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Submucosa
S for Secretion
Submucosal nerve plexus (meiSSner's)
Muscularis externa
M for Myenteric nerve plexus (Auerbach's)
cell bodies for parasymp nervous system

inner circular layer; outer longitudinal
Basal electric rhythm
Stomach: 3 waves/min
Duodenum: 12 waves/min
Ileum: 8-9waves/min

(x4, then -4)
Brunner's glands
in submucosa of DUODENUM

secrete alkaline mucus to neutralize acid
*only GI submucosal glands
*hypertrophy in PUD
Peyer's patches
in lamina propria and submucosa of Ileum (close to the dirty colon!)

unencapsulated lymphoid tissue; contains specialized M cells that take up antigen
-B cells stimulated in germinal centers differentiate into IgA-secreting plasma cells

IgA = IntraGut Antibody
Collateral circulation
1. internal thoracic/mammary (subclavian) <--> superior epigastric (internal thoracic) <--> inf epigastric (external iliac)

2. Sup pancreaticoduodenual (celiac) <--> inf pancreaticoduodenal (SMA)

3. Middle colic (SMA) <--> Left colic (IMA)

4. Sup rectal (IMA) <--> middle rectal (int iliac)
Pectinate line
Above:
internal hemorrhoids
visceral innervation, painless
adenocarcinoma
superior rectal a. (IMA)
superior rectal vein (to IMV and portal system)

Below:
external hemorrhoids
inf rectal n. (off pudendal n.) painful
squamous cell carcinoma (ectoderm)
inferior rectal a. (off int pudendal a.)
inf. rectal v. (to int pudendal, int iliac, IVC)
Spermatic cord
external spermatic fascia from external oblique
cremasteric muscle from internal oblique
internal spermatic fascia from transversalis fascia
Hesselbach's triangle
inguinal ligament
inf epigastric a.
lateral border of rectus abdominis
Gastrin
G cells of antrum

H+ secretion (thru stim of ECL cells to release histamine)
growth of gastric mucosa
gastric motility

increase by stomach distention, AA< peptides, vagal stim, alkalinization
decrease by pH <1.5

Phe and Tryp are stimulators
Zollinger-Ellison
Hyperparathyroid --> Ca --> increased gastrin and ulcers
Cholecystokinin
I cells (duo and jejun)

pancreatic secretion, gallbladder contraction/Oddi relaxation
decrease gastric emptying

Increased by FA and AA

*acts on neural muscarinic pathways to cause pancreatic secretion
Secretin
S cells (duo)
"I have a secret: I'm BI" for BIle and BIcarb

Increase pancreatic bicarb, allowing panc enzymes to fcn
Bile secretion
Decrease gastric acid secretion

Increased by acid, FA in duo
Somatostatin
D cells (panc islets, GI mucosa)

decrease:
gastric acid, pepsinogen, fluid secretion, gallbladder contraction, insulin and glucagon

Increased by acid
decreased by vagal stimulation

**anti-growth hormone
GIP
gIp; I for inhibitory and insulin

Gastric inhibitory peptide/Gluc-dependent insulinotropic peptide

K cells (duo, jejun)

Decrease H+ secretion
Increase insulin release

Increased by FA, AA, oral glucose
VIP
Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

parasymp ganglia in sphincters, gallbladder, sm intestine

Increases intestinal water and electrolyte secretion
relaxation of intestinal smooth muscle and sphincters

Increased by distention and vagal stimulation
decreased by adrenergic input
VIPoma
non-alpha, non-beta islet cell pancreatic tumor

*copious diarrhea
Nitric oxide
increase smooth muscle relaxation, including LES

*loss of NO implicated in achalasia (increased LES tone)
Motilin
Small intestine

produces migrating motor complexes (MMC)

increases in fasting state
Intrinsic factor
Parietal cells of stomach

B12 binding protein (uptake in terminal ileum)
Gastric acid
Parietal cells of stomach

Increased by histamine, Ach, gastrin

decreased by somatostatin, GIP, PG, secretin
Pepsin
Chief cells of stomach (chief of the pep squad)

Protein digestion

increased by vagal stim and local acid

Pepsinogen --> pepsin activated by H+
Bicarb
Mucosal cells (stomach, duo, salivary glands, pancreas) and Brunner's glands (duo)

-neutralizes acid
-increases pancreatic and biliary secretion with SECRETIN

Bicarb trapped in mucus that covers gastric epithelium
Salivary glands
Serous on the Sides (parotid)
Mucinous in the Middle (sublingual)

