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Figure 26.1
Digestive Tract
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM: the main idea/major functions
• Obtain nutrients for cells
• Nutrients are needed/used for:– Energy source (break down of nutrients can generate ATP)
– Building materials for:• Cell Growth• Cell Repair• Cell Maintenance• Production of hormones, enzymes, etc….
– Elements for normal cell function• Coenzymes, ions, etc…
Digestive System Specific Events/Processes• Ingestion: brining food into the stomach• Propulsion: movement of food through the alimentary canal
– peristalsis• Mechanical Digestion: breaking large into small without chemical
change– mastication (mixing, i.e., churning & segmentation)
• Chemical Digestion: breaking chemical bonds w/ enzymes: – large molecules smaller absorbable molecules
• Secretion: release of substances into the alimentary canal that aid digestive system function– Enzymes for chemical digestion– Mucus and other substances to neutralize acidity– Mucus for lubrication
• Absorption: movement of substances out of the digestive tract into circulation (blood or lymph)
• Elimination: digestive wastes exiting the body as feces– defecation
Macromolecules and their Components
• Carbohydrates : – Enzyme = amylase
• Polysaccharides monosaccharides• Disaccharides monosaccharides
• Proteins: – Enzyme = protease
• amino acids
• Lipids (e.g., triglycerides)– Enzyme = lipase
• Fatty Acids + Glycerol/monoglycerides
Figure 26.2 Peristalsis
• how material is moved/propelled through the digestive tract
• requires both a circularly and a longitudinally arranged layer of muscle
Digestive Tract
1. mouth
2. oral cavity
3. fauces
4. oropharynx
5. laryngopharynx
6. upper esophageal sphincter
7. esophagus
8. lower esophageal sphincter (cardiac)
9. stomach
10. pyloric sphincter
11. duodenum
12. jejunum
13. ileum
14. ileocecal valve
15. ascending colon
16. hepatic flexture
17. transverse colon
18. splenic flexture
19. descending colon
20. sigmoid colon
21. rectum
22. anal canal
salivary glands
liver/gallbladder
pancreas
Digestive Tract: epithelium
1. mouth
2. oral cavity
3. fauces
4. oropharynx
5. laryngopharynx
6. upper esophageal sphincter
7. esophagus
8. lower esophageal sphincter (cardiac)
9. stomach
10. pyloric sphincter
11. duodenum
12. jejunum
13. ileum
14. ileocecal valve
15. ascending colon
16. hepatic flexture
17. transverse colon
18. splenic flexture
19. descending colon
20. sigmoid colon
21. rectum
22. anal canal
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Figure 26.2
= movement/propulsion = mechanical digestion
Figure 26.3 Oral Cavity
• Lined with stratified squamous
• Mechanical digestion by teeth• Chemical Digestion by
salivary and intrinsic enzymes and
– salivary amylase & lipase
• approximate pH ~ 7• Sensation: taste and texture• Propulsion (with tongue)
Figure 26.5 Teeth
• Mechanically Digest
• Know parts as per lab• Incisors: snip/clip/cut
• Canines: tear
• premolars: crush and grind
• molars: better crushers and grinders
Figure 26.4
• 3 Salivary Glands + intrinsic glands• Mucus Cells: mucinmucus
– lubricates and binds material• Serous Cells: salivary amylase &
lipase– chemical digestion – antimicrobial components
• 95% water; dissolves chemical to enhance taste sensations
• Lysozyme: antibacterial
• Dual innervation by ANS, but PD signals stimulate increases gland activity – cranial nerve VII/facial (subs)– cranial nerve
IX/glossopharyngeal (parotid)– Sight, smell, though, or taste of food
stimulates
Salivary Glands and Saliva
Digestive Tract
1. mouth
2. oral cavity
3. fauces
4. oropharynx
5. laryngopharynx
6. upper esophageal sphincter
7. esophagus
8. lower esophageal sphincter (cardiac)
9. stomach
10. pyloric sphincter
11. duodenum
12. jejunum
13. ileum
14. ileocecal valve
15. ascending colon
16. hepatic flexture
17. transverse colon
18. splenic flexture
19. descending colon
20. sigmoid colon
21. rectum
22. anal canal
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Oropharynx & Laryngopharynx
