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from food, humans must get basic organic molecules to make ____, build tissues, & serve as _____ and coenzymes
ATP

cofactors
digestion breaks ______ (carbs,fats,proteins) into ______ building blocks
polymers

monomer
______ is taking food in the mouth
ingestion
______ is chewing
mastication
______ is swallowing
deglutination
______ is one way movement through the tract
peristalsis
______ is churning or mixing
segmentation
the gastrointestinal tract is about ____ feet long from mouth to anus
30
_______ ______ consists of teeth,tongue,salivary glands, liver,gallbladder and pancreas
accessory organs
GI tract layers are also called?
tunics
how many tunics are there?

and called?
4

mucosa
submucosa
muscularis
serosa
_____: inner secretory and absorptive layer, may be folded to increase surface area
mucosa
_____:very vascular, to pick up nutrients; also has some glands
submucosa
______: smooth muscle; responsible for peristalsis and segmentation
muscularis
_____:outer binding and protective layer
serosa
the parasympathetic division of the Gi tract stimulates?
esophagus,stomach,small intestines,pancreas,gallbladder, and first part of large intestines via the vagus nerve
spinal nerves in ___ region stimulate lower large intestines
sacral
preganglionic neurons synapse on _____ & ______
submucosal

myentericplexi
The sympathetic division of the GI tract inhibits ______ & _____
peristalsis and secretion
The sympathetic division of the GI tract stimulates _____ of sphincters
contraction
hormones: from ____ or other digestive organs
brain
______ sensory neurons in gut wall help in intristic regulation via seperate enteric nervous system
intristic
intristic regulation includes _____ signals
paracrine
_______: contains mucus, an antimicrobial agent and salivary amylase to start digestion of starch
saliva
deglutition involves coordinated contraction of __ pairs of muscles
25
deglutition has __ parts which are called?
3

oral
pharyngeal
esophageal
_____: voluntary;muscles of mouth and tongue mix food with saliva to form abolus
oral
_______: initiated by receptors in the posterior oral cavity and oropharrynx
pharyngeal
_____ lifts to cover nasopharynx and esophagus covers vocal cords
uvula
______: automatic; controlled by swallowing center of brain stem
esophageal
mouth, pharynx, and upper esophagus lined with skeletal muscles innervated by ___ ___ ___
somatic motor neurons
lower esophagus lined with smooth muscles controlled by ____
ANS
the esophagus is ___ inches long
10
the esophagus passes through the diaphram via the esophageal _____
hiatus
the esophagus is lined with non keratinized _____ _____ epithilium
stratisfied squamous
the upper portion of the esophagus has _____ muscles and the lower portion has _____ muscle
skeletal

smooth
lower esophageal sphincter opens to allow food to pass into stomach, it stays closed to prevent _______
regurgitation
what are some of the stomachs functions?
stores food
churns food with gastric secretion
begins protein digestion
kills bacteria in food
moves food into small intestine in the form of chime
food is delivered to the ____ region of stomach
cardiac
____ is the upper region of stomach
fundus
_____ is the lower region of stomach
body
_____ is the distal region of the stomach
pyloris
the pyloris ends at the pyloris ______
sphincter
the lining of the stomach has folds called _____
rugae
_____ pits at base of folds lead to gastric glands with secretory cells
gastric
mucus neck cells of stomach secrete mucus to help protect stomach lining from _____
acids
_____ cells secrete HCL acid and intristic factor to help small intestines absorb vitamin B12
parietal
cheif cells secrete ______
pepsinogen
_____ cells secrete histamine and serotinin
ECL
________ neurons: stimulates parietal and ECL cells
parasympathetic
HCL drops pH to ___
2
HCL makes proteins _____ and pepsinogen is converted to ____ pepsin
denatured

active
_____ serves as the optimal pH for pepsin activity
HCL
_____ & ____ could eat the stomach lining
acid and pepsin
defenses that help prevent acid & pepsin from eating the stomach line are?
adherent layer of mucus with bicarb

