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form & fxn
Food breakdown
- HCl
- Bile

Nutrient & water absorption
- Microvilli

Protective/ Immunologic functions
- Barrier
- GALT, mucosal lymphocytes & plasma cells

Elimination of wastes
tubular organ layers
tunica mucosa
Components:
- Mucosal epithelium
- Lamina propria
- Muscularis mucosa

Innermost layer
mucosa - lamina propria

- Loose CT

- Blood vessels

- Lymphatics

- Lymphocytes

- Plasma cells
tunica submucosa
Meissner’s plexus

Fibrous connective tissue

+/- Adipose tissue

+/- Glands

GALT

Vessels:
- Blood
- Lymphatic
tunica muscularis
Smooth muscle (2 layers)
Inner circular
Outer longitudinal
** Esophagus: may contain skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, or both

Vessels

Myenteric plexus
(a.k.a. Auerbach’s plexus)
b/w inner circular & outer longitudinal layers
know the appearance and layers of tunica muscularis
tunica adventitia
Similar to T. Serosa- BUT NO mesothelial layer
- Esophagus
- Distal colon & Rectum

Adventitia is in areas where you are not in a cavity (on ext surface of the cervical esophagus)
Same as serosa, just where you find it & no mesothelial layer
esophagus - tunica mucosa
Stratified squamous epithelium
- Variably keratinized
- Non-absorptive
- Protective

Muscularis mucosa
- Absent cranially in some species (pig, dog)
- May be discontinuous
esophagus - tunica submucosa glands
Glands
- secretions help ingesta pass
- distribution varies between species

Most domestic animals:
- Glands in the cranial third (cervical)

Dog:
- Mucous glands, entire length

Pigs:
- more abundant in the cranial half
- do not extend into caudal half
dog esophagus

tunica submucosa with dilated glands
all spp have some component of ______ muscle in the esophagus
skeletal

(may or may not have smooth muscle)
esophagus - tunica muscularis
Types:
- Skeletal muscle
- Smooth
- Mixed

Dog- mostly skeletal muscle, changes next to stomach to mixed (caudal to diaphragm)

Cat & Horse- Switches from skeletal to smooth in caudal 1/2 - 1/3 of esophagus

Ruminants- muscle layer of esophagus is entirely skeletal mm.
Inner circular muscle layers of esophagus become thick near
the cardia

(esp prominent in the horse)
esophagus - tunica adventitia/serosa
T. adventitia
Cervical and anterior mediastinum: contains vessels and connective tissue that blends with the surrounding CT

T. serosa
covered by mesothelium:
Thoracic pleura & just caudal to diaphragm
fxns of ruminant forestomach
Fermentation

Mixing

Absorption

Acidifaction
layers of ruminant forestomach
T. mucosa
Keratinized stratified squamous epithelium
- Absorptive capabilities (water, fatty acids, nutrients)
- Lack glands
Mucosal papillae and folds
- Increased surface area
- Some contain smooth muscle

T. submucosa

T. muscularis

T. serosa
reticulum
reticulum
rumen
omasum
reticulum

T. Mucosa:
Honeycomb-
Intersecting long primary folds (laminae)

Muscularis mucosa-
within upper segment of
1◦ fold (aka. long fold)

2◦ papilla (aka. Conical papilla)
what effect does a high grain or acidic diet have on ruminal papilla?

short grain diet?
High grain or acidic diet
- Shorter papilla

Short grain
- Longer papilla
d. mushroom shaped with CT core
The T. muscularis of the cow esophagus is composed of:

a. Skeletal muscle

b. Smooth muscle

c. Mixed
a. skeletal muscle
A. Dog esophagus
C. Serous demilune
stomach

glandular vs non glandular regions
Glandular
- Dog
- Cats
- Pigs (except pars esophagea)
- Abomasum of ruminants

Non-glandular region
- (Stratified squamous epithelium, keratinized)
- Horse
- Rodents (Rats, mouse, gerbil, etc.)
glandular stomach

T. mucosa
Columnar epithelium- mucous cells

Lamina propria
- Glands: cardiac, fundic, pyloric

Gastric pits- (“foveolae”)
- tubular structures that connect to invaginations of epithelium from surface
glandular stomach

T. muscularis
Smooth muscle:
- Circular
- Longitudinal
- Oblique layer
glandular stomach

T. serosa
T. Serosa
- CT
- Vessels
- Mesothelium
how do you tell apart cardia and pylorus?
Pylorus and cardia look similar

Pylorus is thicker

Both have mucus glands
gastric glands

cardia and pylorus
Branched tubular mucous glands

Function: protect the lining of the stomach

Gastric pits of cardia- more shallow than pyloric glands

Cell types:
- Mucous gland cells- basally located nuclei and pale abundant pale grey foamy cytoplasm
- Few scattered parietal cells (in cardia)
stomach - cardia

GP= Gastric pits

CG= cardiac glands = Mucus glands in lamina propria

Simple columnar mucus epithelium
gastric glands - fundus and body
1. Surface mucous cells

2. Mucous neck cells

3. Parietal cells

4. Chief cells

2-4 only located in fundus
gastric glands - fundus/body

Surface mucous cells:
- Cover the surface and line the gastric pits

- Columnar cells with basally located oval nuclei and abundant apical cytoplasm containing tiny mucous droplets.

