Pancreas and liver Flashcards

1
Q

What are the three things that chyme are?

A

Hypertonic
Low pH
Partially digested

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2
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What does the hypertonic nature of chyme allow?

A

water from the ECF and circulation to enter chyme in the duodenum (stomach not permeable to water)
Must be controlled to not overwhelm

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3
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What does the low pH of chyme allow?

A

Secretions from the pancreas and liver e.g. enzymes, bicarbonate, bile

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4
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What is secreted from the duodenum?

A

CKK and secretin

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5
Q

What does secretin do?

A

Secretin acts on pancreas to stimulate bicarbonate components of pancreas secretions

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6
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What does CKK do?

A

CKK acts on pancreas to stimulate enzyme components of pancreas secretion

also acts on gallbladder by contracting but also relaxes sphincter of oddi and

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7
Q

What stimulates the pancreas to secrete?

A

CKK
Secretin
Sympathetic inhibits and parasympathetic stimulates

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8
Q

What does CCK stimulate exactly? (and vagus nerve)

A

Acini cells

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9
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What do acini cells do?

A

Produce enzymes
Amylase and lipase
And inactive proteases

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10
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What happens to inactive proteases?

A

Concentrated and stored in zymogen granules
These contains zymogen which is trypsinogen which can be converted into trypsisn in interstitual lumen
When active- trypsin, chymotrpsin, elastase and carboxypeptidase

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