Pancreas, Liver, and Gallbladder German 9/29/16 Flashcards

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T/F

The pancreas, liver, and gallbladder are gastrointestinal digestive organs

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True

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Which two organs are endocrine organs?

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  • Liver

- Pancreas

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What are two functions of the pancreas, liver, and gallbladder?

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  • Regulate Digestion

- Maintain metabolic homeostasis

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Exocrine or Endocrine:

Secretion onto a surface.

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Exocrine

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Exocrine or Endocrine:

Epithelial cells with diverse secretion types

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Exocrine

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Exocrine or Endocrine:

Secrete into the vasculature

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Endocrine

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Exocrine or Endocrine:

Epithelial and non-epithelial cells and exocytosis

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Endocrine

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What secretes the primary constituent from the exocrine glands?

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The acini

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What are the three types of exocrine glands?

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  • Merocrine
  • Holocrine
  • Apocrine
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Which type of exocrine gland is the most common and releases products via exocytosis at the apical end of secretory cells?

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Merocrine

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What type of exocrine gland is the secretory cells disintegrate to form the secretion?

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Holocrine

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What type of exocrine gland is the secretion of membrane-enclosed apical cytoplasm containing proteins and lipids?

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Apocrine

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What type of exocrine gland is the salivary glands and the pancreas?

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Merocrine

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What type of exocrine gland is a sebaceous gland?

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Holocrine

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What type of exocrine gland is a mammary gland?

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Apocrine

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What cells of the pancreas are responsible for endocrine function?

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Islets of Langerhans

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What is an endocrine function of the pancreas?

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Release protein and polypeptide hormones

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What cells of the pancreas are responsible for exocrine function?

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Acinar cells

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What is the exocrine function of the pancreas?

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Release digestive molecules into the duodenum

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What do the acinar cells of the panceas release?

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Zymogen granules into intercalated ducts

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What four things are found in the zymogen granules?

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  • A-amylase
  • Lipases
  • Nucleases
  • Proteases
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What does trypsinogen do?

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Cleaved into trypsin via enterokinase

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What does trypsin do?

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cleaves chymotrypsinogen to chymotrypsin

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What is elastase activated by?

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Trypsin

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Why are zymogen granules activated in the duodenum?
To protect the acinar cells
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What cells produce HCO3- to create an alkaline solution that flushes secretions into the duodenum?
Controacinar cells
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What does CCK and secretin induce?
Acinar and controacinar exocrine activity
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T/F CCK is a neuropeptide of the central and enteric nervous systems
True
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What are the four cells found in the islets of langerhan?
- Alpha cells - Beta Cells - Delta cells - PP cells
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What do the alpha cells do?
-Secrete glucagon
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What percentage of the islets of langerhan do the alpha cells make up?
30%
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What do the beta cells do?
Secrete insulin
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What percentage of the islets of langerhan to the beta cells make up?
65%
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What do the delta cells do?
Secrete somatostatin
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What percentage of the islets of langerhan to the delta cells make up?
4%
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What do the PP cells do?
Secrete pancreatic polypeptide
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What percentage of the islets of langerhan do the PP cells make up?
less than 1%
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What are the four functions of the liver?
- Blood reservoir - Bile secretion - Detoxification - Metabolic homeostasis
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How does the liver help maintain blood homeostasis?
- Carbohydrate metabolism - Lipid Metabolism - Protein Metabolism - Storage - Serum protein production
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The liver can have what percentage of blood at any given time?
20%
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What are the major cells types of the liver?
- Hepatocyte - Kupffer cells - Sinusoidal epithelial cells
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Which type of liver cell has polarized epithelial cells?
Hepatocyte
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Which type of liver cell metabolizes carbohydrates, proteins, and lipids?
Hepatocytes
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Which type of liver cell produces bile from cholesterol?
Hepatocytes
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Which type of liver cell detoxifies endogenous and xenobiotic molecules?
Hepatocytes
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What type of cell is a liver macrophage?
Kupffer cell
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Which type of liver cell has large pores between cells (fenestrae)?
Sinusoidal cells
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What is the normal volume of blood in the liver?
450 mL
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How much expansion of blood can the liver hold?
.5 to 1 L
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T/F | The portal vein does not allow first pass metabolism
False | It does allow first pass metabolism
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What are the three structures found in the function liver architecture classification system?
- Classic hepatic lobule - Portal lobule - Hepatic Acinus
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What does the classic hepatic lobule do?
- Blood drains from the portal vein and hepatic artery to the central vein - Endocrine focus
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What does the portal lobule do?
- Bile drains from hepatocytes to the bile ducts | - Exocrine focus
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What does the hepatic acinus do?
- Microvasculature divided into circulatory zones | - Gradient of hepatocyte oxygenation
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How many zones are found in the hepatic acinus?
Three
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What occurs in zone I?
Periportal zone; Oxygen and nutrient rich
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What occurs in zone II?
Intermediate zone
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What occurs in zone III?
Peripheral zone; oxygen poor
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What three things does the liver store?
- Vitamins - Fatty acids - Iron
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What is first pass metabolism?
Allows the liver to act as a sensor for glucose and lipids
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How many phases are there in xenobiotic and molecule elimination?
two
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What phase are drugs/molecules converted to more polar compounds and oxidized?
Phase I
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What phase do you find cytochrome p450 and microsomal oxidases?
Phase I
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What phase do drugs/molecules conjugate to hydrophilic molecules?
Phase II
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What phase do you find transferases?
Phase II
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How are metabolites eliminated?
Bile | Urine
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What does bile contain?
- Bile salts - Cholesterol - Phospholipids' - Bilirubins - Waste
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What does bile do to intestinal contents?
Alkanilizes them
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What zone do you find cytochrome p450s from phase I?
Zone III
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T/F | Bile is recycled
True
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What cells produce bile?
Hepatocytes
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What hormone stimulates bile release?
CCK
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How does CCK stimulate bile release?
- Contracts gallbladder smooth muscle | - Relaxes hepatopancreatic sphincter
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What hormone stimulates the secretion of HCO3 into the bile?
Secretin