- SECRETE: mucus
gastric glands - fundus/body

Surface mucous cells:
- Cover the surface and line the gastric pits

- Columnar cells with basally located oval nuclei and abundant apical cytoplasm containing tiny mucous droplets.

- SECRETE: mucus
gastric glands - fundus/body

Parietal cells (aka. oxyntic cells):
- Found between the mucous neck cells and chief cells

- Large, polygonal cells with eosinophilic cytoplasm and central round nuclei

- SECRETE: HCl, gastric intrinsic factor
gastric glands - fundus/body

Chief cells:
- Located deeper in the fundic glands

- Eosinophilic apical cytoplasm (zymogen granules) and basophilic basal cytoplasm (rER)

- SECRETE: pepsinogen, trypsinogen, renin (ruminant), gastric intrinsic factor (some species)
know the strx of the fundic mucosa
stomach - pyloric mucosa
B. Ostertagiosis
small intestine

T. mucosa
Enterocytes: Simple columnar epithelium + microvilli

Goblet cells: secrete mucus (lubrication/protection)
Increase in number as move aborad

Villi: surface mucosal projections lined by epithelium

Crypts of Lieberkuhn: space between villi
rapidly proliferating cells

Lymph lacteals

Immune cells (lymphocytes, plasma cells, globular leukocytes)

Endocrine cells (not going to see this)
villi are present only in ______

how do they appear in carnivores vs. ruminants
small intestine

Long-slender in carnivores
Shorter- thicker in ruminants
what 2 things increase the surface area for absorption in the small intestine
villi

microvilli
small intestine

T. submucosa/ T. muscularis/ T. serosa
T. Submucosa
GALT/Peyer’s patches

T. Muscularis
Smooth muscle: inner circular layer & outer longitudinal layer (2 layers oriented perpendicular to each other)

T. Serosa
Mesothelium
small intestine - mucosa

goblet cells
- Columnar epith.
- Loose CT
- Vessels
- Lymphocytes
- Plasma cells
paneth cells

Clusters at base of crypts

Cells= pyramid shaped with intensely eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules & basilar nuclei

Secrete protein- includes lysozyme (bactericidal)

Prominent in horse, also seen in ruminants
enteroendocrine cells
Triangular, argentaffin cells

Secrete:
- Serotonin
- Motilin
- Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)
- Somatostatin
- Gastrin
comparison of SI segments
Brunner’s glands- mixed mucous and serous
ileum
ileum
jejunum
ileum
M cells
Epithelial cells (lack microvilli)

Found in epithelium over mucosal lymphoid tissue (Peyer’s patches)

Function= Mucosal immunity- take up antigen/organisms for transepithelial delivery to antigen presenting cells
ileum

notice crypts and lamina propria
parvo effect on crypt cells

notice crypt at bottom center is beginning to regenerate
parvo effect on tissue
D. sensory cells
D. All of the above
large intestine
large intestine

(describe it)
consists of cecum & colon

Mucosa:
- NO villi, only crypts
- Many goblet cells
- No Paneth cells

Submucosa and muscle wall- similar to rest of tract

Function= Absorb H2O
- Lubrication- mucus (pass out waste)
large intestine - cecum

prominent lymphoid tissue
colon

(tons of goblets = large intestine)
lamina propria

lymphocytes, plasma cells, capillaries
how do the large and small intestine differ?
Peyers patches are found throughout intestine but are most prominent where?
in ileum and cecum
C. Group of vessels
C. Plica circulares
C. Stomach (pylorus)
B. Goblet cells
C. Has hypsodont teeth
rectum vs. anus
Rectum=
Last part of colon
Enlarged T. muscularis forms the anal sphincter
Derived from= hindgut

Anus-
Derived from= surface ectoderm

Abrupt transition:
simple columnar with goblet cells
- stratified squamous epithelium
avian digestive tract
Oral cavity
- no teeth
- Beak

Esophagus
- large diameter
- Most birds (not all) have a crop

Stomachs
- Proventriculus= glandular stomach
- Ventriculus= muscular stomach (a.k.a. Gizzard). It contains small stones that facilitate grinding of foodstuffs

Small Intestine
- similar to mammals
- segments are not as histologically distinct

Large intestine
- short colon (Short villi extend into the lumen of the colon, unlike mammals.)
- paired ceca (important sites for fermentation)

Cloaca
- common opening of the digestive, reproductive and urinary systems
know the layout of the avian digestive tract
crop

diverticulum
of esophagus

Strat squam to columnar epi
esophagus/ crop layers
T. Mucosa
- Non-keratinized stratified squamous to columnar
- Mucous glands (lacking in crop)

T. Submucosa

T. Muscularis
- Entirely smooth muscle

T. Adventitia
Proventriculus (glandular stomach)

Glands=
Secrete HCl and pepsinogen
proventriculus (mucosal folds look like villi)

T. Mucosa
- Folds surrounding opening of glands
- Simple columnar epithelium
- Lamina propria
- Muscularis mucosa

T. Submucosa
- Glands

T. Muscularis= thin
- Inner longitudinal
- Middle circular
- Outer longitudinal (like stomach of mammals)

T. Serosa= typical
ventriculus

T. Mucosa
- Cuboidal to columnar epithelium
- Glands
- “Koilin” over surface
(a.k.a. pellicle)

T. Submucosa

T. Muscularis

T. Serosa
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