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Lecture 9 - Glands 2 Flashcards

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What is the function of a myoeptihelial cell?

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Cell that has contractile function which helps squeeze out secretions from the duct

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How does a goblet cell appear in a H&E stain?

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No stain so white

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How do goblet cells satin with Periodic acids schiff stain?

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Purple/dark pink
Stains the glycoproteins (MUCIN)

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What type of gland are the Parotid glands?

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Exocrine gland
Serous gland

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What is a serous gland?

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A gland which produces a watery secretion

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Where are the parotid glands located?

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Near the ear

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How do the parotid glands appear with periodic acid schiff stain?

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Very purple (make lots of proteins/enzymes)

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What type of cells are the acini in the parotid glands?

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Simple columnar epithelium

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What is a striated duct?

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Duct lined with simple columnar epithelial cells whos cytoplasm have a striated appearance

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What is the function of the striated duct?

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PREVENTS WATER LOSS
so modify the saliva/consistency of the watery secretion

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What type of secretion is released from the parotid gland?

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Mainly serous

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Where are the submandibular glands located?

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Underneath the jaw

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What sort of secretion do the submandibular glands produce?

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Thick mucus saliva and thin enzyme saliva

More mucus secretion than Serous secretion

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What type of secretion do the sublingual glands produce?

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Almost all mucous

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What are the 3 main salivary glands?

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Parotid glands
Submandibular gland
Sublingual gland

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How does the way a histological image look change the more mucus it secretes?

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More mucus = more goblet cells
More goblet cells = less stain retained with H&E

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What type of control is salivary secretion under?

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ONLY Neural control

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How does the parasympathetic nervous system stimulate salivary secretion?

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Stimulates large volume of water saliva rich n enzymes (SEROUS SECRETION)

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How does the sympathetic nervous system stimulate saliva secretion?

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Produces a small , thick secretion of saliva rich in mucus (MUCOUS secretion)

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What is the largest exocrine gland in the body?

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Liver

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What is citus inversus?

What causes it?

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Organs in the abdomen are on opposite sides to normal

Due to cilia in embryonic development not orientating organs properly

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What is the hepatic portal system?

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First capillary network in stomach and intestine
Second capillary network in the liver

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What blood vessels supply the liver?

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Hepatic portal vein supplies blood with nutrients and toxins to the second capillary bed (sinusoids)
Hepatic artery supplies oxygenated blood to liver sinusoids

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What is the shape of a liver lobule?

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Hexagonal 6 sided

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What is located at every node of the liver lobule (6 corners)
Portal triad
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What 3 vessels are found in the portal triads?
Hepatic portal vein Hepatic artery Bile duct
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What is located in the centre of each liver lobule?
Central hepatic vein
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What is the function of the central hepatic vein in the liver lobules?
They drain blood from the liver and join up to the inferior vena cava
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What is the relationship between the hepatic artery and the hepatic portal vein?
The join together to form tubes called sinusoids causing deoxygenated blood rich in nutrients and toxins from the hepatic portal vein to mix with oxygenated blood from the hepatic artery
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What is a sinusoid?
An irregularly shaped tube which blood passes through that has large gaps between it’s cells
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What is the function of the sinusoids in the liver?
Allow the substances in the blood in the liver to reach the hepatocytes
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What are the 3 types of capillary vessel?
Continuous Fenestrated Sinusoid
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What is a continuous capillary vessel?
Made up of an endothelial layer with cells held together by many adherence systems like tight junctions and desmosomes. Surrounded by basement membrane
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Where are continuous capillary vessels normally found?
Brain/most of body
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What is a fenestrated capillary vessel?
Vessels which have fenestrations, (gaps between endothelial cells) allowing for some filtration Surrounded by basement membrane
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Where are fenestrated capillary vessels found?
Pituitary/small intestine/kidneys/some endocrine glands
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What are sinusoids?
Vessels that have large gaps between cells and an incomplete basement membrane This allows whole cells through
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Where are sinusoids found?
Liver Spleen Bone marrow Lymph nodes
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What colour is the bile duct with H&E stain?
Very purple
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How many nuclei can hepatocytes have?
2 or 3 Bi or tri-nucleated
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What is the adaptation of having multiple nuclei to a hepatocyte?
Helps make lots of protein (multiple nucleolus’s)
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What other adaptations do hepatocytes have for their role?
Abundant endoplasmic reticulum Prominent and numerous Golgi apparatus Lots of mitochondria Lots of free ribosomes Microvilli (LARGE SA) Glycogen deposits Lots of peroxisomes
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How does the flow of bile relate to the flow fo blood through the sinusoids?
Counter current system Opposite directions
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How are bile ducts formed?
Bile canaliculi join to form Bile ductules Bile ductules join to form bile ducts forming the left andlight hepatic bile ducts
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What is a Kupffer cell?
Macrophages residing in the sinusoidal lining of the liver
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What is the function of Kupffer cells?
Ingest and phagocytose pathogens Recycle old erythrocytes missed by spleen
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What is the life cycle of a red blood cell?
120 days
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Under what circumstances does the livers Kupffer cells become the main remover of 120 day old erythrocytes?
After a splenectomy
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What is a Stellate/Ito cell?
They are storage cells of the liver
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What is the function of stellate/Ito cells in the liver?
Store Vitamin A Contain many cytoplasmic vacuoles
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How do Stellate/Ito cells change in liver cirrhosis?
Lose their ability to store Vitamin A They differentiate into myofibroblasts which deposit collagen Causes liver fibrosis by depositing in perisinusoidal space
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What are peroxisomes?
Organelles full of oxidising agents
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Which cells in the liver have regenerative ability?
Hepatocytes
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What does liver regeneration depend on?
The extent of the damage
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What are the major functions of the liver?
Storage Anabolism Catabolism Modification of hormones Endocrine function (hormone production Thrombopoietin Angiotensinogen IGF1) Bile production
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What is the function of bile?
Emulsifies fat and helps Vitamin K absorption from small intestine
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What is the livers main constitutive exocrine secretion?
Bile
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Where is bile stored?
The Gall bladder
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What is the livers main constitutive endocrine secretion?
Albumin
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What is the livers main regulated endocrine secretion?
IGF-1
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What is the name of the liver cell which carries out both its endocrine and exocrine function?
Hepatocyte
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What is the blood supply to the liver?
Hepatic artery and heart supplies oxygenated blood

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