Gi Flashcards
(180 cards)
The stomach is mainly for?
Storage
What is the composition/texture of food before it gets to the stomach
food mixed with gastric fluids,move with slow and strong contractions and becomes chyme b4 the stomach
Small intenstine is made up of the sections namely
Duodernum
jejunum and illeum
What are the characteritics of the parts of the small intestine and ehat functions do they engage in?
duodernum….short….secretions process chyme in the small intestine
jujenum(8ft)…most adsorption..more than half adsorption of chyme done.
ileum..adsorption of chyme continues(10ft)
What tract leads into the colon
illiocecal sphincter
What are the characteristic part of the colon and what arthe functions
Colon…ascending,transverse/descending colon and sphincters
For storage,slow movement of chyme and to reclaim salt and h2o….making faeces harder in the descending colon so it can be excreted…slow movement here
Gi Tract composde of smooth muscles except
The GI tract is composed of smooth muscle(ANS), except in mouth, upper espohagus and external anal sphincter..voluntary muscles present here..skeletal muscles.….
What contributes to increase surface area in the Gi
Villus lining/micro villi also on each cell… increases surface area up to 300times.
Whats the function of brushborder enzymes
helps to digests nutrients and help with absorption
The Gi tract has
Enterocyte…epithelial cells that are in the luminal side of the small intestine.
Highly vascularized and highly metabolic so it needs a lot of energy/increase in blood flow also in Gi tract to process things
Lymphatics running through it….collect fluid
Longitudinal(outside) and circular(inside) muscles to squeezing chyme…move and mix..
Myenteric plexies (nerve nets)—-muscle movement..}Both of these make up the enteric nervous system…with the one below.
Submucosal plexus(nerve nets)…secretions} Get signals from receptors and get stimulated by having the chyme present. Making the gi tract function as an independent system,.
If the Enteric nerves stops working what happens
If the Enteric nerves stop working…or there is an area that does not have the nerves in it..everything stops ..illeus occur
Replacement of cells happen every couple of days in the Gi system,what cell facilitate this?
Stem/Progenitor.
What produces mucus in the Gi tract
Goblet cells
What is the Firstpass effect
The splanchnic circulation encases the intestines; blood flows from the intestines through the portal vein to the liver. This is the first pass effect
Processed by liver before it gets put out into the systemic circulation.
Happens to all the nutrients except lipids.lipids go into systemic circ first then the liver
The lipids take a long time to preocess.
Functions of the Gi tract
Digestion– Enzymes and HCl
Endocrine– LOTS of hormones which act on GI tract and other tissues
Elimination– rids body of undigested waste
Protection– HCl….rents food into small pieces..increases surface area for specific enzymes to work on and get to the nutrients and digest it, IgAs, opsonins, and other immune cells
Motility– propels and mixes chyme down
Absorption– of almost everything you eat,needs that absorption to be facilitated
Secretion– buffers mucus, hormones, enzymes
Storage– stomach and colon
Hormones are secreted into the blood ,all other things go into the lumen
How much fluid does the Gi tract absorb in a day.
You may only ingest 2 liters of fluid a day, but the GI tract SECRETES
7-8 LITERS. This means it has to absorb 9-10 LITERS of fluid each day!
What are the usefulness of the secretions in the Gi Tract
The secretions help lubricate, digest (HCl, enzymes), and buffer (HCO3 buffers the acid) the chyme.
Are Borborygmi sounds normal?
The movement of fluids and gases in and out of the intestines can be heard sometimes. As these fluids are being absorbed.These sounds are called borborygmi. These are normal
Most absorbtion is done where in the Gi?
Small intestine
Stomach is very acidic ,buffering needs to happen the chyme gets into the small intestine. which makes chyme in small intestine acidic or basic?
Basic after buffering.
Regulation of the Gi tract happen through the plexes,namely?
Systemmyenteric plexus (muscle/movement) submucosal plexus (secretions)
whats the function of the Lumenal chemo-, mechano- and osmoreceptors
(act on the enteric NS)….where chyme is at…does not do anything anywhere else that has no chyme
whats the composition of the PNS
(mainly vagal to transverse colon, then pelvic nerves to anus)
Whats the composition of the SNS
(post-ganglionic adrenergic fibers from celiac, superior and inferior mesenteric and hypogastric plexes)