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1
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Organs of the GI tract include:

A

mouth, most of pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine

2
Q

What are the accessory digestive organs?

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Tongue, teeth, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, gallbladder

3
Q

What accessory digestive organs are associated with physical/mechanical breakdown?

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tongue and teeth

4
Q

What accessory digestive organs are associated with secretions?

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salivary glands, pancreas, liver, gallbladder

5
Q

From the lumen outward what are the four layers of tissue present?

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  1. Mucosa
  2. Submucosa
  3. Muscularis externa
  4. Serosa or adventitia
6
Q

What are the 3 layers of the mucosal lining of the GI tract?

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  1. Lining epithelium
  2. Lamina propria
  3. Muscularis mucosae
7
Q

What are the two cell types found in the lining epithelium?

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  1. nonkeratinized stratified squamous epitheliium

2. Simple columnar epithelium

8
Q

The lamina propria is _____ connective tissue.

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loose (areolar)

9
Q

The muscularis mucosae is _____ muscle.

A

smooth

10
Q

Smooth muscle tissue of the digestive system wall has two layers. What are they?

A
  1. Inner circular layer

2. Outer longitudinal layer

11
Q

T/F the inner circular layer can be thickened to form sphincters or valves?

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True fact of life

12
Q

Where is the serosa in relation to the other tissues?

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It surrounds the smooth muscle layer

13
Q

The serosa is made up of what two types of tissue?

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  1. Mesothelium

2. Loose (areolar) connective tissue

14
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What type of tissue is the adventitia made up of?

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Loose (areolar) connective tissue

15
Q

What epithelial tissue lines the esophagus?

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Nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium

16
Q

What type of muscle tissue is found in the the esophageal lining?

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The muscularis externa has both skeletal (upper 1/3) and smooth muscle tissue (lower 1/3) and a mix of both in the middle 1/3

17
Q

What are the two types of mucous glands found in the esophagus?

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  1. Esophageal glands (proper)

2. Esophageal cardiac glands

18
Q

Where are esophageal glands (proper) found?

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in the submucosa

19
Q

Where are esophageal cardiac glands found?

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In the lamina propria

20
Q

What are the four divisions of the stomach?

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  1. Cardia
  2. Fundus
  3. Body
  4. Pylorus
    (histologically speaking the body and fundus are combined)
21
Q

The cardiac glands are primarily _____ glands.

A

mucous

22
Q

The gastric/fundic glands secrete what two things?

A

HCl and pepsin

23
Q

The pyloric glands are primarily ____ glands.

A

mucous

24
Q

The surface mucous cells of the stomach are what kind of cells?

A

simple columnar epithelium

25
Q

Gastric pits in the stomach lead to _____ _____.

A

gastric glands

26
Q

What are the layers of smooth muscle in the stomach?

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outer longitudinal
middle circular
inner oblique

27
Q

What are the three parts of the small intestine?

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Duodenum
Jejunum
Ileum

28
Q

The small intestine has a large surface area which is important in what?

A

absorption

29
Q

What are some examples of absorptive cells in the small intestine?

A

Vili

Microvili

30
Q

What kind of epithelial cells line the small intestine?

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simple columnar epithelium
absorptive enterocytes
goglet cells

31
Q

Crypts of Lieberkuhn are what?

A

Intestinal glands

32
Q

Where are brunner’s glands found (glands that produce alkaline mucous)?

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In the duodenum

33
Q

Does the large intestine have plicae circulares and villi?

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Nope

34
Q

What type of epithelial cells are found in the colon?

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simple columnar epithelium

35
Q

Are Crypts of Lieberkuhn found in the large intestine?

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Yes

36
Q

What are the absorptive cells of the colon called?

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coloncytes

37
Q

What cells are found in the lamina propria of the large intestine?

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lymphoid cells and nodules

38
Q

The pancreas has three parts. What are they?

A

head
body
tail

39
Q

The pancreas functions 98-99% as a ______ gland.

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exocrine

40
Q

What are the two sources of blood for the liver?

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  1. The hepatic artery (oxygenated blood)
  2. The hepatic portal vein (deoxygenated blood with newly absorbed nutrients, drugs, and possible microbes and toxins from GI tract)
41
Q

Where are oxygen, most nutrients, and certain toxic substances taken up by the hepatocytes? This is also where the hepatocytes products and stored nutrients are secreted back into the blood.

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Liver sinusoids

42
Q

The liver is composed of structural and functional units called ___ ____.

A

Hepatic lobules

43
Q

What do the hepatic lobules surround?

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A central vein

44
Q

What are the largest cells lining the sinusoids of the hepatocytes called and what do they do?

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Called Kupffer cells

Phagocytic properties- helps break down damaged/old RBCs that reach the liver from the spleen.

45
Q

chief cells are also called ______ ____.

A

Zymogenic cells

46
Q

Where does most absorption take place?

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about 90% in the small intestine

47
Q

What are plicae circulares and where are they found?

A

permanent circular folds in the small intestine

48
Q

What are the absorptive cells of the small intestine called?

A

enterocytes

49
Q

Chyme from the stomach goes into the duodenum and it’s very acidic. How does the body regulate the acidity?

A

Brunner’s glands in the duodenum produce an alkaline mucous to neutralize the pH

50
Q

Where are teniae coli found?

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In the large intestine