• Function:– Propulsion
• with skeletal muscle mostly innervated by cranial nerves
• glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) & vagus (CNX) nerve
• Structure:– Lined with stratified squamous– Pharyngeal constrictor muscles (skeletal
muscles) along posterior wall for swallowing
Figure 26.9LAYERS OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT WALL
Layers of digestive Tract Wall• Mucosa:
– inner-most layer in contact with ingested material– Lined with epithelial tissue (stratified squamous or simple columnar)– Lamina propria containing loose CT, capillaries, nerves, lymph capillaries
• Submucosa– Dense CT, larger vessels, – nerves/submucosal plexus that innervates/regulate mucosa and
submucosa
• Muscularis (muscularis externa)– muscle (mostly smooth) that propells– circular and longitudinal layers’– myenteric plexus (innervates/controls muscularis)
• Serosa OR adventitia– outer most layer– serosa = visceral peritoneum– adventitia=dense CT
Produces peristalsis
DIGESTIVE TRACT WALL
Figure 26.10 Esophagus• Soft, muscular tube; propells bolus to
stomach• passes through esophageal hiatus of
diaphragm• Mucosa
– stratified squamous• submucosa
– glands that produce mucous that lubricates
• Muscularis– inner circular layer– transitions from skeletal to smooth
• Adventitia• Lower Esophageal Sphincter
– poorly defined muscular thickening at end of esophagus
– reinforced by diaphragm– prevents movement of stomach
contents back into esophagus
Figure 26.12 Stomach
Processes• Mechanical digestion
– churning– involves inner oblique layer• Denaturing proteins by acids• Kills pathogens with acidity
• Chemical Digestion– proteins by enzymes
• pH ~2.5-4.5• minimal absorption
– alcohol and some lipid soluble substances
• soupy mixture/contents of stomach = chyme
Figure 26.12 StomachMucosa:• Simple Columnar
– Surface mucus cells• Secrete protective alkaline mucous
– Renew every 7 days• in body and fundus abundant
– gastric pitsgastric glands• Rugae
– allow expansionSubmucosa• unnotableMuscularis• inner oblique layer• intermediate circular• outer longitudinal layerSerosa
Unnotable
Pyloric Sphincter• well defined sphincter at junction with
duodenum• Controls emptying of stomach
Figure 26.13
Stomach is lined by surface mucus cells/simple columnar and inward projection that form gastric pits gastric glands
Figure 26.13Gastric Glands: produce gastric juice
• Parietal Cells– HCl
• activates pepsinogen• kills pathogens• denatures/breaks some bonds
– Intrinsic factor• absorption of B12
• Chief Cells– pepsinogen
• inactive enzyme
HCl + pepsinogen => pepsin (chemically digests proteins)
Stretch and ↑pH of stomach main stimulators of secretion
• Enteroendocrine Cells (gastroendocrine)– gastrin (released due to ↑pH)
• chemical regulation of digestive function• E.g., Increased parietal and chief cell
secretion• E.g., Increased gastric motility
Acid Reflux and Hiatal Hernias
• Failure of the L.E.S. to work correctly can lead to acid reflux
• Displacement of the L.E.S. relative to the diaphragm—hiatal hernia--promotes acid reflux because the diaphragm no longer reinforces the L.E.S.– Can also cause breathing difficulty in some settings
• Acid reflux is uncomfortable, diminishes quality of life, can cause histological changes in esophagus, increases likelihood of esophageal cancer, can cause airway congestions and even cause pneumonia if acids are aspirated
Figure 26.14
The 3 regions of the small intestine
Small Intestine• Main Functions:
– chemical digestion (primary site)– absorption (primary site)– propulsion– (mechanical digestion in form of segmentation)
– pH ~8 due to secretions of duodenal glands and pancreas• Structure:
– 3 regions: • doudenum (10”, retroperitoneal—not surrounded by peritoneum)• jejunum— ~ 8’, most absorption and digestion; has serosa• ileum— ~ 12’, has serosa
– bile and pancreatic secretions enter duodenum through duodenal papilla– Specializations for absorption (increase S.A. of S.I. ~600x)
1. Length2. plicea circulares/circular folds3. villi
