Regulation of gut function Flashcards

1
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What is the intrinsic nervous system for the gut called?

A

Enteric nervous system.

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What does activation of the sympathetic nervous system do to the gastrointestinal tract?

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Inhibits gastrointestinal tract activity.

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Sympathetic nerves emerging from what ganglion innervate the stomach?

A

Coeliac ganglion.

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Sympathetic nerves emerging from what ganglion innervate the small intestine?

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Superior mesenteric ganglion.

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5
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Sympathetic nerves emerging from what ganglion innervate the colon?

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Inferior mesenteric and pelvic ganglion.

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6
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What neurotransmitter acts on the gut from the sympathetic nervous system?

A

Noradrenaline.

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7
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What neurotransmitter acts on the gut from the parasympathetic nervous system?

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Acetylcholine.

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What parasympathetic nerves innervates the stomach, small intestine and proximal colon?

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Vagus nerve.

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What are the two types of muscle that makes up the muscularis? What plexus is between these muscle layers?

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Circular muscle and longitudinal muscle. Myenteric plexus.

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10
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What is the nerve plexus in the submucosa called?

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Submucosal plexus/Meissner’s plexus

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What is the myenteric plexus responsible for?

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Controls gut motility.

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What is the submucosal plexus responsible for?

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Senses the gut lumen environment. Controls secretion, blow flow, epithelial and endocrine cell function.

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13
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What stimulates sensory neurones in myenteric plexus?

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Distention of gut.

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14
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What stimulates sensory neurones in submucosal plexus?

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Chemicals in food.

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15
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What is peristalsis?

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Sequential contraction and relaxation of circular and longitudinal muscle to propel food along GI tract.

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What muscles cause propel food in peristalsis?

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Contraction of circular muscles before bolus.

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17
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What muscles are responsible for receiving the bolus in peristalsis?

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Contraction of longitudinal muscles widen the lumen to receive bolus.

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18
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Examples of what parasympathetic nervous system does to the GI tract?

A

Increase peristalsis, increase absorption, increase secretions.

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19
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What does the enteric nervous system to the extrinsic autonomic nervous system?

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Modulates sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system via sensory neurones to the brain.

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20
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What is hirschsprung’s disease? What does it result in?

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Congenital absence of ganglion of myenteric and submucosal. Enlarged colon.

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21
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What are neurocrine hormones? What secretes them?

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Hormones that affect nerves. Postganglionic non-cholinergic neurones of the enteric nervous sytem.

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22
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Where are hormone containing granules in enteroendocrine cells?

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Basolateral membrane.

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23
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How does enteroendocrine cell release of endocrine hormones happen

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Food molecules, distention or vagus nerve stimulate enteroendocrine cells to release endocrine hormones via the basolateral membrane into the capillaries.

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24
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What are some hormones release from the stomach?

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Gastrin and ghrelin.

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25
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What are some hormones released from the duodenum?

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Secretin and CCK.

26
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What kind of hormones are released from the duodenum and stomach?

A

Secretory hormones.

27
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What kind of hormones are released from the distal small intestine and large bowel?

A

Inhibitory hormones.

28
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What part of the stomach is gastrin secreted from?

A

Antrum.

29
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What stimulates release of gastrin?

A

Amino acids and peptides present in the lumen of the stomach. Gastric distention and vagus nerve.

30
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What does gastrin do?

A

Stimulates gastric acid secretion by parietal cells. Trophic (growth) effects on mucosa layer.

31
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When is gastrin secretion inhibited?

A

When pH of stomach falls below 3.

32
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What would you seen in a gastrinoma?

A

Ulcer (too much acid) and hypertrophy of stomach wall.

33
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What cells secrete secretin?

A

S cells.

34
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What is the main stimulus for secretin secretion?

A

Presence of acid in the duodenum.

35
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What does secretin do?

A

Pancreatic and biliary bicarbonate secretion. Inhibits gastrin. Inhibition of gastric emptying. Trophic effect on the exocrine pancreas.

36
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What stimulates release of CCK?

A

Fat and peptides in upper small intestine.

37
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What does CCK do?

A

Stimulates pancreatic enzyme release. Stimulates gallbladder contraction and relaxation of sphincter of oddi. Delays gastric emptying and decreases food intake.

38
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What hormones have trophic effects on the pancreas?

A

Secretin and CCK.

39
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What is another name for gastric inhibitory peptide?

A

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide.

40
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What stimulates release of GIP?

A

All 3 macronutrients.

41
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What cells secretes GIP and where are these cells located?

A

K cells in duodenum and jejunum.

42
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What does GIP do?

A

Stimulates insulin secretion.

43
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What does motilin do?

A

Increase gastrointestinal motility.

44
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What is the universal inhibitor (inhibits most gut hormones) hormone in the gut?

A

Somatostatin.

45
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What cells secrete somatostatin?

A

Delta cells.

46
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What does somatostatin do in relation to the gut?

A

Inhibits gastric secretion, motility, secretions and release of gut hormones.

47
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What cells release GLP-1 and where is it released?

A

L cells and small intestine.

48
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What stimulates release of GLP-1?

A

Hexose and fat.

49
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What does GLP-1 do?

A

Increases sensitivity of pancreatic beta cells to glucose. Induce satiety.

50
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What does pancreatic polypeptide do?

A

Induce satiety.

51
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What stimulates pancreatic polypeptide release?

A

Fat

52
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What does peptide YY do?

A

Reduce intestinal motility, gallbladder contraction and pancreatic exocrine secretion.

53
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What cells release peptide YY? When is it released?

A

L cells after digestion.

54
Q

What are some neurocrine gut hormones?

A

Vasoactive intestinal peptide, gastrin release peptide and enkephalins.

55
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What does vasoactive intestinal peptide do?

A

Relaxation of gut smooth muscle.

56
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What does gastrin releasing peptide do?

A

Induces gastrin release.

57
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What do enkephalins do?

A

Increase smooth muscle tone.

58
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What is zollinger ellison syndrome?

A

Where you develop gastrinomas.

59
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How to treat zollinger ellison syndrome?

A

Parietal cell proton pump inhibitor and somatostatin analogues.

60
Q

What hormones are released in the intestinal phase?

A

Secretin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, CCK.

61
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What does the enterogastric reflex act on to inhibit gastric motility?

A

Myenteric plexus.

62
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What occurs in the intestinal phase?

A

Chemoreceptors detect acid chyme. Enterogastric reflex. Inhibition of parasympathetic nervous system. Release of secretin, gastric inhibitory polypeptide, CCK.