NP3 Intestinal phases

38 important questions on NP3 Intestinal phases

What is the function of the Sphincter of Oddi and where is it located?

Entry point of: pancreatic juices and bile

The pancreas has two different parts, which two?

  • Ductule
  • Acinus
    • contain the digestive enzymes

exocrine pancreas: Pancreatic secretions are simulated by neural (Ach) and humoral (CCK) mechanisms


endocrine pancreas: e.g. Insulin

The duodenal cluster unit regulates entry of ...?

The duodenal cluster unit regulates entry of chyme, titrates exocrine secretions and mixes them.

it has an pH meter and an osmolality and nutrient meter. The pH meter secrets secretin and the osmolality and nutrient meter secrets CCK and Nerves. These influence the secretion of pancreatic juices and biliary secretion


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What does the S cell in duodenal mucosa do?

S = sensor cell, secretin secretion

Measure the pH and adjust for it

What is the difference between the pH of the gastric and the duodenal?

Gastric pH lowers after meal intake and duodenal pH is kept rather constant

What happens with the osmolality, going from the stomach to the duodenum to the jejunum and ileum?

Hypertonic and hypotonic meals are going to isotonicity in the duodenum and are isotonicity in the jejunum and ileum

? Taking isotonic meals is better... Cost less energy ?

Cholecystokinin (CCK) acts primarily via a vagal afferent pathway to integrate the duodenal cluster unit response, in what way does this happen?

  • Decreased acid secretion
  • Decreased gastric emptying
  • Increased pancreatic enzyme secretion

What does the CCK stimulate by both neural and humoral pathways?

CCK stimulates gallbladder contraction and sphincter of odd relaxation by both neural and humoral pathways.

CCK mediates fatty acid stimulation of ... And ...

CCK mediates fatty acid stimulation of gallbladder contraction and sphincter of odd relaxation

  • sphincter of odd pressure is decreasing
  • plasma CCK concentration is increasing
  • the gallbladder volume is decreasing
  • the arrow <----> its content is released into the duodenum
    • neuronal and hormonal activation 


  • the gallbladder volume in the presence of a CCK "A" receptor antagonist is much higher.
    • only the neuronal activation

How does the CCK stimulates pancreatic enzyme secretion?

CCK stimulates pancreatic enzyme secretion by both neural and hormonal pathways.

CCK via the blood and CCK via the vagal efferent >> Ach VIP GRP

Microbiële contain enzymes. Name one and where are they located?

E.g. Enterokinase

These membrane-bound enzymes face the lumen of the intestine, so they reside outside the cell

Duodenal passage alters the physical characteristics of the meal. What is the difference between Antrum and Duodenum?

Antrum
  • suspension of particles in aqueous media (all <2 mm)
  • emulsified triglyceride
  • hyperosmotic
  • pH ± 5-6
  • protonized protein
  • indigestible fiber


Duodenum
  • solution of macromolecules
  • micellar lipids
  • isoosmotic
  • pH±7
  • solubilized protein
  • indigestible fiber

CCK is a hormone that stimulates:
  1. Pancreatic bicarbonate secretion
  2. Release of pancreatic enzymes
  3. Bile production
  4. All of the above answers

2. Release of pancreatic enzymes

Enterokinase is a:
  1. hormone of the gut
  2. pro-enzyme
  3. endopeptidase
  4. pancreatic enzyme

3. Endopeptidase

For which organ(s) can the venous blood be slightly acidic? (more than 1 answer is potentially possible)
  1. stomach
  2. pancreas
  3. gall bladder
  4. small intestine

2. Pancreas
3. Gall bladder

and also a little bit 4. Small intestine

Intraluminal digestion prepares the meal for surface digestion and absorption, in what way?
  • for Proteases
  • for Amylase
  • for Nucleases
  • for Lipolytic enzymes

  • for Proteases; trypsin, chymotrypsin, carboxypeptidase A, B
    • oligopeptidase and amino acids
      • brush border peptidases
        • dipeptides, tripeptides and amino acids
  • for Amylase
    • maltose; limit dextrins; maltotriose
      • glucoamylase
        • glucose
  • for Nucleases; RNAse, DNAse
    • nucleotides
      • alkaline phosphatase
        • nucleosides
  • for lipolytic enzymes; lipase, cholesterol esterase, phospholipase A2
    • 2-monoglyceride and fatty acids
    • cholesterol and fatty acids
    • lysophosphatidylcholine and fatty acids
      • none
        • none



How does the absorption of monosaccharides go?

