Digestive System Flashcards
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Portal vein
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- brings blood from the intestine and carries absorbed food
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Hepatic artery
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- supplies the oxygenated blood
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Blood supply to the Liver
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- Portal vein and Hepatic Artery
- Hepatic Sinusoids
- Central vein
- Hepatic Vein
5 Caudal Vena Cava
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Layers of the Cheeks
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- Outer skin
- Middle muscular Layer (buccinator muscle)
- Internal Mucosa
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Chief Cells
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- secrete pepsinogen
- pepsinogen transformed into pepsin by HCl
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Peyers Patches
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- found in the submucosa of the small intestine
- particularly the ileum
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Peyers Patches
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- large aggregated lymphatic nodules
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Hepatocytes
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- polyhedral cells with 3 surfaces
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Hepatocytes surfaces
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- Microvillus
- Canalicular
- Contact surface
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Microvillus surface
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- faces the perisinusoidal space
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Canalicular surface
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- borders the bile canaliculi
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Contact surface
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- between the adjacent hepatocytes
- opposed cells membranes may have gap junctions and desmosomes
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Lips Mucosa lined by:
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- stratified squamous epithelium
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Ruminants and Horses
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- Lips Mucosa: Stratified squamous keratinized
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Carnivore and Pigs
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- Lips Mucosa: Stratified squamous non-keratinized
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Cheeks Mucosa is lined by:
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- stratified squamous which may or may not be keratinized
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Cheek Mucosa in Ruminants
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- Mucosa is studded with conical buccal papillae
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Dogs
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- lamina muscularis is thick and complete in the small intestine
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Rugae
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- numerous transverse ridges in the hard palate
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Palatine Glands
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- gland located in the caudal part of the hard palate
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Buccal Glands
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- gland located in the propriasubmucosa of the cheeks
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Labial Gland
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- gland located in the propriasubmucosa of the lips
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Dental Pad
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- found in ruminants
- heavily keratinized stratified squamous epithelium overlying a thick layer of dense irregular CT
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Soft Palate lined by:
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- stratified squamous epithelium
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Pigs and Horses
- palantine tonsils
| - derived from the soft palate
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Cow Hard Palate
1. Dental Pad
2. Buccal Papillae
3. Palatine Raphe
4. Rugae
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Dog Hard Palate
1. Rugae
| 2. Soft Palate
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Functions of the Tongue
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1. eating, drinking,
vocalization
2. muscular and mobile
3. epithelial specializations
4. sensitive and highly
innervated
5. contains chemoreceptor
sites
6. thermoregulation
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Tongue
- muscular organ covered by a mucosa
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Tongue is lined by
- stratified squamous epithelium
- keratinized on the dorsal surface
- nonkeratinized on the ventral surface
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Intrinsic Lingual Muscle of the Tongue
- bundles of skeletal muscle
| - arranged in a longitudinal, transverse and perpendicular direction
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Lingual Papillae
- on the dorsal surface of the tongue
| - serve either a mechanical or gustatory function
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Mechanical Lingual Papillae
1. Filiform
2. Conical
3. Lenticular
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Gustatory Lingual Papillae
1. Fungiform
2. Vallate
3. Foliate
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Mechanical Lingual Papillae
- facilitate the movement of ingesta
| - all keratinized stratified squamous
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Gustatory Lingual Papillae
- have taste buds
| - all nonkeratinized stratified squamous
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Lips
- devoid of hair follicles, sweat and sebaceous glands
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Filiform Papillae
