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What are related organs in the GI tract

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Salivary glands, liver, gall bladder and pancreas

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What are the main components of the upper GI tract

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  1. Epiglottis protects the respiratory system 2. Pharynx 3. Larnyx 4. Oral cavity- surprisingly small hole 5. Tongue 6. Oral cavity
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What are the 3 main functions of the GI tract

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  1. Mixing food with saliva 2. Mastication 3. Gustation
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How much saliva is produced per day

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500-900 mls

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Why is there so much saliva produced daily

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To keep the oral cavity lubricated

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What is saliva

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A mixture of water and mucous

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What does saliva contain

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Electrolytes and amylase

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Why is amylase contained in saliva

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For starting the process of dissolving food so it can react with taste buds

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What is saliva produced by

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Salivary glands

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What is mastication

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Chewing

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The coordination of which 6 components is required during mastication

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Teeth, jaw, tongue, cheeks, palate, lips

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What does mastication produce

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A bolus of food to be passed into the oesophagus

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What is gustation

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The sense of taste

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Which nerves innervate the taste receptor organs

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Cranial nerves 7 and 9

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Where are taste receptor organs located

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On the top of the tongue

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What are the 5 types of taste receptors

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Salt, sweet, sour, bitter, umami

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What does the sense of taste inform you of

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Whether a foodstuff will benefit you or not

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What can the taste and smell of food combine to stimulate

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Secretion of saliva and gastric acid or vomiting

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Which nerves control all GI functions that take place in the mouth

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The cranial nerves

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What are the layers of the GI tract (Send Mr Larry Coulsen Some Magnificant Loving Electric Vinyls)

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Serosa Muscularis externa Longitudinal muscle Circular muscle Submucosa Muscularis mucosae Lamina propria Epithelium Villus

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Which nerves control the gut wall

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Myenteric plexus and submucosal plexus

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What does the myenteric plexus control

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Muscle contraction

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What does the submucosal plexus control

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The muscularis mucosae

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What makes up the gut lining

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Villus and epithelium

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What combines to move food from the oral cavity to the anus
Myenteric plexus, longitudinal muscle and circular muscle
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How are arteries, veins and nerves transmitted into the intestine
Via teh mesentry
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What is the first phase of swallowing
Formation of the bolus
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What is the second phase of swallowing
Ensuring the bolus enters the GI tract not the respiratory tract
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What is the role of the epiglottis
Guiding the bolus into the oesophagus
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What does the oesophagus do
Receives bolus of food and pushes it down to the stomach
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What does the stomach do
Stores food, digests it with acid, churns it up (to break it down). Passes it to the duodenum of the small intestine
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What does the SI consist of
Duodenum, ileum and jejunum
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Where does the SI receive ducts from
Pancreas, liver and gall bladder
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What is the role of the Si
To complete digestion and absorb nutrients
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What does the large intestine consist of
Colon and rectum
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What is the role of the LI
To absorb water and electrolytes and create faeces
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How is faeces expelled
By the rectum through the anal canal
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What is a sphincter
A thickening of the circular layer of the muscularis externa
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What are 3 different sphincters in the GI tract
Oesophageal sphincter. Pyloric sphincter. Sphincter of Oddi
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What is the role of the pyloric sphincter
Preventing HCl from entering the duodenum
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What is the role of the oesophageal sphincter
Prevents HCl from entering the oesophagus
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When does the sphincter of Oddi open
When food is present in the duodenum
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What is peristalsis
The moving of the GI contents from oral -\> anal by contractions of the muscularis externa
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What 2 things must the musculature stomach be able to do
1. Expand greatly. 2. Help break up the food by churning the contents of the stomach.
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How is the stomach able to carry out its muscular functions
1. The relaxation of the smooth muscle in the muscular externa 2. The presence of an extra oblique smooth muscle layer
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Why are there villus on the small intestine mucosa
To increase the surface area for absorption of nutrients
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Describe the anatomy of the small intestine
Villus, lacteal, blood capillaries, goblet cell, intestinal gland
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What is the functional relationship of the pancreas to the GI tract
Secretion of pancreatic juice from the exocrine system into the pancreatic duct then into the duodenum
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How does pancreatic juice enter the duodenum
Via the sphincter of Oddi
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What is the functional relationship of the liver to the GI tract
1. Receiving substances absorbed from the small intetsine via the hepatic portal vein. These substances are metabolised. 2. Produces bile 3. Transfers waste products of metabolism to the gall bladder
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Describe the hepatic portal system
Splenic vein and superior mesenteric vein -\> hepatic portal vein -\> liver. Liver -\> hepatic portal veins -\> inferior vena cava -\> heart -\> abdominal aorta -\> proper hepatic aorta
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What is the functional relationship of the gall bladder to the GI tract
Secretion of bile into the duodenum. The bile duct joins the pancreatic duct.
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What is the secretion of bile regulated by
The sphincter of Oddi
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Outline the immune system of the GI tract in terms of where lymphoid tissue is found
1. In the tonsils and adenoids of the oropharynx 2. In Peyer's patches in the SI 3. In lymphoid tissue in LI
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Why is lymphoid tissue in some of the mucosa of the GI tract
To detect antigenic material in the GI tract and to initiate antibody-mediated and cytotoxic immune responses. They all produce classes of antibodies
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What does the submucosa plexus do
Innervated secretory cells in the mucosa and contains sensory neurones that monitor the pH and chemical composition of the GI tract contents
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How do both plexuses act
Auntomonously
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What regulates both plexuses
They sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the ANS

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