1. alpha-amylase (ptyalin): starch digestion
2. Bicarb: neutralizes oral bacterial acids
3. Mucins: lubrication
4. Antibacterial products
5. Growth factors: epithelial renewal

Symp (sup cervical ganglion T1-T3): thick
Parasymp (CN7, 9): serous

low flow rate: hypotonic
high flow rate: isotonic (more NaCl)

*CN7 runs thru parotid
Pancreatic enzymes
alpha-amylase
lipase, phospholipase A, colipase
Proteases: trypsin, chymotrypsin, elastase, carboxypeptidases (secreted as zymogens- proenzymes)
Trypsinogen: converted to trypsin by enterokinase/enteropeptidase from duodenal mucosa
*trypsin activates other proenzymes and more trypsinogen
3 forms of carb metabolism
1. Salivary amylase: hydrolyzes alpha1,4 linkages --> disacchardies (maltose and alpha-limit dextrins)

2. Pancreatic amylase: duodenum --> oligosaccharides and disaccharides

3. Oligosaccharide hydrolases: brush border of intestine. RATE-LIMITING STEP in carb digestion; produce monosaccharides

Only monosach: absorbed by enterocytes

Glucose and galactose taken up by SGLT1 (Na+-dependent)
(Sodium GLucose coTransporter)

Fructose taken up by facilitated diffusion by GLUT-5 (FRUT GLUT 5)

-all transported to blood by GLUT-2
Vit/Mineral absorption
Fe: duodenum
Folate: jejunum
B12/Bile: terminal ileum
Cu secretion
in bile; but not in Wilson's
Salivary gland tumors
1. Pleomorphic adenoma: MC, parotid, benign

2. Warthin's tumor: benigng; heterotopic gland tissue trapped in a lymph node

3. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma: MC malignant
Achalasia
loss of myenteric (Auerbach's) plexus --> failure of relaxation of LES

-can be due to Chagas
Scleroderma & esoph
esophageal dysmotility involving low pressure prox to LES
Esophageal strictures
lye ingestion and acid reflex
Plummer-Vinson
1. Dysphasia: Esophageal webs
2. Iron-def anemia
3. Glossitis

Plummers DIG through esophageal webs

increase risk SQUAMOUS cell carcinoma
Esophageal Cancer
RFs/Causes:
Alcohol/Achalasia
Barrett's
Cigarettes
Diverticula: Zenker's
Esophageal web/Esophagitis
Familial
GERD
Hot dogs (nitrosamines)
Tropical sprue
like celiac's but probably infxn bc responds to abx
**can affect ENTIRE small bowel

tx: abx, folate
Celiac's
PROXIMAL small bowel
autoantibodies to gluten (gliadin) and transglutaminase; lymphocytic infiltrate in lamina propria

*assoc with dermatitis herpetiformis
-increase risk malignancy: T cell lymphoma
Whipple's Disease
Tropheryma whippelii (gram +); PAS+ macrophages
sxs: arthralgias, cardiac and neuro sxs

Tx: abx (10days IV + 1yr bactrim)
Abetalipoproteinemia
decrease synthesis of apoB --> can't generate chylomicrons --> decrease secretion of cholesterol, VLDL into blood --> fat accum in enterocytes

-malabsorption and neuro sxs (night blindness, ataxia, acanthocytosis)

Tx: vit E (ADEK)
Curling's ulcer
from burns; decrease plasma vol --> sloughing of mucosa
Cushing's ulcer
brain injury --> increased vagal stim --> Ach --> H+
Chronic gastritis (nonerosive)
AB
Type A in the Body/fundus
Autoantibodies to parietal cellsAnemia (pernicious
Achlorhydria

Type B: in Antrum
H-pylori --> increased risk MALToma
Menerier's disease
gastric hypertrophy with protein loss, parietal cell atrophy, and increased mucous cells
precancerous
Rugae of stomach so hypertrophied --> looks like brain gyri
Stomach cancer
adenocarcinoma
aggressive local spread and mets to nodes/liver (celiac nodes)

assoc:
NitrosAmines
Achlorhydria
type A blood
chronic gastritis

features:
Signet ring cells (bc of mucin)
acanthosis nigricans

linitis plastica: diffusely infiltrative (leather bottle)
Virchow's node
left supraclavicular node from stomach mets
Krukenberg
bilateral mets to ovaries (see signet rings cells, mucus)
Sister Mary Joseph's nodule
subcutaneous periumbilical mets
Crohn's
Response to intestinal bacteria
*Th1 --> granulomas
*NF-kB --> cytokine production

