Secretions from Salivary Glands & Stomach Flashcards
what’s triggered by anticipation of food?
autonomic and endocrine reflexes
acts to prepare GI tract
what are the three phases of salivary gland secretion?
cephalic
gastric
intestinal
what’s the cephalic phase of saliva secretion?
food anticipation
what’s the gastric phase of salivary secretion?
mechanical stim of oral cavity and stomach
what’s the intestinal phase of saliva secretion?
regulation of stomach emptying and digestion/absorption in SI
what glands produce saliva?
parotid, mandibular, lingual, buccal
what is the major source of water and bicarb to a cattle rumen?
SALIVA
what’s saliva made of?
mostly water
som electrolytes
salivary protein
urea (ruminants)
saliva functions
solvent for molecules to stimulate taste buds, food lube, keeps mouth clean, has buffer/lysozymes/antitoxic
salivary glands are ___ glands
acinar
what are acini?
secretory units
fluid is secreted into the lumen of acini and is ___ on the way through intercalated and striated ducts
modified
what is a salivary mucocele?
painless swelling of neck or in oral cavity
caused by saliva collection from a damaged salivary gland/duct
what creates hypotonic saliva?
iso-osmotic secretion by acini cells and selected reabsorption by duct cells
how do acini cells release proteins and mucus?
exocytosis
what do acini cells secrete?
Cl-, bicarb, K+, Na+, water
duct cells ___ Na+ and Cl- in exchange for H+ and bicarb
reabsorb
__ is recycled for K+
H+
saliva osmolarity is determined by ___
flow rate
saliva is ___ at low flow rates
hypotonic
at high flow rates, ___ concentration increases in saliva.
electrolyte
what happens to saliva in relation to plasma during high flow rates?
saliva becomes isotonic in relation to plasma
protein concentration ___ affected by saliva flow rate
IS NOT
saliva from different glands varies in ___ concentration
protein
serous means more ___
protein
mucous means ___
more glycoproteins aka proteins with oligosaccharide chains
parotid gland consists of…
serous cells providing protein to saliva
sublingual, submandibular glands contain…
mix of mucus and serous cells
what is ptyaline (alpha amylase)?
initiates starch digestion in pigs and humans
NOT carnivore/horse