- slender, thread-like structures that project above the surface of the tongue
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Filiform Papillae Species Differences: 1.Ruminants and Cats 2. Horses
- filiform papillae is very well developed
| - filiform papillae is very fine keratinized threads
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Conical Papillae
- in dogs, cats and pigs located on the root of the tongue
| - in ruminants located on the torus linguae
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Lenticular Papillae
- flattened, lens shaped projection
| - present on the torus liguae of ruminants
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Fungiform Papillae
- mushroom shaped
| - contains taste buds on the upper surface
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Horse and Cow
- in fungiform papillae taste buds are sparse
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Sheep and pig
- in fungiform papillae taste buds are more numerous
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Carnivores and Goats
- in fungiform papillae taste buds are abundant
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Vallate Papillae
- numerous taste buds occur in the epithelium on the papillary side of its sulcus
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Foliate Papillae
- taste buds are located on the sides of the folds
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Vallate Papillae
- large, flattened structures completely surrounded by an epithelium lined
sulcus
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Foliate Papillae
- they are parallel folds of the lingual mucosa located on the caudo-lateral margin of the tongue
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Ruminants
- the foliate papillae is absent
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Cats
- the foliate papillae is rudimentary
| - no taste buds
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Taste Buds
- consists of a cluster of spindle-shaped epithelial cells that extend from the BM to a small opening, the taste pore, at the epithelial surface
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3 Types of Taste Bud Cells
1. Sustentacular Cells
2. Gustatory Cells
3. Basal Cells
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Non-myelinated afferent nerve fibers (taste receptors)
- closely associated with the gustatory cells
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Lyssa
- a cordlike structure present in the tongue of carnivores
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Torus Linguae
- a large prominence on the caudal part of the dorsal surface of the ruminant tongue
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Dorsal Lingual Cartilage
- a mid-dorsal fibroelastic cord with hyaline cartilage
| - present inside the tongue of horses
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Highly Mineralized Structure (outer part)
1. Enamel
2. Dentine
3. Cementum
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Enamel
- produced by ameloblasts
| - hardest structure in the body
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Enamel Composition
- 99% mineral (hydroxyaptite)
| - 1% organic matter
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Dentine
- produced by odontoblasts
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Dentine Composition
- 70% Minerals
- > mainly hydroxyapatite, some carbonate, magnesium and fluoride
- 30% Organic material
- > mainly collagen fibrils and glycoprotein
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Cementum
- resembles bone
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Cementum Composition
- lamellae oriented parallel to the surface of the tooth
| - cementoytes occupy the lacunae
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Cemento-alveolar (sharpey's) fibers
- bundles of collagen fibers
| - form the peridontal ligament
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Peridontal ligament
- anchors the tooth in the alveolus (to bone)
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Pulp Cavity (central part)
1. Dental Pulp
2. A core of CT
3. Blood vessels and nerves
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Brachydont Teeth
- short and cease to grow after eruption is complete
| - have a crown, neck and root
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Brachydont Teeth Species
- all teeth of carnivores
| - incisors of ruminants
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Hypsodont Teeth
- much longer and grow throughout life
- do not have a crown or neck
- both cementum and enamel cover the length of the tooth
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Hypsodont Teeth Species
- cheek teeth in ruminants
- all permanent teeth in horses
- incisors/canines of pigs and elephants
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Major Salivary Glands
1. Parotid
2. Mandibular
3. Sublingual
4. Zygomatic (carnivores)
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Parotid Salivary Gland
- predominantly serous
- compound acinar gland
- occasionally isolated mucous secretory units may occur in dogs and cats
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Mandibular Salivary Gland
- seromucous
- compound tubuloacinar gland
- predominance of mucous acini and serous demilune
- Cells of the mucous secretory unit are filled with mucinogen
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Cells of the mucous secretory Unit
- are filled with mucinogen
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Sublingual Salivary Gland
- seromucous
| - compound tubuloacinar gland
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Sublingual Salivary Gland: Cattle, Sheep and Pigs
- almost entirely mucous with relatively few serous demilune
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Sublingual Salivary Gland: Dog and Cat
- contains clusters of serous acini in addition to typical mucous and serous demilunes
- striated and intercalated ducts are not predominant
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Sublingual Salivary Gland: Horse, Ruminants and Pigs
- striated and intercalated ducts are well developed
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Zygomatic Salivary Gland
- only in carnivores