-from mouth to colon; usually terminal ileum and colon
-skin lesions, rectal sparing
-transmural
-cobbletone mucosa, creeping fat, string sign
-ulcers, fissures, fistulas
-noncaseating granulomas, lymphoid aggregates

-migratory polyarthritis, erythema nodosum

tx: steroids, infliximab
Ulcerative Colitis
Autoimmune
increased Th2
-always rectal; only as far as colon, continuous
-mucosal and submucosal
-friable mucosal pseudopolyps with freely hanging mesentary
-lead pipe: loss of haustra
-crypt abscesses, ulcers, bleeding
-can become toxic megacolon, colorectal CA

-bloody diarrhea

-pyoderma gangrenosum, primary sclerosing cholangitis, ankylosing spondylitis, uveitis

tx: sulfasalazine, 6MP, infliximab, colectomy
Esophageal diverticula
1. Zenker's: at junction of pharynx and esophagus; halitosis, dysphagia, obstruction

2. Traction: middle

3. Epiphrenic: bottom
Meckel's
persistence of vitelline duct or yolk stalk
*MC congenital anomaly of GI tract

dx: pertechnetate study: ectopic uptake of gastrin secreting areas
Viral cause of intussusception
adenovirus in children
Hirschsprung's
congenital megacolon characterized by lack of ganglion cells/enteric nervous plexuses (Auerbach's AND Meissner's)
*failure of neural crest cell migration
*increased risk with Down's
Down's
CHAD has Downs"

Celiacs
HIrschsprung
Annular pancreas
Duodenal atresia
Angiodysplasia
tortuous dilation of vessels --> bleeding

most often in cecum, terminal ileum, ascending colon

dx: angiography
Peutz-Jeghers
auto dom
nonmalignant hamartomas in GI tract + hyperpigmented mouth, lips, hands, genitalia

*increased risk of CRC and other visceral malignancies
FAP
auto dom mutation of APC gene
2 hit hypothesis
always involves rectum
Gardner's
FAP + osseous and soft tissue tumors, retinal hyperplasia
Turcot's
FAP + malignant CNS tumor (medulloblastoma)

TURcot for TURban
Hereditary nonpolyposis CRC (Lynch)
auto dom mutation of DNA mismatch repair genes
= microsatellite instability pathway

*prox colon always involved
Genes involved in CRC
loss of APC gene (colon at risk) --> K-RAS mutation (adenoma) --> Loss of p53 (carcinoma)
Carcinoid tumor
neuro-endocrine cells
50% of small bowel tumors
MC site: appendix, ileum, rectum
MC malignant in small intestine

EM: see dense core bodies

produce 5-HT --> carcinoid syndrome if mets
BFDR:
bronchospasm
flushing
diarrhea
right-heart lesions (murmurs)
Micronodular cirrhosis
<3mm; uniform size

Cause:
metabolic:
Alcohol
Hemochromatosis
Wilson's
Macronodular cirrhosis
>3mm, varied size

significant liver injury --> necrosis

Postinfectious
Drug-induced hepatitis

increased risk HCC
Esophageal varices tx
propanolol or nadolol

octreotide
Reye's
childhood hepatoencephalopathy when take ASA with viral infxn (VZV, influenza B)

findings: mito abnormalities, fatty liver, hypoglycemia, coma

ASA metabolites decrease beta-oxidation by reversible inhibition of mitochondrial enzyme
Alcoholic cirrhosis
micronodular shrunken liver with "hobnail" appearance

sclerosis around central vein (zone III)
Hepatic Angiosarcoma
AngioSarcoma assoc with ArSenic, vinyl chloride

malignant endothelial neoplasm
Autoimmune hepatitis
+ Anti-smooth muscle
+ANA
+ LKM (liver kidney microsomal)
- anti-mitochondrial
A1AT deficiency
codominant trait

cirrhosis and emphysema

PAS+ globules in liver
Hepatocellular jaundice
conjugated & unconj

increased urine bili
nl or low urine urobilinogen
Obstructive jaundice
conjugated

increased uruine bili
low urine urobilinogen (no bili going into gut)
Hemolytic
Unconj

no urine bili (acholuria; not water soluble)
increased urine urobilinogen (gut bacteria)
Crigler-Najjar
type I: absent UDP-glucuronyl transferase

type II: decreased amount; can give phenobarb to increase liver enzyme synthesis
Dubin-Johnson
Conjugated hyperbili: defective liver excretion

