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PHYSIOLOGY And Some Schemes Of Endocrine Ca And P Phisiology Flashcards

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Oral mucosa and esophagus present …. Epithelium

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Stratified squamous non-keratinised

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Stomach, intestine and colon present… epithelium

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Columnar

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Gastric glands have… cells

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Principal and parietal

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4
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Duodenal glands of Brunner have…. cells

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Mucinous

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Intestinal crypts of lieberkuhn have… cells

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Paneth

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Salival glands present… cells

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Acinar

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Gastric secretion has the … pH

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Lowest

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Pancreatic secretion and Brunner glands have the … pH

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Highest

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Most of the secreted fluid comes from…

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Stomach and Small intestine

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Serous secretion is characteristic of … glands

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Parotid, submaxilar and sublingual

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Mucinous secretion is characteristic of … glands

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Submaxilar, sublingual and bucal

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Contents of serosa

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Ptialine, which breaks down starch

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13
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Content of the saliva

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Potassium, bicarbonate, chloride and sodium mainly

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Primary secretions coming from the acinous salivary glands move through the duct where it becomes a secondary secretion:

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Very rich in potassium and bicarbonate

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Stimuli for acid secretion by parietal cells

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Acetylcholine (released by the vagus nerve which innervates parietal cells), Gastrin (produced by G cells in the antrum), histamine (enterocromaffin-like).

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Secretory cells in gastric/oxyntic glands

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  • Mucous or principal cells which produce MUCUS (bicarbonate)
  • Parietal cells, which produce Hcl and intrinsic factor for vitamin B12
  • Chief cells, which produce pepsinogen (for protein breakdown)
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Pyloric or tubular glands contain endocrine cells such as…

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  • G cells, which release gastrin (stimulate Hcl secretion)
  • D cells, which release somatostatin (inhibit Gastrin and Hcl release)
  • Enterochromaffin-like cells (ECL), which release HISTAMINE
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CEPHALIC PHASE OF GASTRIC SECRETION

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  • 30% of total Hcl secretion
  • Stimuli are taste and smell
  • Direct vagal stimulation or indirect (via gastrin) for Hcl release
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GASTRIC PHASE OF GASTRIC SECRETION

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  • 60% of total Hcl secretion
  • Stimuli: gastric distension, presence of peptides
  • Direct or indirect (gastrin) vagal stimulation
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20
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INTESTINAL PHASE OF GASTRIC SECRETION

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-10% of total Hcl secretion
- Mediated by protein digestion products.

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21
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Complete this scheme bout neuro-hormonal GI secretion

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23
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Histamine stimulus is…

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GASTRIN

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24
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Histamine action in the stomach:

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Increase Hcl secretion

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25
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Histamine origin

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ECL cells

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26
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Gastrin origin

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G cells antrum

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Gastrin stimulus

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Distension and proteins

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28
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Gastric actions in the stomach

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Increases: emptying, Hcl secretion, Pepsin (by chief cells), and Histamine (ECL cells)

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PARASYMPATHETIC actions in the stomach

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Emptying, Hcl production by parietal cells, Pepsinogen production by chief cells.

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30
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Secretin stimulus

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Acidity and fat

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31
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Secretin action in the stomach

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Increase secretion of pepsinogen by chief cells

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32
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Somatostatin actions in the stomach

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Decrease emptying and Hcl secretion

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33
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Somatostatin stimulus

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Acidity

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34
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Somatostatin origin

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D cells antrum

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35
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Cholecystokinin action in the stomach

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Decrease emptying, increase Hcl secretion (stimulus is fat and proteins)

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36
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Cholecystokinin origin

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I cells duodenum

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37
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Secretion in the duodenum is done by…

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Brunner Glands

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38
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Function of Brunner glands duodenum

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Secretion of alcalin mucus for protection against Hcl

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39
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Brunner glands duodenum stimuli

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  • touch, distension and irritants
  • PS innervation (X)
  • Secretin (S cells duodenum)
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40
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Secretin not only increases pepsinogen secretion but also stimulates…

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Brunner glands in duodenum (for mucus production)

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41
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Inhibition Brunner glands

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Stress, Sympathetic system (causing stress ulcers)

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42
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Secretion along the small inestine is carried out by…

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Lieberkühn crypts at the base of the intestinal villi

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Function of ENTEROCYTES in Lieberkühn crypts of small intestine

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Secretion of water and electrolytes, absorption of digestion products.

