6 essential activities of the digestive process
1) ingestion
2) Mechanical breakdown
- chewing (mouth)
- churning(stomach)
- segmentation (SI)
3) Chemical Digestion
4) Propulsion
- swallowing (oropharynx)
- peristalsis (esophagus, stomach, SI, LI)
5) absorption
- starts in stomach, most in SI
6) Defecation
Digestive systems 2 groups of organs
1) alimentary canal
- oral cavity teeth tongue
- pharynx
- esophagus
- stomach
- SI
- LI (colon)
2) Accessory Organs
- salivary glands
- liver
- gallbladder
- pancreas
See regions of abdominal digestive organs, slide 6
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4 basic layers (tunics) of alimentary canal
entire alimentary canal composed of 4 tunics
1) mucosa
2) submucosa
3) muscularis externa (SM)
4) serosa/adventitia
tunics: Mucosa (3 parts of mucosa and list functions of mucosa as whole)
most internal tunic, touches foodstuff ingested
Epithelium
-stratified squamous (rss abrasion) or simple columnar (abs/secrete, sometimes goblet cells)
Lamina propria
-loose CT
-capillaries (nourishment and abs)
Lymphoid follicles (MALT - deals with ingested pathogens)
Muscularis mucosae
Functions
Tunics: Submucosa (6 parts and function as whole)
Functions
Tunics: Muscularis externa (3 parts, function as whole)
Circular layer
Longitudinal layer
Myenteric nerve plexus
Functions
-segmentation and peristalsis
-sometimes forms sphincters to control passage/prevent backflow
+thickening of circular layer -> sphincter
Peristalsis (4 steps, purpose)
1) Bolus of food arrives in digestive system
2) circular muscles contract behind bolus (pinch)
3) longitudinal muscles ahead of bolus contract (shorten)
4) contraction in circular muscle layer forces bolus forward
Purpose - propel food toward anus
Segmentation
nonadjacent segments of alimentary tract organs alternatively contract and relax
Tunics: Serosa (AKA visceral peritoneum) [2 parts, overall function, retroperitoneal organs/adventitia]
PARTS:
1) Loose connective tissue
2) epithelium - mesothelium = simple squamous
FUNCTION
-permit mobility
Retroperitoneal organs have an adventitia:
Peritoneum definition
serous membrane of abdominal cavity
Parietal peritoneum
lines body wall
visceral peritoneum
on external surface of most digestive organs
peritoneal cavity (and role of fluid in cavity)
cavity between visceral and parietal peritoneum
-fluid lubricates mobile organs
Intraperitoneal organs (and mesentery)
-surrounded by peritoneum
HAVE a mesentery
retroperitoneal organs
Located posterior to peritoneum
The mesenteries (how do they connect)
The mesenteries are all cts with eachother
Anterior abdominal wall (falciform ligament) Liver (lesser omentum) stomach (greater omentum) Transverse colon (transverse mesocolon) Posterior abdominal wall
[ () indicates connecting mesenteries]
Enteric NS
(type of nerve supply, fibre types and what link/synapse with)
(2 parts)
more neurons than entire spinal cord (over 100 million)
Myenteric nerve plexus
-controls GI tract motility
Submucosal nerve plexus
-regulates glands and SM (including BVs) in mucosa
What are the 3 mechanisms that regulate and control digestive activities
1) local factors
2) neural control
3) hormonal control
Local factors
primary stimulus for digestive activities including:
neural control
GI movement and chemical secretion is primarily controlled by local factors
Short reflexes
Long reflexes
-involve interneurons and motor neurons in CNS
+providing higher level of control over digestive and glandular activities - generally control large peristaltic waves
Hormonal Control
GI tract produces many hormones that affect almost every aspect of digestive F(x)
-peptides produced by enteroendocrine cells)
+endocrine cells in digestive tract epithelium
Boundaries of Oral cavity (4) and what makes them
anterior and lateral boundary
Superior Boundary
inferior boundary
-tongue muscles
posterior boundary
Functions of saliva (6)