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What is in the tubular GI tract

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Mouth, Pharynx, Esophagus, Stomach, Small and large intestines

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What happens in the swallowing reflex?

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Pushes tongue against the soft palate
Respiration is inhibited (epiglottis blocks airway)
Pushes food into the esophagus

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What is peristalsis?

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Rhythmic contraction of the esophagus and small intestine moves down the food

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3 areas of the small intestine

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Duodenum -> Jejunum -> Illeum

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Areas of large intestine

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Cecum -> Ascending colon -> Transverse colon -> Descending colon -> Sigmoid colon -> Rectum

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4 layers of the GI tract

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Mucosa
Submucosa
Muscularis
Serosa

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What do transport cells secrete

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Acids, bicarbonate, absorb nutrients and water/vitamins

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What do enteroendocrine cells do

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Secrete hormones into the blood

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Functions of the goblet and paneth cells

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Goblet - Mucous
Paneth - Secretes antimicrobial compounds

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What 2 plexuses control the enteric nervous system?

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Mytenteric plexus
Submucosal plexus

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What does the myenteric plexus do

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Regulates motility

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What does the submucosal plexus do?

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Regulates secretion and absorption

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What’s the general format for external stimuli signalling for GI?

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  1. External stimuli such as smell, sight ->
  2. Efferent signals to the cephalic brain -> Sympathetic/Parasympathetic neurons
  3. Myenteric and submucosal plexuses ->
  4. Smooth muscle contractions/Secretory cells ->
  5. Either changes in contraction, exocrine secretion or endocrine secretions
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How does local stimuli change how the GI behaves?

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Local stimuli such as pH, stretch feed into interneurons and myenteric/submucosal plexuses -> Smooth muscle -> Changes in secretion, muscle contractions, endocrine secretions

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Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic control of the digestive system

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Sympathetic -> Inhibit gut movements, constrict sphincters, reduce secretion
Parasympathetic -> Increase gut movements, dilate sphincters, increase secretion

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Arteries that supply the GI tract

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Stomach: Celiac artery
Small intestine: Superior mesenteric artery
Large intestine: Superior and inferior mesenteric arteries

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Veins from the GI tract

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Hepatic veins
Hepatic portal veins
Inferior vena cava
Superior and inferior mesenteric vein

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What feature of the GI smooth muscle allows contraction as a single unit?

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Muscle cells are connected by gap junctions, allowing AP to travel throughout the muscles

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How are slow waves in the GI smooth muscle generated?

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By the interstitial cells of Cajal, very similar to the AV node of the heart
spontaneous AP produced by pacemaker potential

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Heart pacemaker cells vs Interstitial cells of Cajal (what causes depolarisation for cajal?)

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Heart : Every potential caused to produce AP, higher freq of AP
Cajal: Not every slow wave will cause AP, depolarisation is due to Ca2+ entry. Lower freq of AP

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What causes the depolarization of GI smooth muscle?

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  1. Stretch
  2. Acetylcholine
  3. Parasympathetics
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What causes the hyperpolarisation of GI smooth muscle?

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  1. Noradrenaline
  2. Sympathetics
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Steps of peristalsis

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  1. Circular muscle contraction behind food
  2. Longitudinal muscles contract ahead of mass
  3. Contraction of circular muscle moves food forward
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What is the vagovagal reflex?

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When stomach is stretched, info is sent to the brain and then adjusts stomach size