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44
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Function of GLOBET CELLS in Lieberkühn crypts of small intestine

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Mucus for pretectiom

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45
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Function of Paneth cells in Lieberkühn crypts of small intestine

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Antimicrobial defense

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Function of Stem cells in Lieberkühn crypts of small intestine

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Renewing of epithelium

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…. secrete enzymes such as peptidases, sacarases, maltases, lactases, intestinal lipases in the small inestine

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Enterocytes

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Mechanism of water secretion in Lieberkühn crypts of small inestine

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Active transport of Cl- and HcO3- with passive diffusion of Na+ (water gets dragged by Na)

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49
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La diarrea en la quimio surge porque…

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Mueren las stem cells at the base of small intestinal crypts

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50
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In large intestine there are… but no…

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Lieberkühn crypts, intestinal villi

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In large intestine there are … and …, even though they do not produce digestive enzymes as in small inestine

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Goblet cells (more than in small intestine), enterocytes

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52
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Main function of large intestine

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Absorption of water, electrolytes and vitamins stimulated by PS SYSTEM

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53
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Mucus functions in large intestine

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Protection and feces cohesion

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54
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Secretin hormone function in the pancreas

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Activates ductal cells to produce HCO3- rich fluid

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55
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Cholecystokinin function in the pancreas

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Activates acinar cells to produce enzymes

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56
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Types of cells in the exocrine pancreas

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Ductal: with a main pancreatic duct (Wirsung)
Acinar: secreting digestive enzymes to pancreatic ducts

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57
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Secretin action in the pancreas

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Increase HCO3 in duct cells

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58
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Cholecystokinin action in the pancreas

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Increase enzymatic secretion in the acinar cells

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59
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Parasympathetic action in the pancreas

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Enzyme secretion by acinar cells, HCO3 secretion by ductal cells

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The pancreas has 2 main functions

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Digestion (acinar cells)
Hydration and alkalinization by ductal cells

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61
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Hereditary pancreatitis is usually developed because of…

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Problems in the trypsin gene

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62
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In acinar secretion, …. (zymogen) is released with …
In the small intestine it is converted into … by the … (from duodenal enterocytes).
Finally, … will convert the rest of zymogens in the duodenum.

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Trypsinogen, trypsin inhibitors, trypsin, enterokinase
Trypsin.

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Acinar cells produce many regulatory factors such as…

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Pro-colipase, trypsin inhibitors, monitor peptide.

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Ductal secretions are… rich

A

Bicarbonate

65
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HCO3 from ductal secretions comes from…

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The production inside the cells with Carbonic anhydrase and the extraction of it from blood

66
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Exit of Cl to the lumen in ductal secretion is done thanks to…, and its recycling by…

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CFTR (the one of cystic fibrosis), Cl/HCO3- PUMP

67
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In ductal secretion in the pancreas, the hydrogen ions exit the cell to the to the interstitium via the..

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Na+/H+ exchanger

68
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After pancreatic bicarbonate rich secretion thanks to ductal cells, …. in the lumen reacts with … from the stomach so as to neutralise the pH before pancreatic enzymes (from the acinar cells of the pancreas) become active in the small intestine.

A

HCO3-, Hcl

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Stimuli for HCO3- secretion in ductal cells

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Secretin (produced by S cells in the small intestine) and Ach from the PS system.

71
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The gallbladder stores … produced by the liver and then releases it along with pancreatic secretions into the 2nd portion of the duodenum thought the …

A

Bile, Ampulla of Vater

72
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Composition of bile

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Water, bile salts, phospholipids, cholesterol, bile pigments (bilirubin), Na+, HCO3X and other electrolytes

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Biliary secretion functions

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Facilitates the emulsion, solubilization andabsortion of fat
Helps alcalization of the duodenal lumen
Extrection of byproducts by metabolism from the organism.