tight junctions btw epitethial cells

rapid epithelial mitosis that replaces epithelium every 3 days
_____ begins digestion in the stomach
proteins
______ begin digestion in the mouth, but salivary amylase is not active at pH2, so activity stops in stomach
startches
____ & _____ (aspirin) are the only common substances absorbed in the stomach
alcohol NSAIDS
____ _____: erosions of the mucosa of the stomach or duodenum
peptic ulcers
_______ _______: bacterium that reduces mucosal barriers to acid
hellicobacter pylori
treatment for ulcers combines ______ pump inhibitors and antibiotics
K+/h+
_______ is the inflammation of the submucosa caused by acid eating it
gastritis
the small intestines have three sections called?
duodenum
jejunum
ilium
complete digestion of carbs, proteins & fats happens in the?
small intestines
sugars,lipids,amino acids,calcium,and iron absorbed in ______ & _____
duodenum

jejunum
bile salts,vitamin B12, water, and electorlytes in _____
ilium
______ and microvilli are columnar epithelium with goblet cells
villi
________ is stronger and serves to mix chyme
segmentation
______ muscle contractions occur automatically
smooth
graded depolarizations called slow waves produced by pacemakeer cells called interstitial cells of ____ produce action potentials in muscle cells.
cajal
autonomic nerves influence enteric nervous system to stimulate or inhibit cells of ____
cajal
______ from PNS interacts with muscarinic ACH receptors to increase amplitude and duration of slow waves
ACH
The absorption of water,electrolytes, and vitamin K, and some B vitamins happens in the?
large intestines
in the large intestines, production of vitamin ___ and ___ via microbal organisms
K and B
storage of feces is in the _____ intestines
large
several hundred different species of bacteria live in the large ______
intestines
the bacteria in the large intestines can be _____ or ____. we are not harmed
commensal

mutualistic
most absorption happens in the _____ intestines
small
not all water is absorbed; about ____ mL is left per day to be excreted with feces
200
______ stimulates greater salt & water absorption
aldosterone
The _____ _____ sphincter controls defecation voluntarily
external anal
_____ is the largest abdominal organ
liver
the liver has amazing regenerative abilities due to _____ of _____
mitosis

hepatosis
the liver is composed of ________ that form hepatic plates seperated by capillaries called ______
hepatocytes

sinusoids
some of the molecules rekeased into the bile are absorbed again in the ____ intestines and returned to the liver.

these molecules are part of __________
small

enterohepaticcirculation
the liver makes _________ mL of bile per day
250-1,500
bile is composed of?
bile pigments
bile salts
phospholipids
cholesterol
inorganic ions
_____ is produced in spleen,liver,and bone marrow
bilirubin
conjugated biliruben is secreted into the bile, where it is taken to the _____ intestine
small
what makes feces brown?
bacteria that turns into urobilinogen
_______ % is absorbed by the intestines and taken back into the liver
30-50
____ ____ is made from bile acids conjugated with glycineortaurine
bile salts
bile acids are derived from _____
cholesterol
the _____ can remove hormones, drugs, and other substances in 3 ways
liver
what are the 3 ways the liver removes substances?
secreted into bile

phagocytized

chemically alterd by hepatocytes
the _______ stores and concentrates bile from the liver
gallbladder
pancreatic juice is bicarb + ___ digestive enzymes
20
most ______ _____ are inactive until they reach the small intestine
pancreatic enzymes
_______ activates trypsinogen- typsin ( to digest proteins)
enterokinase
_____ control modifies GI tract functioning
neural
stimulation goes from the brain into organ via the _____ nerve
vagus
motility and secretion are somewhat _____
automatic
gastric regulation is divided into ___ phases
3
what are the three phases of gastric regulation?
cephalic phase
gastric phase
intestinal phase