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List the layers of the gastrointestinal wall, from the outside to the inside

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serosa

longitudinal smooth mm

circular smooth mm

submucosa

mucosa

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Gastrointestinal smooth mm fibers are connected by _____ junctions

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gap

allows low-resistance movement of depolarization between cells

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Electrical signals can travel faster along the muscle fiber _____ than _____

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lengthwise

sideways

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Each muscle layer in the GI tract functions as a _______

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syncitium

when an action potential is elicited anywhere in the muscle mass, it travels in all directions at once

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Muscle fibers in the GI smooth muscle have two basic types of electrical waves:

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slow waves (cause undulating change in membrane potential)

spikes (true action potentials that cause muscle contractions)

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What is the average resting and threshold potential in the gut?

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Resting -50 to -60

Threshold -40

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What are factors that depolarize gut membranes?

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stretching

acetylcholine release from PS

gastrointestinal hormones

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What are factors that hyperpolarize the gut membrane?

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catecholamines

sympathetic nn stim

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The GI tract has its own nervous system, called the:

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enteric nervous system

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What are the two plexi of the enteric nervous system, and where are they located?

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Auerbach’s Plexus (between longitudinal and circular layers)

Meissner’s Plexus (in the submucosa)

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The myenteric plexus controls ______,

and the submucosal plexus controls ________

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GI movement

GI secretion and blood flow

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When the myenteric plexus is stimulated, what are its principal effects? (4)

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  1. increased tone
  2. increased intensity of contraction
  3. increased rate of contraction
  4. increased velocity of conduction within the gut wall
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The myenteric plexus inhibits _______

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sphincters that prevent movement of food

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Acetylcholine _______ GI activity

Norepinephrine ______ GI activity

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excites

inhibits

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The two types of movements in the GI tract are:

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  1. Propulsive movements
  2. Mixing movements
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What is the usual stimulus for peristalsis?

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Distention of the gut

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What is the “law of the gut?”

Why is it universally true?

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All peristaltic movement moves toward the anus with downstream relaxation

The myenteric plexus is polarized in the anal direction

Peristalsis does not occur where the myenteric plexus is not present. Ever.

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Blood vessels of the gut are part of the ________ circulation

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splanchnic

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All the venous blood from the gut, pancreas, and spleen empties into the:

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protal vein

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What happens to all the fat absorbed from the intestines?

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It isn’t put into the portal vein with everything else

It’s absorbed into the intestinal lymphatics and carried to the circulating blood through the thoracic duct

It bypasses the liver

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Blood flow to the gut increases with gut activity.

How is this increase stimulated?

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  1. Vasodilating peptide horomones released from the mucosa
  2. Kinins released from GI glands
  3. Decreased O2 concentration
  4. Increased adenosine
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Why are the villi particularly sensitive to low blood flow states?

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Counter-current flow

At baseline, about 80% of oxygen passes directly from arterioles into adjacent venules without ever going to the tips of the villi

This is adaptive for high absorption, but leaves little wiggle room for hypoxia

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What is the difference between hunger and appetite?

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Hunger is an intrinsic desire for food

appetite is the type of food a person preferentially seeks

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Most of the muscles of chewing are innervated by what nerve?

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motor branch of CN5 (Trigeminal)