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What are the segmentation contractions
Concentric contractions along the intestine, where circular muscles contract, and longitudinal muscles relax, mixing food
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Function of the ileocecal valve?
To prevent back flow from cecum (large intestine) to the illeum, controls the emptying of small intestine
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How is the ileocecal valve opened or closed?
Opened by the distension of ileum and by gastroileal reflex Closed by the distension of the colon
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What controls the large intestine's motility?
PNS - Increase motility SNS - decrease motility
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How is vomiting initiated?
Stimulation of the vomiting center in the medulla
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What do the vagus nerves do during vomiting?
1. Enhance salivation 2. Relaxes esophagus 3. Contracts pylorus
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What do the spinal nerves do during vomiting?
1. Inspiration 2. Contraction of abdominal muscles
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What does the phrenic nerve do during vomiting?
Diaphragm descends
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How much fluid is secreted into and out from the lumen?
9L for both~
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What's the rugae?
Wrinkles in the stomach, increasing surface area
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What are the 2 components in the small intestine that increase the surface area?
1. Villi 2. Crypts of Lieberkuhn
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What are the large bumps of the large intestine called?
Haustra
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What are the large bumps of the small intestine called?
Plica
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What are the 3 salivary glands?
Parotid Submandibular Sublingual
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Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic saliva difference
Para: Lots of water (serous) saliva Sympa: Small amount of thick mucous saliva
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Which salivary gland produces the most saliva
Submandibular > Parotid > Sublingual
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What do parietal cells release?
HCl, Intrinsic factor
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What do chief cells release?
Pepsinogen, Gastic lipase
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What do enterochromaffin-like cells release?
Histamine
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What do D-cells release?
Somatostatin
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What do G cells release?
Gastrin
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How can the stomach cells survive? What neutralises the pH?
Bicarbonate is released, allowing pH ~ 7 at cell surface
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How do parietal cells secrete Acid?
1. Water breaks down to H+ and OH-, H+ is effluxed into lumen 2. CA combines CO2 and OH - to form bicarb 3. Bicarb is exchanged out for Cl- and effluxed into lumen
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Functions of the intrinsic factor
Bind to B12 and ensures its absorption in the ileum
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What stimulates the release of gastrin?
Peptides and amino acids
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Which region is the G cells mainly located in?
G-cells located in pylori region
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Where is the parietal and enterochromaffin-like cell located?
Fundus/Body region
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What does gastrin do
1. Stimulates release of acid, histamine, pepsinogen and mucous 2. Increase stomach motility and mass movement
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2 cell types in the pancreas (exocrine)
Acinar Duct cells
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What do acinar cells release
Pancreatic enzymes
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What do duct cells release
sodium bicarb and water
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How is bicarb synthesized and excreted by the pancreas?
1. H2O + CO2 combine to make bicarb and H+ via CA 2.Bicarb is pumped outand exchanged for Cl- from lumen, and H+ is exchanged for sodium 3. Sodium pumped out by Na+/K+ pump 4. Cl- leaks out through the CFTR channel
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Why do cystic fibrosis patients need to take digestive enzymes
Thick mucous block the pancreatic ducts, prevents enzymes from reaching the small intestine
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What does secretin do?
1. Increase release of bicarbonate 2. Decrease gastric acid, and emptying
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GLP-1 function
1. Increase insulin, decrease glucagon, increase B-cell growth 2. Decrease gastric acid, and gastric emptying
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How are monosaccharides absorbed?
Influx into cell by SGLT (Glucose and galactose) and GLUT5 (Fructose), efflux into blood via GLUT2 for both
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Which cell releases pepsinogen?
Chief cells
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Which specific amino acids to pepsin digest?
Aromatic - Tryptophan, Tyrosine, Phenylalanine
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Endo vs Exo peptidases
Endo peptidases cut internal peptide bonds Exo peptidases cut terminal peptide bonds
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How are zymogens activated in the pancreas?
1. Trypsin is activated from Trypsinogen via Enteropeptidase 2. Trypsin activates various zymogens into enzymes
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3 ways amino acids are absorbed in the small intestine
1. Di and Tri peptide cotransport with H+ 2. Amino acids cotransport with Na+ 3. Small peptides carried intact via transcytosis
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Where does fatty acids digestion start?
In the mouth
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Function of bile salts and lecithin
Emulsify fat to increase digestion
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What does emulsification do?
Forms micelles
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How does fat get absorbed? both monoglycerides and cholesterol
1. Monoglycerides and fatty acids diffuse into cell, re-esterification to triglycerides in the smooth ER 2. Cholesterol enters through energy dependent transporter (NPC1L1)
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What happens in the Golgi for triglycerides?
Transformed to to chylomicrons, and they are absorbed by the lymphatic system
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How are fat soluble vitamins absorbed?
Absorbed with fat
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How are water soluble vitamins absorbed?
Through a transporter
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How is vitamin B12 absorbed?
Absorbed by intrinsic factor and transported into the illium
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How is Ca2+ absorbed?
Through calcium channels in apical, and then Ca2+ ATPase in the basolateral
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How is Iron absorbed?
Fe2+/H+ cotransporter called DMT-1 in apical side Fe2+ ferroportin transpoter in the basolateral side
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Ways Na+ can get absorbed
Na+ ion channels, Na+/Cl- cotransporter, Na+/H+ exchanger, HCO3-/Cl- exchanger to balance out pH
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3 phases of digestion
Cephalic Gastric Intestinal
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What triggers the cephalic phase?
Coming of food, such as smell or sight of it, causing a parasympathetic stimulation to salivary glands and stomach (through vagus)
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What happens in the cephalic phase to the salivary glands?
Saliva production (Watery)
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What happens in the cephalic phase to the stomach?
Stimulation of the submucosal plexus, which stimulates Mucous, Chief, Parietal, and G cells
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What happens in the cephalic phase in the small intestine?
1. Gastrin production via the stomach will cause Bicarb and enzymes to be produced in the pancreas 2. Acetylcholine signalling via the vagus nerve will also cause similar effects 3. Both are released into the intestines
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What are the causes of GERD?
Fatty meal, alcohol, caffeine, chocolate, peppermint, causing CCK release and decrease in gastric motility
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What happens in the gastric phase?
Stretch and increased pH will signal more release of HCl, Pepsinogen, Mucus, and G cell (also stimulated by peptides)
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What inhibits the gastric phase?
Somatostatin
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What causes stomach ulcers?
H.pylori infection
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How is a H.pylori infection tested for?
breathing test using a radioactive urea. Urea is converted to bicarb (radioactive) and breathed out in lungs. They test the radioactivity of the breaths to see H.pylori infection
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What happens in the intestinal phase?
Presence of lipid and carbs will secrete CCK and GIP, which inhibit stomach function, Secretin released by decreased pH
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Mechanism of cholera
Bacteria produces a toxin that permanently activates Gas, thus leading to overproduction of cAMP, leads to inhibit Na+ uptake and enhanced Cl- efflux (leading to even less Na+ uptake)
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How to treat cholera?
With oral rehydration solutions and antibiotics, containing glucose so Na+ can uptake, and also bicarbonate if metabolic acidosis

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