At the apical side (lumen) there are GLUT5 and GLUT 2 and at the Basolateral side (blood) there are again GLUT2 and GLUT5

You also have; SGLTI --> Na+ needed

"starch" is digested by 2 major dual enzymes, which ones?

  • Sucrase-isomaltase
  • maltase-glucoamylase
    • both convert glucose over the membrane


Maltotriose > maltose > alfa-limit dextrin

alfa-limit dextrin inhibits the maltase-glucoamylase

What is the mean carbohydrate absorption form food?

98%

glucose = dextrose --> 100% absorption


Meal glucose is completely absorbed along the human small intestine

How are amino acids, dipeptides and tripeptides absorbed?

Amino acids, dipeptides and tripeptides are absorbed by specific transporters

there are at least five apical transporters for aa's - each one transports a specific group of aa

What is the mean protein absorption form food?

93%

removal of dietary protein by digestion and absorption occurs throughout the small intestine

The formation of lipid micelle small enough to be absorbed. This is due to the emulsifying action of:
(5)

  • Free fatty acids
  • Diacylglycerols
  • Monoacylglycerols
  • Phospholipids
  • Bile salts

How does the digestion of fat goes?

fat droplet> bile salts > lipase (from pancreas) > monoglyceride + fatty acid > absorptive cell

Where is the lymphoid system located?

From the digestive tract to entering the bloodstream near the heart.

So it does not go via the liver

What is the mean fat absorption from food?

95%

absorption of lipolytic products occurs throughout the small intestine

When is PYY released and what does it do?

Fat in ileum and colon: release of PYY

Inhibition of meal-stimulated GI functions
  • decrease gastric acid secretion
  • decrease gastric emptying
  • decrease pancreatic secretion
  • decreased transit rate
  • decrease colonic motility

What are the functional regions of colon

  • Ascending colon
  • Transverse colon
  • Descending colon


  • Ileocecal valve
  • anal sphincter

Mechanical and chemical stimuli effect colonic responses. How do the following stimulus effect the effector response?
  • rectal distention
  • intravascular volume depletion
  • free fatty acids

  • rectal distention
    • neural (intrinsic and extrinsic nerves)
      • conversion of storage motor patterns to propulsive motor patterns and defecation
  • intravascular volume depletion
    • humoral (aldosterone)
      • absorption of ions and H2)
  • free fatty acids
    • peptide YY
      • inhibition of HI secretomotor functions

The colonic response to a meal is initiated by which signals and from where?

Neural and hormonal stimuli from the stomach and intestine

  • increase proximal and distal motor activity
  • increase defecation

Multiple mechanisms account for gas accumulation in the gastrointestinal tract, which mechanisms?

  • Swallowed air
    • O2, N2
  • Acid neutralization
    • H+ + HCO3-
  • Bacterial fermentation
    • CO2, H2, CH4

Which blood flow supplies the alimentary tract?

The splanchnic circulation supplies the alimentary tract

[arterial splanchnic bloodflow]

Which blood flow supplies the liver

The venous drainage from splanchnic organs supplies the liver

[venous splanchnic bloodflow]

portal vein plays important role

What is the water flow in intestines for 24hr?

  • Oral intake = 1500ml
  • Salivary glands = 1500 ml
  • Stomach = 2500 ml
  • Bile = 500 ml
  • Pancreas = 1500 ml
  • Intestine = 1000 ml


8500 is total presented to intestine and 8300 is absorbed in small and large intestine. So 200 ends up in your stool

Where in the small intestine and colon does the absorption of water occur?

8500 in
  • 5000 jejunum + duodénum
  • 1300 ileum
  • 2000 colon
  • 200 stool

Mention the 5 sphincters that border compartments of the digestive tract.
Which of them border:
  1. oesophagus
  2. small intestine
  3. stomach
  4. large intestine

  • UES
  • LES
  • pylorus
  • ileo-ceacal valve
  • anal sphincter


1.  U-L
2. P-icv
3. L-P
4. Icv-as

Which dietary component (or derivative) is NOT digested by brush-border enzymes?
  1. peptides
  2. fat and oils
  3. starch
  4. DNA

2. Fats and oils

Which dietary component (or derivative) is NOT digested by brush-border enzymes?
  1. peptides
  2. fat and oils
  3. starch
  4. DNA

2. Fats and oils

Which aspect mainly determines the timespan of  arrival of food components at the ileo-caecal valve after a meal?
  1. rate of oral ingestion
  2. hardness of diet
  3. rate of gastric emptying
  4. rate of small intestinal passage rate

3. Rate of gastric emptying

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