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Why is chewing so important for digestion?
Digestive enzymes only work when they directly contact the surfaces of food particles the more varied the surfaces, the more digestion occurs
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What are the three stages of swallowing?
1. Voluntary 2. Pharyngeal (involuntary) 3. Esophageal (involuntary)
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Essentially all sensory impulses from the mouth wind up in which area of the brain?
tractus solitarius in the medulla
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The esophagus exhibits two kinds of peristalsis:
Primary (continuation of the wave that began in the pharynx) Secondary (esophagus initiates additional waves if the primary one is insufficient to move food out)
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What kind of muscle controls the pharyngeal wall and the upper 1/3 of the esophagus?
Striated! controlled by skeletal nerves from the glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves NOT SMOOTH MUSCLE
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What happens to the stomach as a wave from the esophagus approaches?
It relaxes and is inhibited
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Describe the gastroesophageal sphincter
Tonically contracted at baseline receptively Relaxes in response to waves from the esophagus
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What prevents stomach reflux?
1. Gastroesophageal Sphincter 2. The esophagus has a valve like closure at the end
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What are the three functions of the stomach?
1. Storage of food until space opens up in the intestines 2. mixing of food with secretions until it forms chyme 3. Slow emptying of chyme into SI at a rate the intestines can handle
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What is the capacity of a fully relaxed stomach?
0.8-1.5 L
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The distal opening of the stomach is called the \_\_\_\_\_\_
pylorus
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When a large amount of fats enters the duodenum, how does it communicate with the stomach to inhibit gastric emptying?
Hormones! The fats extract these hormones from the wall of the duodenum the hormones are carried via the blood to the stomach, where they inhibit the pyloric pump and increase the tone of the pyloric sphincter
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Why do fats in particular play a role in inhibit gastric empyting?
They take the longest time to digest they are the rate limiting factor, so the amount of fat should determine the speed of digestion
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The number one hormone that inhibits gastric emptying is:
Cholecystokinin Inhibits the motility caused by gastrin
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Gastric inhibitory peptide (GIP) is also released when fat enters the duodenum. What does it do?
inhibits gastric motility slightly mainly stimulates secretion of insulin from the pancreas
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What chyme characteristics prevent further emptying into the duodenum?
Hyper or hypotonic Excessively acidic Too much unprocessed protein or fat Highly irritating (for whatever reason)
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The frequency of segmentation contractions in the small intestines is determined by:
the frequency of slow waves maximum frequency is about 12 per minutes (but this is extreme)
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What drug would cause profound inhibition of SI peristalsis?
Anything that block acetylcholine esp. Atropine
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What is the rate of net movement along the small intestines?
1 cm/min 3-5 hours to get from the pylorus to the ileocecal valve
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Which hormones enhance intestinal motility?
gastrin CCK insulin motilin serotonin
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Which hormones inhibit intestinal peristalsis?
secretin glucagon
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What is the gastroileal reflex?
when someone eats a meal, it triggers release from the ileum into the cecum of the large intestines (making room)
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What is peristaltic rush?
powerful and rapid peristalsis caused by irritation of the bowel goal is to sweep the irritant out of the SI and into the colon
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The villi in the mucosa have tiny muscles that contract. Why is this important?
milk the villi so that lymph flow freely into the lympatic system
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Which valve prevents backflow from the colon to the SI?
ileocecal
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How much chyme normally empties into the cecum each day?
1500-200ml
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Someone with an inflamed appendix will have almost no passage of chyme from the ileum to the LI. Why?
Inflammation and irritation in the LI inhibit the ileocecal sphincter and ileal peristalsis
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In the colon, mixing movements are known as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ and propulsive movements are known as \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
haustrations mass movements
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How long does it usually take to move chyme from the ileocecal valve to the rectum?
8-15 hours
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Series of mass movement usually persist for ______ minutes
10-30
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What reflexes initiate mass movements in the colon?
Gastrocolic and duodenocolic Also: massive irritation in the colon
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Why do patients with ulcerative colitis have frequent bowel movements?
The irritation causes almost perpetual mass movements in the colon
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The internal anal sphincter is composed of _______ muscle the external anal sphincter is composed of ______ muscle
smooth striated
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The external anal sphincter is innervated by what nerves?
Pudendal
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To effectively lead to defecation, two reflexes are generally necessary:
myenteric defecation reflex parasympathetic defecation reflex need innervation from both nervous systems
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Why does putting off pooping lead to severe constipation?
It's not very effective to poop without reflexes If you wait to poop until the reflexes are gone, it's really difficult so the poop just sits there and gets harder
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What is the peritoneointestinal reflex? Renointestinal reflex? Vesicointestinal reflex?
If the peritoneum is irritated, it inhibits enteric excitation kidney irritation inhibits enteric excitation bladder irritation inhibits enteric excitation
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What are the four types of alimentary glands?
1. Goblet cells (single celled mucous glands) 2. Pits (invaginations that contain specialized secretory cells) 3. Tubular glands (stomach and upper duodenum) 4. Complex glands (salivary, pancreas)
