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What are the 8 structures of the GI tract?

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mouth
pharynx
esophagus
stomach
duodenum
small intestine
colon
rectum

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What are the 6 digestive accessory structures?

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teeth
tongue
salivary glands
liver
gall bladder
pancreas

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Define ingestion

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the process of taking in macronutrients

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Where is ingestion accomplished?

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in the mouth

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Define mastication

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chewing

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Where is mastication accomplished?

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in the mouth

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Define deglutition

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swallowing

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What is the path of deglutition?

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mouth to pharynx to esophagus

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Define digestion

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macromolecules in nutrients are broken down into smaller molecules by enzymatic action

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Define absorption

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movement of a substance from the lumen to the blood by transport across an epithelium

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Define defecation

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elimination of waste material following digestion

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What enzyme type is most involved in digestion?

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hydrolase

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Define mechanical digestion

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the breakdown of macromolecules into smaller particles to enhance the capabilities of chemical digestion

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3 examples of mechanical digestion

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chewing in the mouth
churning in the stomach
segmentation in the small intestine

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Define chemical digestion

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enzyme secretion in the digestive tract causes the breakage of chemical bonds

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What enzyme breaks down carbohydrates (starches)?

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salivary & pancreatic amylase

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What enzyme breaks down proteins?

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peptidase

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What enzyme breaks down lipids?

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lipase

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What is the optimum temperature for salivary amylase & starch digestion?

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37°C

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What is the optimum pH for salivary amylase & starch digestion?

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7.0

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How does heat affect digestive enzymes?

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heat denatures them

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How does freezing affect digestive enzymes?

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it has no effect

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Where does carbohydrate digestion begin?

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in the mouth with mastication & the release of salivary amylase from the salivary glands

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Amylase breaks down carbohydrates into what?

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maltose (sugar)

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When you increase amylase activity what results?
increase sugar (maltose) decrease starch
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Pancreatic amylase continues carbohydrate digestion where?
in the small intestine
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Reagent IKI detects the presence of what?
starch
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When starch is present in a solution, what color does IKI turn?
turns from caramel-colored to BLACK
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Benedicts reagent detects the presence of what?
sugars (broken down starch)
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With an increasing concentration of maltose (simple sugar), what color does Benedicts reagent turn?
turns from blue to green to orange to red-brown
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How does pH affect enzymes?
pH can inhibit enzyme activity when it is lower or higher than optimum
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What cells in the stomach release pepsin?
chief cells
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What is BAPNA?
a synthetic peptide
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In the presence of an active peptidase (or pepsin) what color does a BAPNA solution turn?
turns from colorless to yellow
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What does the enzyme lipase do?
catalyzes the break down of triglycerides
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What do bile salts do?
break down large lipid globules into smaller lipid globules (emulsification) increases surface area for lipase enzymes to work
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What is the optimal pH for lipase?
7.0
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What is the optimal pH for peptidase?
2.0
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How does lipid digestion look for a patient with no gallbladder?
the stomach produces bile so they would still be able to digest lipids but that activity would decrease so they would have to monitor their fat intake
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Can BAPNA test be used to determine the concentration of a given protein?
no as BAPNA only measures enzyme activity
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Define filtration
the movement of fluid across capillary walls of the glomerulus into bowmans capsule GLOMERULUS to BOWMANS CAPSULE
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Define reabsorption
the movement of filtered solutes from the renal tubules into the plasma RENAL TUBULES to PLASMA
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Define secretion
the movement of solutes from the plasma into the renal tubules PLASMA to RENAL TUBULES
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Define excretion
elimination of waste from the body
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What 3 layers must a filtrate cross in order to reach the bowmans capsule?
capillary endothelial layer basement membrane bowmans capsule epithelial layer
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Why is the renal corpuscle favorable to bulk flow of fluid?
fenestrations large number of slit pores large surface area
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What is the average plasma flow rate per min?
625 ml/min
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What is the average glomerular filtration rate (GFR) per min?
125 ml/min
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What is the average glomerular filtration rate (GFR) per day?
180 L/day
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Which 2 pressures FAVOR filtration?
glomerular capillary hydrostatic pressure (Pgc) bowmans capsule osmotic pressure (piBC)
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Which 2 pressures OPPOSE filtration?
bowmans capsule hydrostatic pressure (Pbc) glomerular osmotic pressure (piGC)
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What is the average glomerular capillary hydrostatic pressure (favors filtration)?
60 mmHg
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What is the average bowmans capsule hydrostatic pressure (opposes filtration)?
15 mmHg
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What is the average glomerular osmotic pressure (opposes filtration)?
29 mmHg
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What is the average bowmans capsule osmotic pressure (factors filtration)?
0 mmHg
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How does glomerular capillary hydrostatic pressure favor filtration?
the pressure pushes water & solutes in plasma through the glomerular filter
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How does glomerular osmotic pressure oppose filtration?
presence of proteins in the plasma draws filtrate back into the glomerulus
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How does bowmans capsule osmotic pressure favor filtration?
presence of proteins in the interstitial fluid draws fluid from capillaries into the capsule
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How does decreasing afferent radius affect GFR?
decreases glomerular pressure decreases GFR decreases urine volume
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How does decreasing efferent radius affect GFR?
increase glomerular pressure increase GFR increase urine volume
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How does increasing afferent radius affect GFR?
increase glomerular pressure increase GFR
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How does increasing efferent radius affect GFR?
decrease glomerular pressure decrease GFR
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How are AFFERENT radius & glomerular pressure, GFR, urine volume related?
directly related
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How are EFFERENT radius & glomerular pressure, GFR, urine volume related?
indirectly related
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Where are glucose carriers located?
in proximal convoluted tubule (tubule closest to bowman's capsule)
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What allows for glucose reabsorption into the plasma?
glucose carriers
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The number of glucose carriers is...
constant
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If glucose concentration exceed glucose carriers rate, what will happen?
glucose will be secreted in the urine (seen in diabetes patients)
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What does ADH do?
increase water reabsorption allows water to be reabsorbed from the collecting duct
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Low levels of ADH causes what?
an increase in urine output (water is not being reabsorbed)
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What does aldosterone do?
increases Na+, K+ and water reabsorption
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How does aldosterone increase Na+, K+ & water reabsorption?
increases the number of Na+ and K+ channels increases the Na/K pumps on the basolateral membrane
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How does ADH increase water reabsorption?
it releases aquaporins onto the apical membrane
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What are nephrons?
the filtering units of the kidney
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How does an increase in blood pressure affect glomerular pressure & GFR?
increases glomerular pressure & GFR
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Increasing which arteriole radius has the greater affect?
afferent
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How does a closed valve affect GFR?
decreases GFR & produces NO urine volume
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What does a closed valve represent?
an obstruction in the renal tubule
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Which hormone (ADH or aldosterone) has a greater effect?
ADH
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Can reabsorption of solutes influence water reabsorption?
yes, as water follows solutes using osmosis an increase in solute reabsorption increases water reabsorption

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