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Gastrointestinal System

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What is in the oral cavity?   Mucosa Submucosa Lips Tongue Taste buds  
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What makes up the mucosa of the oral cavity?   stratified squamous nonkeratinized epithelium and a lamina propra of loose connective tissue  
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What is the core of the lips   Skeletal muscle called orbicularis oris  
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What is the orbicularis ors?   skeletal muscle core of the lips  
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What is the outer surface of the lips?   It is lined with skin  
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Histological features of the tongue (6)   stratified squamous keratinized epithelium Papillae Skeltal Muscle Serous and mucus glands Glands of Von Ebner Taste buds  
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Inner surface of the lips   oral muscoa with labial glands in the lamina propria  
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Papillae of the tongue   Contain receptors for taste  
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Gland of Von ebner   Serous glands of the oral cavity Wash out the taste buds  
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Filiform paillae   elongated and partially keratinized cover the dorsal surface of the anterior 2/3 of the tongue  
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Fungiform papillae   mushroom-shpaed Scattered over the dorsal surface of teh tounge and contain taste buds  
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(Circum)vallate papillae   lie along the sulcus terminalis that divides the anterior 2/3 of the tongue. Extremely large and surrounded by a groove, or oat. Empty their secretions into teh moat around the papilla have taste buds  
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Waldeyer's Ring   An interrupted circle of protective lymphoid tissue at the upper ends of the respiratory and alimentary tracts  
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Lingual Tonsil   diffuse infiltration of lymphocytes or multiple small nodules. Below epithelium of the posterior third of the tongue  
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Layers of the tooth   Ameloblasts enamil Dentin Odontoblasts papilla  
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Crown of tooth   projects above the gingiva  
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Gingiva   mucous membrane that is attached to teh alveolar periosteum and surrounds teh neck of the tooth  
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root of the tooth   projects below the gingiva  
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Pulp   core of the tooth that is made up of loose connective tissue  
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Pulp cavity   contains the pulp  
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Dentin   Calcified tissue that covers the pulp  
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Dentin is made up of   odontoblasts  
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Dentin growth   formation continues through life  
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What part of the tooth gets smaller   pulp cavity  
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Enamel   covers the dentin on the crown of teh tooth. Hardest surface in the body  
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Enamel is made up of   ameloblasts  
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Where are ameloblasts?   cover the surface of the developing tooth  
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General organization of the digestive tract   From inside out: Mucosa Submucosa Muscularis externa Serosa  
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Mucosa of the GI tract   epithelium (simple squamous or cuboid) Lamina Protpria Muscularis mucosa  
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Muscularis mucosa   smooth muscle that can contract under the sympathetic nervous system  
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Submucosa   Below the mucosa Dense irregular connective tissue Contains meissner's plexus  
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Muscularis externa   moves the food toward the anal canal big ring of muscle  
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Serosa (adventitia)   layer of loose connective tissue which is not covered by a mesothelial covering (visceral peritoneum) Mesothelium Connective tissue  
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Histological Features of the Esophagus (4)   Stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium Skeletal muscle (top 1/3 and mixed in middle 1/3) Smooth muscle (bottom 1/3 and mixed in the middle 1/3) Serous-mucus glands in the submucosa  
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Layers of esophagus   Lumen Epithelium Lamina propria muscularis mucosa muscularis externa  
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Mucosa of esophagus   epithelium + lamina propria + muscularis mucosa  
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What glands are found in lamina propria of esophagus?   mucus-secreting esophageal cardiag glands  
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Muscularis mucosa is a   single longitudinal layer of smooth muscle  
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Submucosa of the esophagus   esophageal glands (serous) Muscularis externa  
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Muscularis externa of esophagus   skeletal in upper third smooth and skeletal in middle third smooth muscle in lower third  
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Histological features of the stomach (3)   Cardiac Fundic Pyloric  
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Body of stomach   fundus  
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Cardiac glands of the stomach   mucous cells that secrete mucus and lysozyme  
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lysozyme   bacteriocidal enzyme  
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Gastric glands   Found in fundus of stomach.  