– Contains with lacteal and capillaries to receive absorbed nutrients4. microvilli
Figure 26.15
Figure 26.15
Small Intestine
Mucosal epithelium• Simple columnar
– thin enough to pass through, large enough to be active– absorptive cells
• intrinsic enzymes for chemical digestion• absorption
– goblet cells• lubricating mucus that protects against acidic chyme
– (entero)endocrine cells• regulatory hormones
• intestinal crypts: – source of new columnar cells– Also produce alkaline mucus
• Neutralizes acidic chyme from stomach
External to Mucosa• capillaries and lacteals within mucosa accept absorbed nutrients
• Lymphatic tissue to protect again harmful microorganisms
Small Intestine Regulation of Gallbladder and Pancreas
• Acidic chyme stimulates duodenal mucosa to release secretin– Secretin stimulates production of bicarbonate by
pancreas
• Fatty acids and triglycerides stimulate duodenal mucosa to release CCK– CCK stimulates production of lipases by pancrease– CCK stimulates release of bile by gallbladder– CCK relaxes hepotopancreatic sphincter
Small Intestine Absorption
Small Intestine Trends
• Duodenum has poorly developed plicae and villi.
• Jejunum has well developed plicae and villi, but these absorptive features decline distally and eventually dissapear
• Lymphatic tissue increase in prevalence as you move from duodenum to ileum
Figure 26.16
Large Intestines• Includes:
– cecum– colon– rectum– anal canal
• Main Functions:– re-absorbs water to consolidate chyme into feces
• but NOT main site of water absorption– houses normal flora/bacteria
• produce vitamin K and some B vitamins• influence regularity, immune function (including allergies and
autoimmune), and evidence for influencing fat metabolism/deposition, neurological development, etc…
• produce flatus—farts…the gas we—all-pass– Store feces until defecation– Propulsion/defecation
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Ingestion(2 L)
1% in feces
(Water in feces = ingested + secreted – absorbed)
Absorption
Ingestion orsecretion
6 – 7%absorbed in the large intestine
92% absorbed in the small intestine
Pancreatic secretions(1.2 L)
Gastric secretions(2 L)
Salivary gland secretions(1 L)
Bile(0.7 L)
Small intestinesecretions(2 L)
Figure 26.17
Large Intestines
Structure:
• Mucosa: simple columnar
– absorptive cells– mucus cells—predominate
• to lubricate the solidifying mass of material– invaginated glands; crypts
• With many mucus cells
• muscularis – longitudinal layer concentrated into the 3 teniae coli– muscle tone (partial contraction) causes L.I. to gather and produce
haustra
• Ascending and descending colon are retroperitoneal
Rectum
• Last 6” of digestive tract• Mucosa of simple columnar that transitions to stratified
squamous by beginning of anus (the opening out of rectum)• Submucosa and lamina propria rich in blood vessels
– hemorrhoids
• thick muscular layer– For defecation– circular layer forms internal anal sphincter
• retroperitoneal
AnusPassageway out of rectum
Peritoneum and Mesentery
• Abdominal wall is lined by parietal peritoneum• Peritoneum covering surface of abdominal organs
is visceral peritoneum• double layer of peritoneum with no abdominal
organ between is mesentary• Mesentery does house blood vessels and is site of
adipose tissue deposition• there are many specific mesentaries (see next
page)• Organs which are posterior to the peritoneum and
have it covering only a single surface are retroperitoneal
Figure 26.7
Peritoneum and Mesentery
• FUNCTION:– Reduce friction– ‘suspend’ organs from the body wall by mesentary– influence movements of organs they surround
• STRUCTURE– Parietal peritoneum lines the body wall– Visceral peritoneum covers surface of many abdominal organs
• MESENTERY– Mesentery is a the visceral peritoneum folded back on itself with
no organ in between.• contain blood vessels• site for adipose tissue deposition
• Organs not surrounded by peritoneum are retroperitoneal – (will have peritoneum on one or more surface).