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Minor Salivary Glands
1. Labial
2. Lingual
3. Buccal
4. Palatine
5. Molar
- cats
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Molar Salivary gland
- cats
| - similar to zygomatic salivary gland
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General: Tunica Mucosa Layers
1. Epithelium
2. Lamina propria
3. Lamina Muscularis
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General: Tunica Submucosa Layer
1. Connective Tissue
2. Glands
3. Meissner's Plexus
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General: Tunica Muscularis Layer
1. Smooth or skeletal muscle
| 2. Myenteric (Auribach's) plexus
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General: Tunica Serosa/Adventitia Layers
- outer most layer
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Esophagus Tunica Mucosa: epithelium
- stratified squamous
1. Dog
- nonkeratinized
2. Pigs and Horses
- slightly keratinized
3. Ruminants
- Highly keratinized
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Esophagus Tunica Mucosa: Lamina Muscularis
- contains ONLY longitudinally orientated smooth muscle bundles
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Esophagus Tunica Submucosa: Horses, cats and ruminants
- seromucous gland located at the pharyngoesophageal junction
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Esophagus Tunica Submucosa: Pigs
- seromucous gland located at the cranial half of the esophagus
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Esophagus Tunica Submucosa: Dog
- seromucous gland located throughout its length
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Esophagus Tunica Muscularis: Ruminants and Dog
- entirely striated and skeletal
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Esophagus Tunica Muscularis: Horse
- Skeletal muscle makes up the cranial 2/3, but gradually changes to smooth muscle in caudal 1/3
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Esophagus Tunica Muscularis: Cats
- Skeletal muscle may extend 4/5 of the length before changing to smooth muscle
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Esophagus Tunica Muscularis
- inner circular layer thickens at the cardia and forms the cardiac sphincter
- > prominent in horses
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Esophagus Tunica Adventitia
- in the cervical region
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Esophagus Tunica Serosa
- in the thoracic and abdominal region
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Horses, Pigs and Carnivores Stomach
- simple stomach
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Ruminants Stomach
- compound stomach
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Glandular Region of the stomach
- abomasum
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Nonglandular region of the stomach
- rumen, reticulum and omasum
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Rumen Tunica Mucosa: epithelium
- stratified squamous keratinized
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Rumen and Reticulum Tunica Mucosa: Lamina Muscularis
- lamina muscularis is absent
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Reticulum Tunica Mucosa: Lamina propria
- blends with submucosa to form the propria-submucosa
- formed by a feltwork of collagen/elastic
fibers
- a band of smooth muscle is located in the upper part of the reticular fold
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Reticular Groove
- extends from the cardia to the reticulo-omasal orifice
- functional in young animals
- > creates a channel that allows the milk to bypass the rumen and reticulum
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Omasum Tunica Mucosa
- mucosa has characteristic omasal laminae or 'leaves' which are studded with macrostopic papillae that help in grinding of the food
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Omasum Tunica Mucosa: Lamina Muscularis
- forms a thick layer just beneath the lamina propria on both sides of the laminae
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Nonglandular region of the stomach in carnivores
- absent nonglandular region
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Nonglandular region of the stomach in pigs
- small nonglandular region
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Horses Nonglandular region of the stomach
- nonglandular region is separated from the glandular region by the margoplicatus
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Ruminants Nonglandular region of the stomach
- nonglandular region (forestomach) is the most developed
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Glandular Region(Abomasum) Tunica Mucosa
- mucosa has extensive gastric folds that will flatten as the stomach fills
- the surface has small invaginations call gastric pits which are continuous with the gastric glands
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Glandular Region(Abomasum) Tunica Mucosa: epithelium
- mucosal surface and gastric pits are lined by simple columnar epithelium
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Abomasum is divided into 3 regions
1. Cardiac Gland Region
2. Fundic Gland Region
3. Pyloric Gland Region
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Cardiac Gland Region
- most developed in pigs
- glands that are relatively short, simple branched, coiled tubular glands that release a mucous secretory product
- empty into relatively shallow gastric pits
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Fundic Gland Region
- straight, branched tubular glands that extend into the lamina muscularis
- short neck, long body and a lightly dilated blind end
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Four distinct cell types comprise the secretory epithelium of the Fundic Gland Region
1. Mucus neck cells
2. Chief Cells
- zymogen cells
3. Parietal Cells
4. Endocrine Cells
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Mucus Neck Cells
- fundic gland region
| - occupy the neck of the gland
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Chief Cells
- fundic gland region
- zymogen cells
- most numerous cells
- secrete pepsinogen
- > which is transformed into pepsin by hydrochloric acid
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Parietal Cells