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What types of stimuli activate the enteric nervous system?
tactile stimulation chemical irritation distention of the gut wall
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What is the effect of parasympathetic stimulation on alimentary tract glandular secretion rate? This is primarily true in which portions of the gut?
Increases upper portions of the SI and some in distal large intestines
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Secretion in the lower SI and the first 2/3 of the LI occurs in response to:
local neural and hormonal stimuli not a whole lot of PS stimulation
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How does sympathetic stimulation effect glandular secretion rate?
If only sympathetic: increases secretion If superimposed of PS stimulation: reduces secretions due to vasoconstriction of blood supply to the gland
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How do hormones regulate the secretion rate of alimentary glands?
Released from the GI mucosa in response to presence of food absorbed into the blood and carried to the glands, where they stimulate secretions
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Chemically, all GI hormones are \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
peptide/polypeptide | (water soluble)
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How do gland cells develop their secretory products?
Just like any other protein Ribosomes in the ER -\> Golgi -\> Vesicle Storage -\> Calcium mediated exocytosis
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What's so special about mucus?
1. adheres tightly to food 2. has enough body to coat the wall and prevent contact of food with the mucosa 3. very slippery, allowing particles to slide along the epithelium 4. makes feces adhere to itself 5. Resistant to digestion 6. amphoteric: can buffer small amounts of acid, and contains enough bicarb to neurtalize acids
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What are the principal glands of salivation?
Parotid Submandibular Sublingual
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Daily secretion of saliva is between ______ and _____ ml
800 1500
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Saliva contains two major types of protein secretion:
1. serous secretion (digests starches) 2. mucus secretion (lubricates and protects)
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Which salivary glands secrete serous substance? Which secrete serous and and mucus substance?
Parotid Submandibular and sublingual
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Saliva contains large quantities of \_\_\_\_\_ and relatively low quantities of \_\_\_\_\_\_
K and HCO3 Na and Cl
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The salivary glands are primarily controlled by _______ nervous signals from \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
parasympathetic salivatory nuclei in the brainstem
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Do smooth or rough objects in the mouth cause more salivation?
Smooth
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Why do you salivate so much when you're feeling nauseated?
when irritating foods are swallowed or there's something wrong in the gut, saliva is producted when swallowed, it helps to distance the irritating factor from the intestinal wall and dilute it
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Esophageal secretions are entirely \_\_\_\_\_\_
mucus
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In the stomach, oxyntin tubular glands produce which substances?' Which substances do the pyloric glands produce?
Hydrochloric acid pepsinogen intrinsic factor mucus mucus and gastrin
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A stomach oxyntic gland contains which three types of cells?
1. Mucus neck cells 2. Peptic (or chief) 3. Parietal (or oxyntic)
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What prevents hydrochloric acid from backing up into the stomach wall?
alkaline mucus tight junctions in epithelial cells
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The basic factors that stimulate gastric secretion are:
1. acetylcholine 2. gastrin 3. histamine
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Acetylcholine excites secretion of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ Gastrin and histamine excite secretion of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_
pepsinogen, acid, and mucus acid only
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When does inactivate pepsinogen become activated into pepsin?
When it contacts hydrochloric acid
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What does pepsin do?
proteolytic only works in an extremely acidotic environment (pH 1.8-3.5)
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Intrinsic factor is essential for absorption of \_\_\_\_\_\_
Vitamin B12
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Why does chronic gastritis lead to pernicious anemia?
destroys parietal cells, which secrete intrinsic factor Vit B12 can't be absorbed and bone marrow won't be stimulated to form RBCs
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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ are the only cells that secrete hydrochloric acid
parietal cells of the oxyntic glands
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What factors stimulate gastric secretion?
Acetylcholine gastrin histamine
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What are the primary roles of gastrin and histamine
Strongly stimulate acid secretion by parietal cells, but have little effect on the other cells
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Describe the cephalic phase of gastric secretion
occurs before food enters stomach sparked by sight, smell, thought or taste of food 30% of the gastric secretion associated with eating a meal
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Describe the gastric phase of secretion
Vasovagal reflexes, enteric reflexes, and gastrin all cause secretion of gastric juice while food is in the stomach 60% of gastric secretion
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Describe the intestinal phase?
presence of food in the upper portion of the small intestines continues to cause stomach secretion Accounts for 10% of secretion
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The most abundant enzyme found in pancreatic secretions is:
Trypsin
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What is the role of trypsin and chymotrypsin?
split whole and partially digested proteins into peptides do not cause the release of individual amino acids
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Trace the pathway for pancreatic secretions leaving the pancrease
Produced in the *acini* *long pancreatic duct* joins up with the *hepatic duct* immediately before emptying into the duodenum through the *papilla of Vater* Which is surrounded by the *sphincter of oddi*
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What prevents the pancreas from autodigesting?
The same cells that secrete proteolytic enzymes also secrete trypsin inhibitor prevents activation of trypsin inside the cells Since it inhibits trypsin, and trypsin activates all of the other proteolytic enzymes, trypsin inhibitor effectively inhibits them all

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