• duodenum pancreas, ascending Colon, descending colon, rectum, kidneys/adrenal gland and urinary bladder
MesenteriesNOTE: don’t memorize these unless study guide says to.• Lesser omentum: hold stomach and duodenum to liver and
diaphragm• Greater omentum: greater curvature to transverse colon• coronary ligament: liver to diaphragm• falciform ligament: liver to anterior body wall• mesentary proper: connectes to small intestine• mesocolon: connects the colon• mesoapendix: appendix
• Unusual mesentaries can cause torsion/obstruction/infection….– Ascending colon, gallbladder
Figure 26.8
Figure 26.20
Pancreas
PancreasDigestive Function:• Pancreatic Juice
– Created by acini cells of pancreas– Contains enzymes that break down:
• carbohydrates—pancreatic amylase• proteins—proteases• lipids—lipases• Nucleases—nucleic acids
– Enters the duodenum via duodenal papilla– pancratic ducthepatopancreatic ampullar sphincter/duodenal papilla
Regulated by hormones:• Secretin--from• Cholecytokinin (CCK)--from
endocrine function– releases insulin (reduces blood sugar and encourages cells to store away nutrients)
– releases glucagon (increases blood sugar and encourages cells to release stored energy)
Figure 26.18
Liver
Liver Functions
• Stores and Releases glucose (only organ/tissue that can release glucose)– to stabilize blood glucose
• Synthesizes and stores lipids (chlosterol, …..) also regulates circulating lipids– foie gras anyone?
• Amino Acid interconversion and breakdown (gluconeogenisis)
• Detoxify absorbed toxins• Removes old RBC’s• Produces Bile
– bile emulsifies fat (mechanically breaks it up and allows it to mix with water)
– eliminates cholesterol and bilirubin• Bile is stored in gallbladder and enters duodeum through a
system of ducts (biliary ducts)
Figure 26.19
Lobules of Liver (microscopic units)
Bile
Bile canaliculi
Hepaticsinusoid
Inferior view
Inferior vena cava
Hepatic duct
Hepatic duct
Hepatic portal veinHepatic artery
Hepatic portalveinHepatic artery
Liver lobule
Inferior venacava
Hepatic veins
Central vein
Heart
Aorta
Portaltriad
Portaltriad
Hepaticducts
Hepatic portalvein
Hepaticartery
Portaof liver
Hepaticduct branch
Hepatic portalvein branch
Hepatic artery branch
Nutrient-rich, oxygen-poor,
bloodOxygen-rich
blood
Smallintestine
Oxygen-richblood
Hepatic cords composedof hepatocytes
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Liver Related Topics
• Juandice (obstructive)• Gallstones• Hepatic Portal Hypertension
Bile• Produced by liver• Stored in Gallbladder
– lined by smooth muscle– absorbs water/concentrates bile (5-10x more concentrated)
Bile Function and Movement• Bile emulsifies fat —breaks large droplets into smaller dropplets
that remain mixed with water.– Bile salts
• Bile is also used to excrete cholesterol and bilirubin (from hemoglobin breakdown—bile pigments) from body.
• Enters the duodenum via duodenal papilla– Common bile ducthepatopancreatic ampullar sphincter/duodenal
papilla
Gallbladder releases bile in response to CCK
Figure 26.21
Bile flow
• Hepatocytes
• bile canaliculi • hepatic ducts • L&R hepatic ducts • common hepatic duct
• common bile duct • duodenum
Cystic duct
Cranial Nerves and Digestive Function
• Swallowing involves use of:– hypoglossal nerve
• tongue movements
– Glossopharyngeal nerve• tongue & pharyngeal muscles
– Vagus Nerve• Pharynx & esophagus
• Vagus Nerve: is mostly PD and is widely involved with stimulation of digestive organs– esophagus, stomach, intestines
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