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Unit 3 Digestive System Flashcards

1
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digestive general structure

A 
tube with 4-layered wall: 
mucosa
submucosa
muscularis externa (propria)
serosa adventitia
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digestive function

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ingest, digest, absorb

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digestive components

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  1. oral cavity
  2. pharynx
  3. esophagus
  4. stomach
  5. small intestine
  6. large intestine
  7. rectum
  8. anus
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associated digestive glands

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  1. salivary glands
  2. liver
  3. pancreas
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mucosa functions

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a) selective barrier
b) secretion
c) absorption

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mucosa components

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a) epithelial layer
b) lamina propria – loose connective tissue
c) muscularis mucosa – smooth muscle

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submucosa

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  1. loose connective tissue
  2. blood and lymphatic vessels
  3. Meissner’s plexus – part of the autonomic nervous system
  4. glands in the esophagus and duodenum
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muscular externa

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  1. usually two layers of smooth muscle

2. Auerbach’s (myenteric) plexus – part of the autonomic nervous system

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9
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serosa/adventitia

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  1. adventitia in areas where organ is embedded in other tissue
  2. serosa with mesothelium where there is a free surface
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esophagus function

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transport food from mouth to stomach

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esophagus mucosa

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stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium

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esophagus submucosa

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secretory glands

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muscularis externa

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upper 1/3 – skeletal
middle 1/3 – skeletal and smooth
lower 1/3 – smooth

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serosa/adventitia

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adventitia above diaphragm

serosa below diaphragm

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stomach functions

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  1. convert ingested food to acidic chyme
  2. secretes pepsin (exocrine)
  3. secrete hormones (endocrine)
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16
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stomach regions

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cardia
fundus & body (histo-identical)
pylorus

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stomach rugae

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  1. longitudinal folds of mucosa and submucosa

2. not permanent – disappear when stomach fills

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stomach mucosa

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  1. pits and glands

2. cells

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stomach mucosa cells

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  1. stem cells: in neck region and mucous neck cells
  2. parietal cells : HCl and intrinsic factod chief cells
  3. Chief cells: zymogenic granules contain pepsinogen and gastric lipase
  4. enteroendocrine cells
20
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stomach submucosa

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course collagenous fibers, elastic fibers, blood/lymph vessels, nerves and plexus of Meissner. No glands

21
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stomach muscularis externa

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  1. inner oblique
  2. middle circular
  3. outer longitudinal
22
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small intestine function

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  1. final digestion
  2. absorption
  3. endocrine secretion
23
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small intestine segments

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  1. duodenum
  2. jejunum
  3. ileum
24
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small intestine muscosa

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  1. structural increase in SA
  2. crypts of Lieberkuhn
  3. cells
  4. Peyer’s patches (lamina propria of ilium)
25
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structural increase in SA

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plicae circulares (permanent folds)
villi
microvilli

26
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cells of mucosa

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a) intestinal absorptive cells
b) goblet cells
c) Paneth cells
d) enteroendocrine cells

27
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intestinal absorptive cells

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enterocytes; columnar epithelial cells with microvilli

28
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intestinal goblet cells

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protection and lubrication; increase in number as approach the ileum

29
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intestinal Paneth cells

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base of crypts; secrete lysozyme

30
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enteroendocrine cells

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(1) cholecystokinin(CCK)

(2) secretin

31
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cholecystokinin (CCK)

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stimulates secretion of pancreatic enzymes; stimulates contraction of gall bladder

32
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secretin

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stimulates pancreas to release bicarbonate and water

33
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small intestine submucosa

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Brunner’s glands in duodenum secrete alkaline mucous

34
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large intestine functions

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  1. absorb water
  2. produce mucous
  3. form feces
35
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large intestine components

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  1. cecum
  2. ascending colon
  3. transverse colon
  4. descending colon
  5. sigmoid colon
  6. rectum
36
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large intestine mucosa

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  1. no villi
  2. glands of Lieberkuhn
    a) absorptive cells
    b) goblet cells
  3. extensive diffuse lymphoid tissue in lamina propria
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large intestine muscularis externa

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outer longitudinal layer – three bands called teniae coli

38
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rectoanal junction mucosa

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  1. epithelium changes abruptly from simple columnar to stratified squamous nonkeratinized
  2. muscularis mucosa disappears
39
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rectoanal submucosa

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hemorrhoidal veins

40
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rectoanal muscularis externa

A

inner circular layer forms internal anal sphincter

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