- fundic gland region
- larger and less numerous than chief cells
- occur singly
- contains an abundance of carbonic anhydrase that helps in the formation of hydrochloric acid
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Endocrine Cells
- fundic gland region
- argentaffin cells
- responsible for the production of GIT hormones
- best demonstrated by silver salt
- their secretory product is released directly into capillaries
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Pyloric Gland Region
- branched, coiled tubular glands that are relatively shorter than other gastric glands
- the gastric pits are considerably deeper than other glands
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Small Intestine specialized structures
1. mucosal folds (plicae circulares) in the cranial 2/3
2. surface of the mucosa is covered with finger-like projections (intestinal villi)
3. absorptive surface is further increased by the microvilli on the free surface of the simple columnar epithelial cells
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Small Intestine Tunica Mucosa: Epithelium
- simple columnar
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Small Intestine Tunica Mucosa
- numerous goblet cells
- the density of the goblet cells is greater in the caudal part of the SI (ileum)
- crypts of liberkuhn
- paneth cells
- enteroendocrine (argentaffin) cells
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Crypts of Liberkuhn
- intestinal glands
- simple branched tubular invaginations at the base of the villi
- give rise to the columnar and goblet cells
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Paneth cells
- near the base of the intestinal gland, or the Crypts of Liberkuhn
- produce peptidase and lysozyme (antibacterial compound)
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Small Intestine of Ruminants and Horses
- paneth cells are present
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Small Intestine Tunica Mucosa: Lamina Propria
- forms the core of the villi
- diffuse lymphatic tissue or lymphatic nodules (Peyer's Patches) are present throughout the SI and increase in number towards the ileum
- lacteal
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Lacteal
- located in the lamina propria of the small intestine
- a single lymphatic capillary
- located in the center of the villus
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Small Intestine Tunica Mucosa: Lamina Muscularis
- thin and incomplete
| - > except in the dog it is complete and thicker
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Small Intestine Tunica Submucosa
- tubuloalveolar submucosal glands (Brunner's Gland) are located mainly in the duodenum
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Brunner's Glands
- located mainly in the duodenum
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Brunner's Glands in ruminants and dogs secrete
- Brunner's glands secrete mucous glands
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Brunner's Glands in pigs and horses secrete
- Brunner's glands secrete serous glands
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Brunner's Glands in cats secrete
- mixed glands
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Peyer's Patches
- large aggregated lymphatic nodules
| - mainly present in the ileum
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Jejunum
- does not have glands or patches
| - has CT in the submucosa !
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Small Intestine Tunica Muscularis
- thickest in horses
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Large Intestine characteristics
1. No villi, only crypts
2. longer, less-coiled, simple tubular glands with many goblet cells
3. No paneth cells
4. No plica circulares (mucosal folds)
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Large Intestine: Cecum
- lots of lymphatic nodules scattered throughout its length
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Large Intestine: Colon
- the mucosa is substantially thicker because of the increased length of intestinal glands
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Large Intestine of Pigs and Horses
- have Taenia
| - > outer longitudinal layer of the tunica muscularis that form flat muscle bands containing numerous elastic fibers
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Large Intestine: Rectum
- increased number of goblet cells
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Anal Canal in pigs and carnivores
1. Columnar Zone
2. Intermediate Zone
3. Cutaneous Zone
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Columnar Zone of the anal canal
- contains longitudinal folds
- > anal columns
- epithelium is stratified squamous nonkeratinized
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Intermediate Zone of the anal canal
- a narrow strip between the columnar and cutaneous zone
| - epithelium is stratified squamous nonkeratinized
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Cutaneous zone of the anal gland
- lined by stratified squamous keratinized epithelium
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Anal Sacs in carnivores
- bilateral invaginations of anal mucosa
| - with modified sweat glands
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Liver
- largest gland in the body
| - high regenerative power
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Functions of the Liver
1. Bile secretion
2. Metabolism of protein, CHOs, Lipids, hemoglobin and drugs
3. Hemopoiesis
- in fetal
4. Phagocytosis
5. Detoxification
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Glisson's Capsule of the Liver
- liver is covered by a typical serosa overlying a thin CT capsule called this
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The interlobar CT of the Liver
- prominent in portal areas containing branches of
1. Hepatic Artery
2. portal vein
3. Bile duct
4. Lymphatics
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Interlobar CT septa of the Liver
- in most species is scant
| - except for the pig it is distinct
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Liver Lobule Types
1. Classic Lobules
2. Portal Lobules
3. Liver Acinus
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Classic Lobules
- the anatomical unit of the liver
