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Factors that affect oxygen delivery (3)
1. CO: blood pumped by heart per min
2. a-v O2 difference: ration of arterial to venous oxygen concentration
3. arterial oxygen content (CaO2): dissolved oxygen + hemoglobin-bound oxygen (usually constant during exercise)
Contractility increases due to:
sympathetic stimulation
increased HR
increased catecholamines
Contractility is independent of _______
fiber length
Working muscles demand for oxygen met by
increasing blood flow to working muscle
Sympathetic vasoconstriction (redistribution of blood)
reduces blood flow to vascular beds during exercise
Muscle pump
contracting skeletal muscles forces blood centrally
Exceptions to blood redistribution during exercise (3)
1. Skin
2. Brain
3. Heart
Response of skin to moderate intensity exercise
vasodilation
-cooling response
Response of skin to high intensity exercise
vasoconstriction to concerve CO
Training increase in CO due to ________
increase in SV
Decreased resting HR through training due to ________
increased vagal tone, decreased sympathetic activity
Contractility results in _____________
increased ejection fraction
Physiological definition of heart failure
• Pathophysiological state in which heart is unable to pump at a rate commensurate with requirements of metabolizing tissues or can do so only from elevated filling pressure
Clinical definition of heart failure
• Heart failure represents complex clinical syndrome characterized by abnormalities of left ventricular function and neurohormonal regulation, which accompanied by effort intolerance, fluid retention, and reduced longevity
Heart failure: cardiac
ischemic heart disease
valvular heart disease (obstruction to flow)
myocardial injury (secondary to infection or drug toxicity)
Heart failure: extracardiac
Work and demand exceed supply:
Hypertension & renal failure
What are the consequences for heart failure?
Decreased CO
Increased left or right atrial pressure
Left failure consequences
increased left atrial pressure
leads to pulmonary congestion and dyspnea
Right failure consequences
increased right atrial pressure
leads to systemic congestion
lower extremity edema
Name six predisposing factors to heart failure
coronary heart disease
hypertension
obesity
cigarette smoking
diabetes
valvular heart disease
Decompensated failure:
decrease in contractility worsens
SV not maintained
muscle fibers stretched beyond optimal
decreased effectiveness of increased EDV
Classification of shock
cardiogenic, hypovolemic, vasogenic, neurogenic
Common final event of shock?
hypoxia
Hemorrhagic shock
fall in arterial pressure- massive blood volume loss
decrease:
venous return, SV, arterial pressure, perfusion to organs
Digestive system performs which four processes
motility, absorption, digestion, secretion
Rapid transit in GI?
Esophagus
Slow transit in GI?
Small intestine
Secretion consists of?
Water, electrolytes, organic constituents specific to digestive process (enzymes, bile, mucus)
Polysaccharides
starch/ glycogen
Disaccharides: sucrose
glucose and fructose
Disaccharides: lactose
glucose and galactose
Triglycerides + digestion of TAG
glycerol + 3 fatty acids

2 FA split off--> monoglyceride (glycerol + 1 FA)
Mucosa (three layers)
mucus membrane: inner protective epithelial layer
Lamina propria: middle layer of CT (lymph tissue)
Muscularis mucosa: outermost layer of smooth muscle
Mucus membrane cell types?
Exocrine cells: secretion of GI enzymes
Endocrine cells: secretion of GI hormones
Epithelial cells: absorption of digestive nutrients
Submucosa
layer of CT-- distensibility
Contains: larger blood & lymph vessels
submucosal plexus (meissner's plexus)
Muscularis externa:
Smooth muscle layer
Inner circular layer: contraction decrease diameter
Outer longitudinal layer: contraction decrease length
Myenteric plexus: regulate gut activity
Serosa
outer CT
serous fluid
continuous with mesentery
What are the pacesetter cells of GI?
Interstitial cells of Cajal
In myenteric plexus (muscularis externa layer)
Slow-wave potentials-- rate of rhythmic contractions
ACh
contraction
Relaxation of smooth muscle
Norephinephrine
Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP)
Neuropeptide Y
Contraction of smooth muscle
Acetylcholine
Enkephalins (opiates)
Substance P
SNS
slow GI tract
preganglionic fibers: short, synapse in ganglia outside GI tract
Flight/fight resonse
PNS
upper GIT: vagus n.
lower GIT: pelvic n.
increase motility and secretion
preganglionic fibers: long, synapse in walls of GI tract (myenteric/submucosal plexuses)
Hormones
CCK
Gastrin
Secretin
Paracrines
Somatostatin
Neurocrines
Ach, NE, VIP
Palate
forms roof of oral cavity, separates mouth from nasal passages
allows breathing & chewing at same time
Uvula
hangs down from palate
seals off nasal passage during swallowing
Tongue
floor of cavity
voluntarily controlled skeletal muscle
chewing, speech, taste buds
Pharynx
cavity at rear of throat- links mouth to esophagus
Tonsils
lymphoid tissues used in defense
Occlusion of teeth
upper & lower teeth fit together when jaws closed
allows food to be ground between teeth
Three main purposes for chewing
grind & mix food with saliva
stimulate taste buds
Increase salivary, gastric, pancreatic, bile secretions-- prepare distal GIT for food
Which glands produce saliva?
Parotid gland (serous cells produce aqueous fluid)
Submandibular gland
Sublingual gland
Name the three salivary proteins
Amylase, mucus, lysozyme
Amylase
breaks polysaccharides into maltose
mucus
facilitates swallowing- moistens food & provides lubrication
Lysozyme
antibacterial action- lyses bacteria
Name the four functions of saliva
1. solvent for molecules to stimulate taste buds
2. aids speech
3. keeps teeth & mouth clean
4. contains HCO3 buffers (prevent tooth decay)
Bradykinin
Kallikrein-cleaves kininogen to bradykinin

