receptors in stomach wall detects peptides/distension of stomach, impulses to brain
  • brain responds by sending impulse to secrete gastrin in nearest duodenum;
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What is chyme?

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when food is mixed with gastric juice and churned by muscle action

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Describe the mechanism of secretion control in the stomach

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  • sight/smell of food causes brain to send nerve impulses via vagus nerve from medulla;
  • gastric gland cells in stomach wall are stimulated;
  • Gastric juice from gastric glands
  • includes HCl;
  • makes optimum pH for protease enzymes (pepsin)
  • if receptors in stomach wall detects peptides/distension of stomach, impulses to brain
  • brain responds by sending impulse to secrete gastrin in nearest duodenum;
  • gastrin stimulates secretion of acid and pepsinogen
  • when stomach pH falls to 3.5 gastrin secretion slows (at pH 1.5 it stops);
  • protein acts as buffer so when protein present pH falls more slowly
  • chyme starts entering duodenum only if low in protein, contains glucose and fatty acids
  • if chyme not low in protein, it stimulates lining of duodenum to secrete intestinal gastrin (more gastric juice for more protein digestion;
  • gut wall releases secretin and cholecytokinin
  • decreases gastric juice secretion
  • hormones continue to control secretion in duodenum (pancreatic juice)
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What hormones are involved in intestial secretion?

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gastrin, enterogasterone, secretin, CCK-PZ

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How can stomach acid secretion be reduced?

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secretin and CCK-PZ released;

proton pump inhibitor drugs can also b used which which treat symptoms of low pH;

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How do proton pump inhibitor drugs work?

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surpresses gastric acid production by inhibiting the activity of proton pumps;
raises pH of stomach; may also encourage growth of gut microflora (suseptible to bacterial colonization)

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Although the stomach is strongly acidic there is a bacterium that can survive there?

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Helicobacter pylori

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Where does gastrin come from and what is its effect?

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stomach wall;

- stimulates production of hydrochloric acid by partiel cells and pepsinogen by chief cells, and gastric juices

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where does enterogasterone come from and what is its effect?

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stomach wall;

  • slows flow of gastric juice
  • slows exit of fats from stomach
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Where does secretin come from and what is its effect?

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small intestine;
- stimulates the pancreas to release hydrogen carbonate ions to neutralise acidic chyme (partly digested food) from stomach

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Where does CCK-PZ come from and what is its effect?

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small intestine;

  • stimulates the release of bile from gall bladder
  • release of pancreatic enzymes into small intestine
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What is the effect of having helicobacter pylori survive?

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attaches to receptors on plasma membrane of stomach muscosa under muscus lining;
protected by mucus (of inner lining of gut);
hydrogen ions are neutralized by hydrogecarbonate ions and amonnium ions that the bacterium produced;
persistent presence on exterior of cells causes immune system to sensitize;
antibodies produced in vicinity of infection; killer cells accumulate;
defences cannot reach invading cells on exterior of membrane, they are ineffective

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What is the relationship between ulcers and H. pylori?

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Ulcers were supposed to be caused by H. pylori.;
H.pylori found in patients with ulcers;
antimicrobial drugs are used to kill bacteria and remove H.pylori infection; provides long term relief of symptoms and cure ulcers;
produces toxins that cause inflammation of stomach lining;
can cause stomach cancer

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What is the epithelium layer of the small intestine called?

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Mucosa (with goblet cells)

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What do the goblet cells do?

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secrete mucus (lubricating secretion); protects from mechanical damage

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In the structure of a villi in the small intestine, what is the surface of the cells called that face the lumen?

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apical surface

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What is the basal surface?

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surface of cells in small intestine that face blood vessels

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What are structural features of the small intestine that aid absorption?

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villi & microvilli increase surface area , mitochondria, pinocytotic vesicles, basal channels, tight junctions

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What are pinocytotic vesicles?
they take up fluid or release tiny vesicles across plasma membrane of cell;
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What are basal channels?
are channels between epithelium cells and below junctions
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What are tight junctions?
bind together the individual epithelium cells, so that only way into tissues is through epithelium;
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What must digested material pass through to reach capillary or lacteal vessel?
microvilli of epithelial cells
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What does the epithelium contain to support the absorption in endothelium
lots of mitochondria for active transport
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What parts of the structure of the epithelium of a villi are adapted to absorption?
tight junctions - ensure that most materials pass into blood vessels only the epithelial cell; microvilli - their brush order increases surface area mitochondria - lots of mitochondria give lots of ATP for active transport pinocytic vesicles - large number for absorption of food by endocytosis apical surface & and basal surface - have different protein for material transport
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How are monosaccharides transported into the epithelial cells?
active transport (secondary pumps)
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How does fructose enter the epithelial cell?
facilitated diffusion
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How are disaccharides transported into epithelial cells?
Must be broken down by enzyme, active transport (as monosaccharide)
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How are short chain peptides transported into epithelial cell?
- attach to specific protease of membrane that make their transport like amino acids; amino acid actively transported into epithelium
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What passes the epithelium through simple diffusion?
short chain fatty acid; vitamins
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What does the epithelium absorb through facilitated diffusion?
fructose (hydrophilic)
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What passes into the epithelium through active transport?
amino acids; mineral ions; glucose
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What does pinocytosis also draw into the epithelium?
small drops of liquid from the ileum
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What are chylomicrons?
triglycerides coated with protein forming spherical masses
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What happens to material that our body cannot absorb?
egested (fraction of food never leaves our body)
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What does material contain that we cannot absorb/that is egested?
contains INSOLUBLE/DIETRY FIBRE
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What are examples of insoluble fibres?
cellulose, pectin and lignin
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Why can our body not absorb cellulose?
do not have cellulase enzymes
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If we cannot absorb insoluble fibres, are not important?
add bulk; stimulates movement of chyme through gut; prevents constipation; speeds up excretion; slows absorption of glucose (no diabetes II); reduce desire to eat reduces risk of colon/bowel cancer;
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Do soluble or insoluble fibres absorb water?
soluble
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What do mammals use to digest cellulose (don't have cellulase)?
fungi and bacteria that produce cellulase to break down cellulose
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what is commensalism?
microorganisms that do not have any effect on us like bacteria that develop in large intestine
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What products are egested as feces?
excretory products, unabsorbed water, undigested fibre
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How do soluble fibres help us?
slow down rate of digestion; helps contraction of intestinal muscles;
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How does high water content in intestine affect movement of fecal matter?
increase
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What kind of relationship does rate of transit of materials through large intestine and fibre content have?
positively correlated; rate of movement increase as fibre content increases
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What foods contain dietry fibres?
whole grain bread/cereal; vegetables (cabbage/salad)
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How is cholera caused?
infection by bacterium vibrio choleria; acquired from faece- contaminated drinking water
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What happens normally when vibrio choleria enters body?
gets killed by acids
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What happens if vibrio choleria reaches intestine?
attaches to epithelium membrane; releases toxin to bind to receptor on intestinal cells; cascade effect; loss of ions from cells; outflow of water/body loses lots of fluid (osmosis); watery diarrhoea; water drawn from blood to replace loss; death through dehydration
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What is the B part of a cholera enterotoxin?
binding protein; attaches the toxin to a glycolipid on intestine epithelial cell
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What is part A of a cholera enterotoxin?
enzyme; activates plasma membrane of epithelial cell; causes secretion of chloride ions into lumen; cells can't take up sodium