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the ____ & ____ of the pharynx are lined with ____ ____ ET
oropharynx - laryngopharynx - stratified squamous
upper third of esophagus consists of ____ muscle
skeletal
middle third of esophagus consists of ____ & ____ muscle
skeletal - smooth
lower third of esophagus consists of ____ muscle
smooth muscle
the esophagus is lined with ____ ____ ET
stratified squamous
esophageal hiatus is where the esophagus comes down and passes the ____
diaphragm
thickening of muscle of the wall of esophagus is called ____ ____
cardiac sphincter
the cardiac sphincter helps to keep ____ & ____ from coming up from ____ into the esophagus
acid - food - stomach
the cardiac orifice is the ____ into the stomach
opening
acidic chyme is made in the ____ & released to the ____ ____
stomach - small intestine
rugae in the stomach is made up of folds of ____ & ____
mucosa - submucosa
4 regions of the stomach
cardia - fundus - body - pylorus - lesser curvature - greater curvature
hiatal hernia is caused when the ____ protrudes up through the diaphragm
fundus
pyloric sphincter is normally ____ (open/closed) & controls the flow of ____ to the small intestines
closed - chyme
3 mesenteries (omenta)
lesser omentum - greater omentum - mesocolon
the greater omentum extends from the ____ ____
greater curvature
the lesser momentum extends from the ____
liver
the wall of the stomach consists of 3 layers
outer longitudinal - middle circular - inner oblique
epithelial lining of the stomach is ____ ____ epithelium
simple columnar
gastric glands that are located in ____ & ____, primarily secrete mucus
cardia - pylorus
gastric glands in the fundus & body contain cells with various ____
functions
4 substances produced by gastric glands
mucus - acid - pepsinogen - hormones
4 cell types of gastric glands
mucous neck cells - parietal cells - chief cells - enteroendocrine cells
mucous neck cells produce ____ ____ at the upper region of glands
acidic mucus
parietal cells produce ____ & secretes ____ ____
HCL - intrinsic factor
function of intrinsic factor
absorption of vitamin B12
parietal cells provide acidity for ____ function
pepsin
chief cells are located at the ____ of the gland
base
chief cells produce ____ which breakdown ____
pepsinogen - protein
pepsin is converted in the presence of ____
HCl
5 hormones released by enteroendocrine cells
gastrin - histamine - endorphins - serotonin - somatostatin
enteroendocrine cells have ____ function because they effect the cells around them
paracrine
paracrine type cells effect the ____ area
local
gastrin & histamine both stimulate ____ cells to produce ____
parietal - HCL
endorphins are natural ____
opiates
serotonin __creases gastric ____
increases - motility
somatostatin __creases gastric ____ & gastric ____
de - secretions - motility