76
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What happens in the cephalic phase of biliary secretion?

A
  1. Relaxation of the Oddi Sphincter (X)
  2. Bile to the duodenum before the chyme
77
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Action of CCK (I cells duodenum) in the intestinal phase of biliary secretion

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CHOLAGOGUE ACTION: contracts the gallbladder and increases the passage of bile to the duodenum

78
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Action of secretin (S cells duodenum) in the intestinal phase of biliary secretion

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CHOLETERIC ACTION: it increases the production of bile by the hepatocytes and of luid from ductal cells

79
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Gallbladder is essential (T/F)

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False: it is not essential. without it there is not bile concentration and the flux of bile is constant although it also increases with meals

80
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Cholecystokinin and Acetylcholine of the PS NERVOUS SYSTEM cause…

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Contraction of the gallbladder and relaxation of the sphincter of Oddi.

81
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Stimuli for biliary secretion

82
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Secondary bile acids in the intestine suffer…. so as to become bile salts

A

CONJUGATION

83
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Main characteristic of bile salts that allow them to carry out fragmentation and emulsification as well as solubilisation and absorption

A

They are amphipatic

84
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Free and already used bile salts diffuse into the blood and enter …

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Portal circulation

85
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… of bile acids are recycled, losing only… through the feces.

87
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Hepatic structure

88
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Anatomical unit of the liver

A

Hepatic lobule

89
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Functional unit of the liver

A

Hepatic acinus

90
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Hepatic zones

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ZONE 1: peripheral or porto-portal
ZONE 2: intermediate
ZONE 3: peri-central

91
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Hepatic sinusoids have …. endothelium and have/do not have basement membrane

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Fenestrated, do not have

92
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In the space of disse we find … cells

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HEPATIC STELLATE CELLS

93
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Flow per minute reaching the liver
1. Portal vein:
2. Hepatic artery:
3. Total approx:

A
  1. 1L (75%)
  2. 300 ml (25%)
  3. 1.3L=27% of cardiac output
94
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When do we consider there is considerable portal hypertension?

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If the gradient is greater than 10mmHg (from portal vein to hepatic veins)

95
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Main cause of liver hypertension

A

Liver CIRRHOSIS

96
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Portal hypertension is usually due to LIVER CIRRHOSIS (increased fibrosis). There is resistance to portal hepatic flow and the flow finds collateral venous systems, which cause problems such as:

A
  • ESOPHAGEAL VARICES
  • SPLENOMEGALY
  • ASCITES
  • HYPERPLENISM (sequester platelets)
97
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Main cell responsible for liver regeneration

A

Mature hepatocyte

98
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Molecules involved in priming phase of liver regeneration

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INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES: TNFa, IL6

99
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Molecules involved in proliferation phase of liver regeneration

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GROWTH FACTORS: EGF, HGF

100
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Molecules involved in termination phase of liver regeneration

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TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR: TGFb

101
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Hepatic venous blood after liver passage is sterile because … cells purifícate bacterial products

A

KUPFFER CELLS

102
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Kupfer cells enter the … through the … in response to chemokines and damage signals.

A

space of Disse
fenestrae of sinusoidal endothelium

103
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Which proteins does the liver store?

