Pancreas And Beyond- Fitz Flashcards
How much substance is absorbed by the SI?
6700 mL
How much water and solids are ingested vs excreted per day?
1200 mL of water -> 100 mL of water
500-800 g of solids -> 50 g of solids
How much substance is absorbed by the LI?
1400 mL
What two things tell pancreas there’s food in the stomach?
Vagus nerve
Pacinian corpuscle receptors
How does CCK finish what the vagus started in the pancreas?
Stimulates acinar cells for secreting enzymes
How does pH increase in the pancreas?
Pancreatic bicarbonate secreted first via secretin stimulation
Why would gastrin inhibit the pancreas?
Too much fat or protein still present in food
What does the exocrine portion of the pancreas do?
Produces pancreatic juice that is rich in bicarbonate and digesting enzymes
Which ducts come together at the sphincter of Oddi?
Pancreatic duct
Common bile duct
What is the substrate for [trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase]?
Proteins
What does [trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase] do?
Break peptide bonds in proteins to form peptide fragments
What is the substrate for carboxypeptidase?
Proteins
What does carboxypeptidase do?
Splits off terminal AA from carboxyl end of protein
What is the substrate for lipase?
Fats
What does lipase do?
Splits off two FAs from triglycerides, forming free FAs and monoglycerides
What is the substrate for amylase?
Polysaccharides
What does amylase do?
Splits polysaccharides into glucose and maltose
What is the substrate for [ribonuclease, deoxyribonuclease]?
Nucleic acids
What does [ribonuclease, deoxyribonuclease] do?
Split Nucleic acids into free mononucleotides
What is the endocrine portion of the pancreas?
Islets of Langerhan
What are the primary hormones made by the islets of Langerhan?
Insulin and glucagon
What do alpha islet tumor cells result in?
Diabetes
-glucagon
What do beta islet tumor cells result in?
Hypoglycemia
-insulin
What do delta islet tumor cells result in?
Diabetes
- somatostatin
- inhibits insulin and glucagon
Islet configuration connections:
:tj, desmosomes, gj
How many islets of Langerhan do we have?
1-2 million
What does glucagon resemble?
Secretin 29 AAs
GIP
VIP
What does glucagon do?
Cleave glycogen
Makes new glucose
What are the target organs for glucagon?
Liver
Adipose cells
What stimulates alpha cells -> glucagon?
AAs Ach EP NRE VIP CCK-PZ
What is insulin synthesized as?
A promolecule-> proinsulin
What does insulin look like?
Alpha chain with 21 AAs, Beta chain with 30 AAs
Linked by disulfide bonds
What was the first molecule made by recombinant DNA?
Insulin
What are insulin receptors like?
2 alpha chains bind to insulin
2 beta chains have tyrosine kinase domains
-phosphorylation and internalization
What inhibits beta cells -> insulin?
Somatostatin from delta cells
EP from sympathetic system
NRE from sympathetic system
What does pancreatic somatostatin do?
Regulates movement of nutrients
Regulates GH
Decrease acid secretion, motility
Slow absorption
What increases pancreatic somatostatin?
NRE - stimulates sympathetics
What decreases pancreatic somatostatin?
Ach - inhibits parasympathetics
What does pancreatic polypeptide do?
Suppresses pancreatic somatostatin
Inhibits gall bladder and pancreas secretion
Reasons for gall bladder removal:
:gall stones, cancer, dysfunctional (not enough bile ejected)
What side of the body is the liver on?
Right
What does the liver do?
Produce bile
What does the liver store?
Glucose as glycogen
What vitamins are stored in the liver?
A, D, K, B12, folate
What is the name of the specialized cells in the liver’s filter system?
Kupffer cells ingest and breakdown toxic matter
Hepatic portal system
Specialized vasculature that delivers absorbed nutrients to the liver for processing before being delivered to the rest of the body
All bile salts are derivatives of :
: cholesterol
Where does the arterial supply to the liver originate?
Blood from heart
Where does blood in the portal vein originate?
From the intestines
Why is little bile lost in the feces?
Bile is reabsorbed by the portal system in the ileum
How does bilirubin get to the liver?
