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Gastric Motility and Pancreatic Function Flashcards

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What does gastric motility allow for?

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Moving food from the upper part of the stomach to the pyloric spincter.

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Describe the muscle and force of contraction from the body of the stomach.

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Thin muscle so weaker contraction

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Describe what is meant by a peristaltic wave.

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Contractions which help to move the food from the body of the stomach to the antrum.

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Describe the muscle and force of contraction from the antrum of the stomach.

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Thick muscle, three layers so much stronger contraction.

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Name the three layers of the muscle of the antrum of the stomach.

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Circular muscle
Longitudal muscle
Oblique muscle

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Which part of the stomach does the mixing of food occur?

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Antrum

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What does the contraction of the pyloric sphincter help with?

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Control of passage of food from the stomach to the duodenum

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What is the name given to the gastric content entering the duodenum?

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Chyme

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What would happen if too much food entered the duodenum at once?

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Denature the digestive enzymes of the duodenum as the food would be very acidic and would shock the neutral/alkaline conditions of the duodenum.

Also, there would not be enough bicarbonate in the duodenum to neutralize the HCl

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What is the usual peristaltic rhythm?

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Three waves/ min

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Where are the peristaltic waves generated from?

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Pacemaker cells in the longitudal muscle layer

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What do the slow peristaltic waves cause to happen?

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Spontaneous depolarisation and repolarisation

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How are the slow waves conducted from one muscle layer to another?

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Via gap junctions

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The slow-wave depolarisation is sub-threshold. What is meant by this?

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It is not enough to evoke an action potential so further depolarisation is required for an action potential.

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How can there be further depolarisation?

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Using chemicals or mediators

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Give some examples of mediators which help with the depolarization.

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Acetylcholine
Gastrin

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What determines the strength of contraction?

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The number of action potentials

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Alongside the spontaneous pacemaker cells, what else is required for a motility?

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Neural and hormonal control

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What may inhibit the motility in the duodenum?

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Fat/acid//amino acid/hypertonicity in the duodenum

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Where is the bicarbonate in the duodenum secreted from?

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Submucosal glands known as Brunner’s Gland Duct cells

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What is the pancreatic head surrounded by?

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The C-shaped duodenum

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Which organ is the tail of the pancreas close to?

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The spleen

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Which type of gland is the pancreas?

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Mixed- endocrine and exocrine

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RECAP- what is meant by endocrine?

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Releases hormones or chemicals directly into the bloodstream

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RECAP- what is meant by exocrine?
Releases substances through ducts onto the surfaces of the body
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What do pancreatic islets (or islets of Langerhan's) produce?
Insulin Glucagon Somatostatin
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What do the alpha cells of the islets of Langerhan's produce?
Glucagon
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What do the beta cells of the islets of Langerhan's produce?
Insulin
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What does insulin and glucagon help with?
Levels of blood glucose
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What does somatostatin do?
Controls the secretion of insulin and glucagon
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Which is the anti-insulin horome?
Glucagon (When the glucose is GONe)
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Which hormone increases blood glucose levels?
Glucagon
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Which hormone decreases blood glucose levels?
Insulin (think, someone would take insulin when their blood sugar is too high).
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Which cells are in the exocrine portion of the pancreas?
Acinar cells
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Why is part of the pancreas considered to be exocrine:?
It releases enzymes and hormones into the GIT and the GIT is considered to be outside the body
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What are the lobules of the pancreas connected by?
Intercalated ducts
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What's the role of the Sphineter of Oddi?
Controls the release of the bile and the pancreatic juices from the common bile duct.
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Which part of the pancreas is responsible for digestion?
Exocrine part
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Which cells produce the pancreatic juices for the digestion in the pancreas?
Acini cells
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Which cells in the pancreas produce bicarbonate?
Duct cells
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How are digestive enzymes stored in acinar cells?
As inactive enzymes- inactive zymogen granules
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Why are the digestive enzymes in the pancreas stored in zymogen form?
To prevent autodigestion
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What is trypsinigen?
An inactive enzyme which can be converted to trypsin
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Which pH does trypsin work in?
Neutral or slightly alkaline pH
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Which pH does pepsin work in?
Acidic pH
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Which enzyme converts trypsinogen into trypsin?
Enterokinase
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Where would you find the enzyme enterokinase?
Bound to the brush border of the duodenal enterocytes
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What does trypsin do after being converted from trysinogen?
Activates other zymogens to active forms
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List the categories of pancreatic enzymes
Proteases Nucleases Elastases Phospholipases Lipases Alpha amylase
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What is the function of proteases?
Cleave peptide bonds
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What is the function of nucleases?
Hydrolyse RNA/DNA
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What is the function of elastases?
Collagen distension
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What is the function of phospholipases?
Degrade phospholipids into fatty acids
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What is the function of lipases?
Degrade triglycerides into monoglycerides and fatty acids
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What is the function of alpha amylases?
Convert starch to maltose and glucose
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What is bicarbonate secretion stimulated by?
Secretin
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Why would secretin be released?
In response to acid in the duodenum. So secretin will go in the blood and stimulate the release of bicarbonate which will neutralise the acid.
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What is zymogen secretion stimulated by?
CCK
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When will CCK be released?
In response to fat or amino acids in the duodenum.
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What is the long reflex in the GIT?
Vagal reflex
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What is the short reflex of the GIT?
Enteric NS reflex
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Summarise what will happen if there is fat or amino acids in the duodenum.
Increased CCK release Enterogastrone released which activates zymogens Enzymes will flow into the small intestine and help w digestion.
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