vasodilator, increase BF to salivary glands
Cause of Xerostromia?
decrease in saliva production

salivary gland infections, stones, mumps
radiation, chemotherapy
medications (BP, depression)
Symptoms of Xerostromia?
dry mouth,
difficulty chewing/swallowing
inarticulate speech
increased dental caries, facial pain
Treatment for Xerostromia?
no alcohol, tobacco, caffeine
sip water
extra care of teeth
Upper sphincter of esophagus
UES
pharyngoesophageal sphincter
Lower esophageal sphincter
LES
gastroesophageal sphincter
Achalsia
LES fails to relax during swallowing, food does not enter stomach
Tx: surgery, drugs to inhibit tone (botox, calcium channel blockers)
GERD
LES: incompetent & gastric contents enter esophagus

occurs with increase in intra-abdominal P (obestity, pregnancy)
What are the three main functions of the stomach?
Storage
Secretes HCl
Mixing into chyme
30x change in volume in stomach but no change in which two things?
Stomach wall tension and intragastric pressure
Receptive relaxation of stomach
vagovagal reflex
afferent and efferent limbs of reflex carried by vagus nerve
VIP
postganglionic peptidergic vagal nerve fibers
Peristaltic waves of stomach
spread to antrum and pyloric sphincter (3/min)
upper regions- thin muscle-weaker
antrum- thicker- stronger
retropulsion
chyme hits a closed sphincter- pushed back to antrum
STOMACH factors that modify gastric emptying
amount of chyme in stomach (major)
stomach distension
chyme fluidity: increase fluidity- faster emptying
How long does it take to empty gastric contents into duodenum?
3 hrs for 1.5 L meal
DUODENAL factors that modify gastric emptying (4)
Fat, acid, distension, hypertonicity
Six causes of vomiting
touch stimulation
stomach/ duodenal irritation, distention
increase cranial pressure
rotation of head
chemicals
psychogenic factors (emotion, smell, anxiety)
secretion of gastric juice from cells in gastric mucosa (2 areas)
oxyntic mucosa (lines body & fundus)
pyloric gland area (lines antrum)
Mucous cells (location & secretion)
line gastric pits & entrance to glands
Secrete: thin watery mucus
Chief cells (location & secretion)
line deeper parts of gastric glands
secrete: pepsinogen
Parietal cells
line deeper parts of gastric glands
secrete: HCl & IF
ECL cells
in gastric glands
secrete: histamine
Somatostatin
D cells
Inhibits: HCl secretion, gastrin release, histamine release
*from delta cells in pancreas
*released when luminal pH low
Zollinger Ellison Syndrome
Gastrin secreting tumors
increased H+ & duodenal ulcers & gastric mucosa hypertrophy
Antagonists
Somatostatin
Prostaglandins
EGF, TGF-a
Agonists
Histamine
ACh
Gastrin
CCKb
equal affinity for gastrin and CCK
CCKa
specific for CCK
Omeprazole
inhibits H+/K+ ATPase, inhibits H+ secretion
Three functions of HCl (assist with digestion)
activates pepsinogen into pepsin
aids in breakdown of CT & proteins
Kills microorganisms ingested with food (so does salivary lysozyme)
Three things decrease gastric secretion:
meal moves from stomach to duodenum
foods leaves stomach-gastric juice accumulate
Fat, acid, duodenal distension
Mucus is protective in three ways:
protects against mechanical injury (lubricant)
protects stomach wall from self-digestion (inhibits pepsin)
protects against acid injury (neutralizes HCl)
Pancreatic enzymes
synthesized in RER & golgi of acinar cells
stored in zymogen granules
relased by exocytosis
Pancreatic proteases
digest protein
trypsinogen, chymotrysinogen & procarboxypeptidase (inactive)
Pancreatic a-amylase
digest carbs
active- cleaves polysaccs into disaccs
Pancreatic lipase
digest fat
active- hydrolyzes dietary TG into MG + 2FA
What is the largest part of pancreatic secretion
aqueous NaHCO3 (1-2 L/day)
Where does secretin come from?
from S cells of duodenum (in response to H+ in duodenum)
Secretin stimulates extralobular ducts, how does this effect HCO3 secretion?
It will increase HCO3 secretion
When does the majority of pancreatic secretion occur?
during intestinal phase when chyme enters SI
Name the two major enterogastrones
secretin & CCK
What are the 8 functions of the liver?
Storage, removal of old RBC, Secretion, Excretion, Activation, synthesis, detoxification, produce cellular fuel
What are the consequences of ileal resection?
decrease bile salts recirculating, decrease bile salt pool, decrease lipid absorption, increase bile salt excretion, increase fat in fecal matter (steatorrhea)
Choleretic
any substance that will increase bile secretion by the liver
Secretin
increase bile secretion by the liver ducts
What is the first role of bile salts?
detergent action:
convert fat globules into lipid emulsion
What is the second role of bile salts?
micelle formation- facilitate fat absorption