A

A, D and B12

104
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Hepatocytes contain large amounts of … (lo que te falta a ti)

105
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Liver is also responsible for protein production of the…

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COAGULATION CASCADE

• Fibrinogen, prothrombin, Factor V (acceleratingglobulin), Factor VII, Factor IX, Factor X
• Some depend on vitamin K for their hepaticproduction: “1972” (Factor 10, 9, 7 and protromin -factor 2-)

106
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Gluconeogenesis is increased in zone … of the liver

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1 (peripheral, porto-portal)

107
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GLYCOLISIS is increased in zone… of the liver

A

3 (peri-central)

109
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Jaundice can be cause due to…

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LIVER- BILIARY DISEASES (problem in excretion of conjugated bilirubin to bile duct) or HEMOLYSIS (increased unconjugated bilirubin production)

110
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…. is absorbed by the liver and converted into …

A

Indirect/unconjugated, direct or conjugated

111
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Conjugated bilirubin is excreted through the … until it reaches the intestines

112
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Conjugated bilirubin is transformed into … by intestinal microbiome

A

UROBILINOGEN

113
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UROBILINOGEN is transformed into … and excreted through the feces

A

STERCOBILINOGEN AND STERCOBILIN

114
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UROBILINOGEN is converted into … in the kidneys and excreted through urine

115
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18% of UROBILINOGEN is reabsorbed by the intestinal walls, entering the … and being recycled (it returns to liver)

A

ENTEROHEPATIC CIRCULATION

116
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The liver transforms … into … by a process known an, it is then excrete through urine

A

NH3, UREA, UREA CYCLE

117
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Bilirubin detoxification scheme

118
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Ammonia detoxification scheme

119
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CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS FUNCTIONS

120
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PROTAGONISTS IN PHOSPHO-CALCIUM METABOLISM

121
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REGULATION OF PTH RELEASE

122
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PTH ACTIONS AND VIT D ACTIVATION

123
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EFFECTS OF PTH ON BONE

124
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EFFECTS OF PTH ON KIDNEY

125
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SYNTHESIS AND EFFECTS OF VIT D

126
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INTESTINAL CALCIUM REABSORPTION

127
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HORMONAL RESPONSE TO HYPOCALCEMIA

128
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When the lower esophageal sphincter does not work properly, it is called…

129
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Migrating motor complex is..

A

Small wave of contraction during fasting in small intestine which cleans dead cells, bacteria…

Carried out by MOTILIN

130
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Liver lymphatics, lumber lymphatics and intestinal lymphatics are connected by…

A

CISTERNA CHYLI

131
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The main absorption of water is done in…

132
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Absorption of vitamins and minerals is done mainly in the….

A

Small intestine

133
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Calcium and iron are mainly absorbed in the…

134
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Fats and vitamins are mainly absorbed in the…

A

Jejunum and ileum

135
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Vitamin B12 and bile salts are mainly absorbed in the…

A

Terminal ileum

136
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…. is found in saliva and protects vitB12 from gastric digestion

A

HAPTOCORRIN

137
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Vit B12 binds… and travels to Terminal Ileum

A

Intrinsic Factor

138
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VitB12+Intrinsic factor enters enterocytes through…

A

CUBILIN RECEPTOR

139
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Deficiency of Intrinsic Factor, CUBILIN receptor, achlorydria or resection of terminal ileum causes…

A

PERNICIOUS OR MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA (huge erythrocytes)

140
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Treatment for pernicious/megaloblastic anemia

A

Give patients liver extracts (main place of storage for VitB12)

141
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Before entering the liver, Fe3+ in transformed into Fe2+ by…

A

Duodenal cytochrome B

142
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Fe2+ enters the hepatocytes by…

A

DMT-1 TRANSPORTER

143
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Iron can be stored in the hepatocytes in the form of…

144
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Iron exits the hepatocytes by…

A

FERROPORTIN

145
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Fe2+ is transformed into Fe3+ before entering the blood by …

A

HEPHAESTIN

146
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Fe3+ joins … in blood and is transported either to the liver or to the bone marrow.

A

PLASMA TRANSFERIN

147
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…. inhibits ferroportin

148
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Calcium absorption can be transcellular active by…

149
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Calcium is sent to blood thanks to Calcium Binding Protein known as…

150
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CALBINDIN (calcium binding protein) is increased by…

151
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Microbiome is mostly rich in…

152
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Microbiome produce vitamin…

153
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Firmicutes like Clostridium or Lactobacillus are predominant in the…

A

SMALL INTESTINE

154
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Bacterioides are predominant in the …

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