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S1) Purpose of the Gut Flashcards

1
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Label the following components of the digestive system:

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2
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Identify the 8 functions of the gut

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  • Port of entry for food into the body
  • Mechanically disrupt the food
  • Temporarily store the food
  • Chemically digest the food
  • Kill pathogens in the food
  • Move the food along the tract
  • Absorb nutrients from the resultant solution
  • Eliminate residual waste material
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3
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Which areas of the GI tract mechanically disrupt food?

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  • Mouth/teeth
  • Stomach (vigorous contractions cause the food to be liquefied – chyme)
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Describe how the upper and lower areas of the stomach mechanically disrupt food

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  • Upper area creates basal tone (slow/sustained contractions)
  • Lower area has powerful peristaltic contractions that effectively grind food (thicker muscle layer distally)
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5
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Why must the GI tract temporarily store food?

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We eat faster than we digest

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6
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How does the stomach act as a storage facility?

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  • Distension – accommodates entry of food
  • Receptive relaxation – maintains intraluminal pressures
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7
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Explain how the colon also acts as a temporary store

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Contents are only evacuated several times a day from the colon (mass movements)

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8
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In which areas does chemical digestion occur?

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  • Oral cavity (saliva)
  • Stomach
  • Duodenum/jejunum
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Which substances are used for digestion by saliva?

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  • Amylase (starch)
  • Lipase (fats)
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10
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Which substances are used for digestion by the stomach?

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  • Acid
  • Pepsin (protein)
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Which substances/structures are used for digestion by the duodenum/jejunum?

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  • Bile
  • Exocrine pancreas secretions
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12
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What are the challenges to the GI’s ability to kill pathogens?

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  • Thin epithelia
  • Large surface area
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13
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What are the defences of the GI tract to pathogens?

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  • Saliva
  • HCl
  • Liver (kupffer cells)
  • Peyers patches (immune surveillance)

I. Lymphoid follicles

II. Submucosa/mucosa (terminal ileum)

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14
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Different regions in the GI tract used different types of movement to move food along.

Identify them

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  • Peristalsis
  • Segmentation
  • Haustral shuttling
  • Mass movements
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15
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What type of muscle is found in the bowel?

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  • Small amounts of skeletal muscle
  • Mainly smooth muscle
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16
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What does the gut absorb?

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  • Digested food + secretions
  • Fluids (fluid balance of the gut)
17
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Which structural features of the gut aid absorption?

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  • Length of gut
  • Folds
  • Villi/microvilli
18
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Describe, briefly, how residual waste is eliminated from the colon by mass movement

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  • Colon acts as temporary storage site, so the rectum is normally empty
  • Internal/external anal sphincter open and residual waste is egested via the gastrocolic reflex
19
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What is the broad function of the mouth?

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  • Physical breakdown of food
  • Initial digestive enzymes released
  • Infection control
20
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Identify 3 functions of the oesophagus

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  • Rapid transport of bolus to stomach through thorax

- Upper oesophageal sphincter prevents air from entering GI tract

- Lower oesophageal sphincter prevents reflux into oesophagus

21
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Identify 4 functions of the stomach

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  • Storage facility
  • Produces chyme (physical and chemical digestion)
  • Infection control (HCl)
  • Secretes intrinsic factor (Vit B12)
22
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Identify 2 functions of the duodenum

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  • Neutralisation/osmotic stabilisation of chyme (HCO3 rich secretions)
  • Concluding digestion: pancreatic secretions and bile
23
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Identify 2 functions of the jejunum

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  • Final point of digestion
  • Nutrient absorption
24
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Identify 3 functions of the ileum

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  • Water/electrolyte absorption
  • Bile recirculation
  • B12 absorption (terminal ileum)
25
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Identify 2 functions of the colon

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  • Final water absorption
  • Final electrolyte absorption
26
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What is the main function of the rectum/anus?

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(LUSUMA) Gastro-intestinal System (18 decks)

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