Physiology Flashcards
Which sphincter holds the highest resting pressure in the GI tract?
Upper esophageal spinchter
What is the function of the lower esophageal sphincter?
To coordinate the passage of food into the stomach and prevent reflux of gastric contents.
What does the pyloric sphincter regulate?
Gastric emptying
What sphincter prevents back flow from the colon?
The ileocecal sphincter (valve)
The enteric nervous system is made up of which two nerve plexuses?
myenteric and submuscosal
Which nerve plexus helps keep the tone of the gut and is located in between the longitudinal and circular muscle layers of the GI tract?
The myenteric plexus (Auerbachs)
Which nerve plexus controls secretions, absorption, and contraction?
The submucosal plexus (Meissner’s)
The parasympathetic nervous system to the gut signals through which sets of nerves?
Vagus and pelvic nerves
Sympathetic nervous system innervates the ENS via:
celiac plexus, hypogastric, and the superior and inferior mesenteric ganglia
Norepinephrine is used in the (sympathetic/parasympathetic) nervous system and inhibits ________ neurons.
sympathetic and it inhibits excitatory cholinergic neurons.
What cells are the pacemakers in the GI tract?
interstitial cells of Cajal
What type of contractions move material from mouth to colon?
Peristaltic contractions
Contractions that mix chyme with intestinal secretions are called ______
segmental/mixing/non-propulsive
What does the enterogastric reflex do?
It decreases gastric motility and secretions and stimulates contraction of the pyloric sphincter (to optimize digestion)
A peristaltic rush is associated with what?
Diarrhea
The myenteric reflex has a propulsive segment that ______ longitudinal muscles and ________ circular muscles. Whereas, the receiving segment _______ longitudinal muscles and ________ circular muscles.
The myenteric reflex has a propulsive segment that relaxes longitudinal muscles and contracts circular muscles. Whereas, the receiving segment contracts longitudinal muscles and relaxes circular muscles.
What is a symptom of pathological ileus?
Too long quiescence that inhibit passage of stool and gas = constipation and bloating #womp
What is the function of the migration motor complex?
To “sweep” stomach and SI of undigested food, bacteria, desquamated cells, quarters, etc.
Motilin is associated with which phase of the migrating motor complex?
The active phase - it is synthesized in the duodenal MO cells and it stimulates contrations
What is a bezoar?
A bezoar occurs in the absence of the MMC and is an indigestible material that can cause obstruction of the stomach.
What is a voluntary movement of food to the pharynx activates swallowing reflexes including a primary peristaltic wave in the esophagus?
deglutition
In the pharyngeal phase, cranial nerves __ and __ transmit sensory information.
CN V and IX
The pharynx and upper 1/3 of the esophagus are striated muscle controlled by CN __ and __
CN IX and X
Disorders of swallowing can occur with damage to cranial nerves __, __ or __
damage to CN V, IX, or X
poliomyelitis and encephalitis (swallowing center damage)
muscular dystrophy and myasthenia gravis (muscle damage)
patients under deep anesthesia
After a meal, transient relaxation of the proximal stomach is required. What is this called?
Receptive relaxation
Receptive relaxation increases intragastric (volume/pressure)
volume, not pressure
Relaxation of the fundus during gastric filling is a result of which nerve?
The vagus nerve - vagovagal reflex
What is achalasia?
Failure of LES to relax during swallowing. Failure of receptive relaxation
When LES tone is not properly maintained, ____ can develop
Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
The gastric reservoir portion of the stomach is adapted for what?
Maintaining continuous contractile tone - allow for accommodation of a meal without sign. increase in intragastic pressure
The muscles in which part of the stomach physically contract?
The antral pump
What three terms are used to describe the stomachs churning of a meal?
Propulsion, grinding, and retropulsion.
Where is the submucosal plexus located?
Between the circular muscle and submucosa
These GI regulators travel through portal, then liver, then systemic circulation (hormones/paracrines/neurocrines)
hormones
Histamine, Vagal stimulation and Gastrin (increases/decrease) stomach acid sectretion
increase
Somatostatin, Glucose insulinotropic peptride (GIP) and Secretin all (increase/decrease) stomach acid sectretion
decrease
G cells in the stomach secrete _____
gastrin
Major inhibitory mechanism for reducing HCl secretion into the stomach is by the hormone ______
somatostatin
These cells (in the stomach antrum and corpus) secrete Somatostain
D cells
These cells in the stomach antrum secrete gastrin
G cells
These cells in the stomach body secrete Histamine
ECL cells
Enterochromaffin-like cells
In islets of langerhans, alpha cells produce ____
Glucagon
In islets of langerhans, delta cells produce _____
Somatostatin
In islets of langerhans, beta cells produce _____
Insulin
What GI hormone acts to increase secretion by parietal cells?
Gastrin
Which GI hormone causes the gallbladder to contract due to ingestion of fats?
CCK
Which GI hormone acts to increase HCO3- and fluid secretion by the pancreas?
secretin
What GI hormone helps to ‘clear’ the GI tract of indigestible materials?
Motilin
Which GI hormone acts on the pancreas to stimulate insulin secretion and on parietal cells to inhibit HCl secretion?
GIP
The acinar cells of the parotid glands secrete what?
Serous substance rich in amylase
The acinar cells of the sublingual and submandibular glands secrete what?
A sero-mucous product rich in mucin glycoproteins
What two cells types live in Oxyntic glands?
Parietal cells and chief cells
Pyloric glands contain what type of cells?
G cells and mucus cells
Pepsin is most active at (acidic/basic) pH
acidic
What is an alkaline tide?
As hydrogen ions are secreted, bicarbonate ions enter the blood so that gastric venous blood has a higher pH than arterial blood when the stomach is secreting acid
Gastric parietal cells demonstrate net secretion of ___ and net absorption of ____
Secret HCl and absorb HCO3-
Vomitting can cause dehydration and what two other physiological symptoms?
alkalosis and hypokalemia
Parietal cells have what type of neuro receptor?
ACh
In the cephalic phase, HCl is secretion is moderated directly by ___ and indirectly by _____.
directly by the vagus nerve and indirectly by gastrin
In the corpus of the stomach, the vagus directly stimulates what three cells?
Parietal cells, ECL cells, and D cells
In the antrum of the stomach, the vagus stimulates what two cells?
G cells and D cells
Vagal stimulation of D cells via ACh (promotes/inhibits) the release of somatostatin
Inhibits
What directly stimulates D cells to release somatostatin?
Luminal H+
Besides hormones and neural stimulation, what else can stimulate the G cells to release gastrin?
The products of digestion
Glucagon, insulin, and somatostatin make up the (exo/endocrine secretions) of the pancreas?
Endocrine secretions
Pancreatic aqueous secretion is important for what?
Neutralizing acids from stomach using HCO3-
What is the most powerful stimulus for HCO3- secretion?
Secretin
What is the initial step in bicarb secretion by duct cells?
Diffusion of CO2 from the blood acrossthe basolateral membrane into the duct cell
Bicarb moves across the apical membrane of PANCREATIC duct cells via _____.
Cl-/HCO3- exchanger
The CFTR channel is activated by which hormone?
Secretin