- these lobules are roughly hexagonal
- the portal area is present between 3 adjacent lobules
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Portal Lobules
- a functional unit in relation to the bile secretion
- a triangular shaped area
- the portal area is in the center
- 3 central veins of the classic lobules at the peripheral angles
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Liver Acinus
- a functional unit in relation to the metabolic activity
- roughly diamond-shaped area made of parts of:
- > the 2 classic lobules
- > 2 central veins at the apposing points
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Bile canaliculus of the Liver
- is simply an expanded intercellular space between the membranes of adjacent hepatocytes
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Bile Flow (small to large) of the Liver
1. Bile canaliculi
2. Bile Ductules
3. Interlobular Bile Ducts
4. Hepatic Ducts
5. Bile Duct (common Bile duct)
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Hepatic Sinusoids of the Liver
- carry blood from the terminal branches of the hepatic artery and portal vein to the central vein
- lined by endothelial cells and stellate macrophages (Kupffer cells)
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Kupffer Cells
- they are stellate macrophages (phagocytic cells) of the liver
- lines the hepatic sinusoids in the liver
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Gall Bladder in Horses, rats, deer, pigeons
- gall bladder is absent
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Function of Gall Bladder
1. Storage
2. Concentration
3. Acidification
4. Delivery of Bile
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Gall Bladder Structure
- the mucosa is thrown into numerous folds in the contracted (empty) state
- lined by simple columnar epithelium
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Gall Bladder in cattle
- goblet cells are present in the gall bladder
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Exocrine Pancreas
1. presence of centroacinar cells in the lumen of the secretory acinus
2. Intralobular Ducts are not stratified
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Centroacinar cells
- present in the pancreas
- in the lumen of the secretory acinus
- secrete bicarbonate which raise the pH of the intestinal contents
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Lamellar (Paccian) corpuscles
- frequently present in the pancreas of cats
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Avian Oral Cavity
- a cornified beak is attached to the upper and lower jaw bone
- NO teeth
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Avian Oral Cavity Tunica Mucosa: Epithelium
- stratified squamous epithelium
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Avian Oral Cavity Tunica Mucosa: Lamina Propria
- blends with the propria-submucosa
- contains lots of diffuse lymphatic tissue
- > no lymph nodes
- salivary glands
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Salivary Glands in Birds
- all are branched tubular mucous glands
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Avian Tongue
- stratified squamous keratinized
| - contains an entoglossal bone
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Avian Esophagus
- stratified squamous keratinized
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Avian Crop
- sac like diverticulum of the esophagus
- it’s a storage organ where the ingested food is moistened by mucous secretion of
the esophageal and crop gland
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Brooding Steps of the Crop
1. the crop secretes crop milk (desquamated lipid-laden cells)
2. mixes with the ingested food
3. mixture is regurgitated
4. fed to the nestling
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Avian Stomach 2 parts
1. Proventriculus
| 2. Ventriculus
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Avian proventriculus
- glandular portion of avian stomach
- mucosa has macroscopic papillae
- oxynticopeptic cells
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Oxynticopeptic cells
- in the proventriculus of the avian stomach
| - produce pepsin and hydrochloric acid
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Avian Ventriculus
- the gizzard
| - responsible for grinding ingesta
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Avian ventriculus Tunica Mucosa
- lined by the cuticle which is a secretory product of the mucosal gland
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Avian ventriculus Tunica Muscularis
- smooth muscle cells
| - criss crossed by bands of dense white, fibrous CT
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Avian Small Intestine: Lamina Propria
- contain large amounts of diffuse and nodular lymphatic tissue
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Avian Small Intestine: Tunica Submucosa
- contain large amounts of diffuse and nodular lymphatic tissue
- duodenal submucosa glands are absent
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Avian Large Intestine
- 2 ceca are present at the ileocolic juntion
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Cecal Tonsils
- in the large intestine
- adult birds have these
- large mass of diffuse and nodular lymphatic tissue that infiltrates the lamina propria and the submucosa at the cecal orifice
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Avian Large Intestine: The proximal part of the Ceca and Colon
- Villi in the large intestine
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Cloaca Parts (cranial to caudal)
1. Coprodeum
2. Urodeum
2. Proctodeum
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Avian Cloacal Bursa
- bursa of Fabricius
- sac like diverticulum of proctodeum in birds only
- plicae (tall mucosal folds)
- pseudostratified columnar epithelium
- lymphoid organ/immune system organ
- B lymphocytes differentiate here
- > into plasma cells when activated
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Avian Vent
- The tunica mucosa of the vent is highly folded and lined by keratinized stratified squamous epithelium.
- Striated muscle of the tunica muscularis forms a sphincter
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Portal Area
1. Hepatic Artery
2. Portal Vein
3. Bile Duct
4. Lymphatics