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Wray- Digestive System Flashcards

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Mouth/ Oral Cavity

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If it is cut, mucosa cells produce antimicrobial peptides to protect against infection

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Uvula (3)

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  • Conical structure in the back of the throat
  • Prevent food going down through the breathing passage while you swallow
  • Involved in speech
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Tongue (3)

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  • Made of skeletal muscle
  • Mixes food with saliva to create a compact ball of food
  • Initiates swallowing
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Salivary Glands (4)

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  • Clean and moisten mouth and food

- Contain enzyme Amylase –> Breaks down carbohydrates

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Teeth: External (3)

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  1. Crown: visible portion of teeth above gum line
  2. Neck: Area where the crown joins the root
  3. Root: Portion of teeth embedded in the jaw
    • 1-3 roots
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Teeth: Internal (3)

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  1. Enamel:
  2. Dentin:
  3. Pulp Cavity
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Dental Disease: Dental Plaques

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A film of sugar and bacteria that adhere to the teeth

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Dental disease: Cavities

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Demineralization of enamel and dentin by bacterial

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Dental disease: Gingivitis

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Result of unremoved plaque that could disrupt the seal between teeth and gum allowing bacteria to infect the gum

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Pharynx:

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Throat

- Similar histology to mouth

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Esophagus

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  • Muscular tube about 25 cm
  • Connect mouth to stomach
  • Epiglottis: closes the larynx when food passes through pharynx
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Gastroespohageal sphincter:

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  • Muscle that controls food entry to stomach

- Prevent gastric juices to back into the esophagus

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Stomach: location

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  • left quadrant of abdominal cavity

- underneath the cavity

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Stomach: function

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  • temporary food storage
  • Initial breakdown of proteins and lipids
  • Produce chyme (creamy paste)
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Stomach: size

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  • empty 50 mL
  • Full 4L
  • Rugae: fold in the stomach wall that allows the stomach size to increase
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Acidic environment of stomach

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  • HCl
  • 100,000 x more acidic than blood (2 –> 7)
    Protection:
  • Alkaline (basic) mucous layer that protects cells
  • Fast replacement of cells
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Digestive process in stomach

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  • Protein digestion starts by HCl and pepsin

- Lipid digestion is initiated by lipase

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Can we survive without a stomach?

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YES

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Gastric Ulcer (3)

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  • Erosions on the stomach wall
  • Bacteria with a drill-like head to breach/destroy the mucosal layer
  • Healing ulcers: antibiotics
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Small Intestine: Pyloric sphincter

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  • Controls how much food enters the SI
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Small Intestine Function

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Digestion of food and absorption of nutrients

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Small Intestine: Duodenum

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  • 25 cm
  • Bile duct ends there delivering bile from the liver
  • Pancreatic duct ends there delivering pancreatic juices
  • Digestion and absorption of all nutrients is either initiated of continues
  • Most important portion of the SI
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23
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Small Intestine: Jejunum

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2.5 m (8 ft): Food/nutrient absorption

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Small Intestine: Ileum

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  • 3.6 m (10 ft): Nutrients absorption
25
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Large Intestine: Function (3)

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  • Water reabsorption
  • Removal of waste
  • Breakdown of fiber (indigestible carbs)
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Large Intestine: Components

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  1. Cecum
  2. Colon
  3. Rectum
  4. Anal canal
  5. Anus
27
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Large Intestine: Cecum

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  • first part of LI

- connects SI to ascending colon

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Large Intestine: Colon Function (3)

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  • Move waste products out of the body
  • Absorb water
  • Break down fiber
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Large Intestine: Colon Parts (3)

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  1. Ascending colon
  2. Transverse colon
  3. Descending colon
30
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Large Intestine: Rectum

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  • Final portion of LI

- Storage of feces

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Accessory organs of digestive system (3)

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  1. Liver
  2. Gall bladder
  3. Pancreas
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Liver: function

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  1. Filter and process nutrient rich blood delivered from GI tract
  2. Secrete bile essential for food digestion
  3. Packs and stores extra nutrients received from SI
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Liver: Location

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  • Top right of abdominal cavity
  • underneath diaphragm
  • Largest organ
34
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Bile

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Emulsification of fat

  1. Lipase digests fats
  2. Bile breaks down fats into smaller pieces to aid lipase in the complete breakdown (increases surface area)
35
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Liver lobes

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  • Large right

- Small left

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Liver: Hepatocytes

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  • Liver cells
    1. Secrete bile essential for food digestion in SI
    2. Detoxification of blood ammonia –> Urea
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Liver: Blood vessels (3)

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  1. Hepatic portal vein
  2. Hepatic artery
  3. Central vein
38
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Liver: Hepatic portal vein

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  1. brings blood from digestive tract

2. nutrient rich blood from the GI tract must pass through liver to detoxify

39
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Liver: Hepatic artery

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Bring oxygenated blood from the heart

40
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Liver: Central vein

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  1. Takes deoxygenated blood back to the heart
  2. Combination of blood from hepatic artery and hepatic portal vein
  3. Connects to the IVC
41
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Hepatitis: definition

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inflammation of liver due to viral infection

42
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_______ Hepatitis viruses have been identified:

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Six (A - F)

43
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HVB & HVC

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transmitted via blood –> causes chronic hepatitis and liver cirrhosis

44
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Cirrhosis:

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  • Damage to the hepatocytes

- Causes blockage of hepatic portal

45
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Gallbladder: Location

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green muscular sac located inferior to liver

46
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Gallblader: Function

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Stores concetrated bile that is not immediately needed

47
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Pancreas: Location

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Tadpole-shaped organ that sits inferior to the stomach

48
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Pancreas: Function

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Produces enzymes (pancreatic juices) that breaks down all food groups

49
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Pancreatic juices: (4)

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  1. Trypsin
  2. Amylase
  3. Lipases
  4. Nucleases
50
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Trypsin

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Breaks down proteins

51
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Amylase:

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Breaks down carbohydrates

52
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Lipases:

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Breaks down fats that have been emulsified by bile salt

53
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Nucleases:

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breaks down nucleotides

54
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How much time does the food spend in the small intestine

55
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Small intestine absorbs

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AA, sugars, fatty acids, toxins, and medications

- Sends it to the liver –> detoxifies –> heart

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