Physio Quizzes Flashcards
APs in GI smooth muscle are stimulated when:
slow waves are depolarized above -40mV
APs in the GI are caused by the influx of __
Calcium
depolarization of the slow waves can result from (3 things)
local stretch (mechanoreceptors acting on enteric nerves), extrinsic nerves, peptides
In the absence of extrinsic innervation to the gastrointestinal tract, motility and secretion would be stimulated by: (four things)
mechanoreceptors, chemoreceptors, osmoreceptors, hormones
in the SI, peristalsis involves (relaxation/contraction) of the circular muscle proximal to the bolus of the chyme
contraction–produces aboral movement of the chyme
the main/strongest contractions of the MMC (migrating myoelectric complex) are during phase (II/III)
phase III
a series of contractions that sweep undigested fibers and bacteria into the colon
MMC
the hormone ____ stimulates phase III MMC contractions
motilin
the MMC occurs during (feeding/fasting/both)
fasting
four functions of GI tract
secrete endocrine hormones, secrete digestive enzymes, absorb nutrients from chyme, store chyme
a condition in which the LES fails to relax during swallowing
achalasia
pressure tracing indicative of achalasia: (low, negative pressure/high, positive pressure)
high positive pressure, fails to decrease after swallowing
subatmospheric pressure occur in the esophagus where?
where it passes through the chest cavity
migrating motility complexes (MMC) occur about every __ minutes between meals
90 min
MMCs are stimulated by which hormone
motilin
an absence of MMCs causes an increase in what
intestinal bacteria
MMCs (do/do not) have a direct effect on mass movements and swallowing
do not
the autonomic nervous system controls gut motility by changing (slow wave frequency/spike potential frequency)
spike potential frequency
slow waves in GI smooth muscle are caused by variations in calcium conduction in specialized pacemaker cells called
interstitial cells of Cajal
the discharge frequency of the pacemaker cells and slow waves is (fixed/variable)
fixed
the number of spike potentials associated with a given slow wave is (decreased/increased) by parasymp stimulation
increased (and decreased by symp stimulation)
gastrin and secretin (have/do not have) significant effects on gut motility
do not have
the (UES/orad stomach) undergoes receptive relaxation when a bolus of food is swallowed
orad stomach
salivary secretion is controlled primarily by (symp/parasymp) NS
parasymp
when active, acetylcholine release (decreases/increases) salivary secretion and blood flow to the acini
increases
blocking cholinergic signaling (increases/decreases) salivary flow and blood flow to the acini
decreases
salivary ionic composition is dependent on
flow rates
when salivary flow rate decreases, Cl- content (increases/decreases)
decreases
when salivary flow rate decreases, K+ concentration (decreases/increases)
increases
anticholinergics (increase/decrease) mucus productions by salivary glands
decrease
parietal cell gastric acid secretion is regulated directly and indirectly by:
the vagus nerve
gastrin stimulates _____ cell acid secretion both directly and indirectly
parietal
There is potentiation between _____, gastrin, and acetylcholine so that the combined response is greater than the sum of individual responses
histamine
secretions entering the lumen of the stomach (four)
lipase, HCl, mucus, intrinsic factor
Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP) is an endocrine hormone secreted from cells in the:
duodenum and jejunum
starch digestion is initiated by _____ in the _____
salivary alpha amylase in the mouth
pancreatic alpha amylase digests remaining starch into:
malto-oligosaccharides
intestinal brush border saccharides digest olidgosaccharides and disaccharides to:
monosaccharides
proton pump activity drives ___ ___ secretion and is the target for regulatory hormones, peptides, nerves
gastric acid secretion
the proenzyme pepsinogen is secreted mainly from:
gastric/oxyntic glands of the stomach
pepsinogen is the precursor of the enzyme
pepsin
which cells in the gastric glands secrete pepsinogen
peptic/chief cells
to be converted from pepsinogen to pepsin, pepsinogen must come in contact with
HCl or pepsin itself
pepsin is a proteolytic enzyme that digests collagen and other types of CT in ___ (type of food)
meats
the cephalic phase of gastric secretion accounts for about __% of the acid response to a meal and occurs (before/during/after) food enters the stomach
30%, before
cephalic phase of gastric secretion is stimulated by
seeing, smelling, chewing, anticipating food (mechanoreceptors in mouth, chemoreceptors, hypoglycemia)
cephalic phase of gastric secretion is mediated entirely by:
vagus nerve
an antigastrin antibody would (abolish/attenuate) cephalic phase
attenuate–because no effect on histamine and acetylcholine stimulation of acid secretion
atropine would (attenuate/abolish) cephalic phase by (stimulating/blocking) ACh receptors on parietal cells
attenuate
blocking
atropine (does/does not) abolish ACh stimulation of gastrin secretion
does not
a histamine H2 blocker would (attenuate/stimulate/abolish) the cephalic phase of gastric secretion
attenuate
digestion of ____ is impaired in patients with achlorhydria (failure of HCl secretion by stomach)
protein
when stomach fails to secrete HCl
achlorhydria
how is achlorhydria diagnosed
when pH of gastric secretions fails to decrease below 4 after stimulation by pentagastrin