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Cell types of gastric glands   undifferentiated stem cells mucous neck cells parietal cells chief cells enteroendrocrine cells  
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Lamina propria of stomach   has gastric pits on surface of epithelium into the lamina propria. Lined with mucous cells Gastric glands  
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Gastric Glands   branched tubular glands at the bottom of the pits in the lamina propria  
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3 types of gastric glands   cardiac glands gastric (fundic) glands Pyloric glands  
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Pit to gland ratio of cardiac stomach   1:1 length of gland should be the same as length of pit  
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Fundic Glands can be divided into 3 parts   isthmus neck body  
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Cells found in isthmus   parietal cell mucous neck cell  
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Cells of body   chief cell argentaffin cell  
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Surface mucous cells secrete   mucin  
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Mucous neck cells secrete   alkaline mucin  
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parietal cells secrete   HCl and intrinsic factor  
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Chief Cells secrete   pepsinogen  
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enteroendocrine cells secrete   gastrin  
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Pit/Gland ratio in the pyloric area   2:1 long pits and short glands  
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Pyloric glands are found   in the pyloric region of the stomach  
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Cells of the pyloric glands   mucous cells enteroendocrine cells parietal cells undifferentiated stem cells  
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Mucous cells of the pyloric glands   secrete mucus and lysozyme  
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Enteroendocrine cells of the pyloric glands   G cells secrete gastrin D cells secrete somatostatin  
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gastrin   stimulates the parietal cells in the gastric glands to secrete HCl  
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Somatostatin   regulates the release of the other hormones  
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Parietal cells in the pyloric stomach   in limited number  
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Histological features of the duodenum   simple columnar epithelium muscularis mucosa Brunner's Glands in submucosa Smooth muscle  
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Brunner's Glands   only glands in submucosa past the esophagus secrete alkaline mucus that protects the mucosa from gastric acid. Maintains pH for pancreatic enzymes to work  
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Muscularis externa of intestines   inner circular and out longitudal layers of smooth muscle Auerbach's plexus found between the two layers  
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Histological features of the jejunum and ileum   long villi with lacteals crypts of lieberkuhn smooth muscle  
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Crypts of Lieberkuhn   space in dark ridges  
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Histological features of the jejunum and ileum   simple columnar epithelium long villi with lacteals crypts of lieberkuhn smooth muscle  
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Crypts of Lieberkuhn   space in dark ridges  
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Villus Structure   Villus and Crypt  
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Villus cells   absorptive cells goblet cells Enteroendocrine cells crypt cells stem cells paneth cells  
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Paneth cells   found in base of crypts they secrete antibacterial enzyme lysozyme  
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Enteroendocrine cell products of the small intestine   secretin cholecystokinin gastric inhibiotry peptide motilin  
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Secretin   stimulates growth and secretino of the exocrine pancreas  
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cholecystokinin   stimulates growth and secretino of teh exocrine pancreas and contractino of teh smooth muscle of teh gall bladder, but inhibits gastric eptying  
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GIP   gastric inhibitory peptide Inhibits HCl secretion by teh pareital cells in stomach  
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Motilin   increases gut motility  
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Illeum can be differentiated by having   Peyer's patches  
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Appendix   similar sturcture to the colon but has shorter crypts of leiberkuhn and no teniae coli Large amounts of lymphoid tissue  
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Hirschsprung's disease   absence of ganglion cells in the submucosal and myenteric plexuses of teh rectum. Feces remain in the colon causing it to enlarge  
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Histological features of the colon   simple columnar epithelium NO vili crypts of leiberkuhn smooth muscle: teniae coli  
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Teniae Coli   smooth rubber band sections of muscle  
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Anal Canal   Look for apocrine glands Hair follicles stratified squamous non-keratinized epithelium smooth and skeletal muscle  
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External sphincter is what kind of muscle?   skeletal  
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