*black liver
Rotor's
like Dubin-Johnson, but more mild

no black liver
Gilbert's
mildly decreased UDP-glucuronyl transferase or decreased bili uptake

asx
Wilson's
Asterixis, Ataxia
BG degeneration
Ceruloplasmin (decreased), cirrhosis, CA, Cu, corneal deposits
Dementia, dyskinesia, dysarthria
Hemolytic anemia
Fanconi's syndrome (PCT defect of reabsorption)
Hemochromatosis
ABCD:
A3
Bronze
Cirrhosis
DM

"bronze diabetes"

can be due to chronic transfusions (beta-thal major)

labs: increased ferritin, FE; decreased TIBC

tx: deferoxamine, repeated phlebotomy

assoc with HLA-A3
Primary biliary cirrhosis
autoimmune

lymphocytic infiltrate and granulomas

*Anti-mitochondrial a.b.
*assoc with other autoimmune (RA, celiac, CREST)

middle aged female
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
unknown cause

concentric "onion skin" bile duct fibrosis: alternating strictures and dilation with "beading" of intra and extrahepatic bile ducts on ERCP

*men

*hypergammaglobulinemia (IgM)
*60% are P-ANCA

assoc with UC
-can lead to secondary biliary cirrhosis
-can lead to cholangiocarcinoma
Secondary biliary cirrhosis
due to extrahepatic biliary obstruction:
gallstones, stricture, pancreatitis, CA

*can lead to ascending cholangitis
Pigment stones
radiopaque

chronic hemolysis, alcoholic cirrhosis, advanced age, biliary infxn
Acute pancreatitis
GET SMASHED

Gallstones
ETOH
Trauma
Steroids
Mumps
Autoimmune
Scorpion sting
Hypercalcemia/HyperTG
ERCP
Drugs: Sulfa, NRTIs, Ritinavir

-can lead to DIC, ARDS, fat necrosis, hypoCa, pseudocyst, infxn, multiorgan failure, hemorrhage

chronic calcifying pancreatitis (asso with alcohol and smoking) --> increased risk panc CA
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
CEA, CA-19-9
*assoc with smoking and chronic panc, but NOT ETOH
* assoc with Trousseau's syndrome: migratory thrombophlebitis: hypercoag due to malignancy (similar to non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis)
*Courvoisier's sign: obstructive jaundice with palpable gallbladder

CEA also assoc with CRC
Cimetidine
H2 blocker

potent inhib of p450
antiandrogenic effects: PRL release, gynecomastia, impotence
-can cross BBB --> confusion, dizziness, HA

Cimetidine and ranitidine decrease renal excretion of creatinine
Bismuth, sucralfate
bind to ulcer base, providing physical protection; allow bicarb secretion to reestablish pH gradient in mucous layer

*speed ulcer healing, traveler's diarrhea
H. pylori tx
PPI
Metronidazole
Amoxicillin (or tetracycline)
Bismuth
Misoprostol
PGE1 analog
increase production and secretion of gastric mucous barrier; decrease acid production

*prevent NSAID-induced peptic ulcers
*maintain PDA
*induce labor

tox: diarrhea; CI in women trying to get pregnant
Pirenzepine
Propantheline
muscarinic antag

Block M1 receptors on ECL cells --> decrease histamine secretion
Block M3 receptors on parietal cells (decrease H+ secretion)

tx: tachy, dry mouth, etc.
Octreotide
somatostatin analog; anti-growth, inhibitory hormone

use: acute variceal bleeds (decrease portal pressure, vasoconstriction); acromegaly, VIPoma, carcinoid tumors

tox: nausea, cramps, steatorrhea
Infliximab
monoclonal antibody to TNF
proinflammatory cytokine

tx: Crohn's, UC, RA

Tox: reactivation TB, fever, hypotension
Sulfasalazine
Sulfapyridine (antibacterial) + 5-ASA (anti-inflam)
-activated by colonic bacteria

use: IBD (if path in colon)

tox: sulfa tox, malaise, nausea,
reversible oligospermia
Ondansetron
Zofran

5-HT3 antag
anti-emetic

postop vomiting and ppl on chemo

tox: HA, constipation

(tryptans used for HA!!)
Metoclopramide
Reglan

D2 antag; 5-HT4 agonist

increase gut motility, LES tone, contractility

use: post surg gastroparesis, N/V, pro-kinetic

tox: parkinsonian effects, restlessness, fatigue, depression, interaction with digoxin and diabetic agents, decrease seizure threshold