Bound to albumin
What does bilirubin do?
Breakdown RBC
Neonatal jaundice causes
Too much fat from breast milk, not enough fluid
Hepatitis A
Undercooked food
Hepatitis B
Sexual transmission, needles
Hepatitis C
Via blood transfusion or organ donors
Occurs years later
Alcohol related jaundice
Cirrhosis of the liver
Cancer related jaundice
Blockage of ductal areas, ie bile ducts
How is bacteria related to bilirubin?
It aids in bilirubin processing
How do bile salts get from primary to secondary?
Via bacteria
What do bile salts do?
Emulsify fats by surrounding it and breaking it down so that it can diffuse across epi membrane
What happens when fats come back together after they’ve crossed the epi membrane?
Form chylomicron -> enter central lacteal -> go thru portal system -> to liver
How long is the SI?
20 feet long
1 inch diameter
How long is the duodenum?
1 foot
How long is the jejunum?
8 feet
How long is the ileum?
11 feet
What are plica circularis?
Permanent folds that contain part of submucosa
-none in lower ileum
What are stomach villi?
Surface structure that has lampro core and has vascular and lymphatic capillaries
What are stomach microvilli?
Surface structure known as brush border
Atop villi structure
Where is the final enzyme for pancreatic breakdown found?
The glycocalyx
From where is gastric enzyme secreted?
Crypts of Lieberkuhn
What are enterocytes?
Internal cells of the SI
Which brush border enzymes are located on the villi, are intrinsic to the glycocalyx, and are involved on final cleavage?
Aminopeptidase
Carboxypeptidase
Dipeptidase
Disaccharides:
: maltose, sucrose, lactose
The enzymes that break proteins down to their active form:
:enterokinases
pH of the SI
8
How do substances enter the SI?
Via channels at apical side
Nothing should come in between the cells
What is the pancreatic bicarbonate output like with low pH?
Pretty high
Pancreatic juice vs Plasma: bicarbonate
More in pj
Pancreatic juice vs Plasma: Cl ion
More in plasma
What form do small peptides need to be in to get to the interstitial fluid from the interstitial epithelial cell basolateral membrane?
Small peptide -> peptidase -> amino acids
Why do people undergoing chemotherapy experience GI problems?
Chemotherapy kills all mitotically-active cells. Thus, GI epi is affected
How does one contract E. coli 103?
Poorly cooked hamburgers
What is HUS, and what triggers it?
Hemolytic uretic syndrome
Triggered by E. coli 103
Causes body to attack RBC-> renal failure
What are paneth cells?
Secrete enzyme and are capable of phagocytosis
How often does mitotically renewal occur in GI cells?
24-36 hours
What is the function of the crypt?
Mitosis
What are the fates of GI stem cell?
Paneth cell
Progenitor cell
What side of the body is the appendix?
Right side
Absorbed nutrients from the thoracic duct goes to the :
: left subclavian vein
Risk factors for gall bladder disorder:
:FFF
Hormone replacement therapy
Obesity
What is gall bladder disorder?
Ineffectiveness of gall bladder constriction
What is Crohn’s disease?
Genetic disorder
Incurable
What is ulcerative colitis?
Ulcer within epithelium, and epithelium bleeds
Just take out colon
How long is the LI?
5 feet long
2 inch diameter
Transverse colon innervation
Vagus nerve (first 2/3)
Descending colon innervation
Splenic nerve
Internal sphincter
Smooth muscle
Involuntary
External sphincter
Striated muscle
Voluntary
LI mucosa
No villi or plica
Lots of glands fill it
Simple columnar cells
What is a GI stricture?
A bend or fold around scar tissue, nothing can pass in this area
How does absorption occur in the LI?
Via osmosis
What can you expect when you don’t have a colon?
Dehydration because there is no water absorption
What happens during diarrhea?
Chyme passes too quickly thru intestine
Water not absorbed
What happens during constipation?
Decreased intestinal motility
Too much water reabsorbed
Remedies for constipation:
: Fiber
Exercise
Water
Total dehydration from diarrhea?
Cholera