Notes on Gastrointestinal System

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Esophagus:

• Nonkeratinized stratified squamous epithelium.

• Upper 1/3: skeletal muscle.

• Middle 1/3: smooth + skeletal muscle.

• Lower 1/3: smooth muscle.

Stomach:

• Mucous cells: secrete mucus.

• Chief: pepsinogen; lipase precursor.

• Parietal cells: HCl; intrinsic factor.

• Enteroendocrine cells: peptide hormones; gastrin (only in pylorus).

Small Intestine:

• Columnar absorptive cells: contain microvilli.

Duodenum:

• Goblet: acid glycoproteins.

• Paneth: lysozyme.

• Enteroendocrine cells: cholecystokinin and secretin.

Jejunum:

• Same as duodenum.

Ileum:

• Peyer patches.

Large Intestine:

• Mucus-secreting cells, Na/H2O transport.

Image of Salivary Glands:

salivary glands and their locations

Types of Salivary Glands:

• Parotid: serous (amylase); CN IX.

• Submandibular: serous; mucous; CN VII.

• Sublingual: mucous; serous; CN VII.

Liver cells:

Hepatocytes:

• abundant in mitochondria and glycogen; produce protein for export.

Kupffer:

• phagocytize RBCs, and iron- and pigment-containing bodies.

Lipocytes.

Additional Notes:

• Plicae circulares: circumferentially arranged submucosal folds increase absorptive power of alimentary tract (also known as digestive tract).

• Missing parietal cell: anemia due to lack of intrinsic factor (B12 deficieicy). (NOTE: parietal cells also secrete HCl).

• Smooth muscle of gastric and small intestine muscularis mucosa innervated by: parasympathetic nerve fibers from the submucosal plexus.

• Chief cells: fundus ONLY.

• Mucous neck cells: neck of gastric glands and all parts of stomach.

• Paneth cells: crypts of Lieberkuhn; also provide immunological function in alimentary canal.

• Goblet cells: all parts of small intestine.

• Basal cells: fundus ONLY.

• Lacteal: absorbs dietary fats.

• Microvilli: microscopic cytoplasmic projections of mucosal epithelial cells present throughout small intestine to increase absorptive power.

• Villi: mucosal projections covering entire small intestine surface.

• GALT: most developed in colon.

• Gastric cells with the fastest turnover: surface mucous cells.

Additional Reading:

Histology and Cytology

1. Cell Components
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4. Lymphoid Tissue
5. Integument
6. Respiratory System
7. Gastrointestinal System
8. Renal/Urinary System
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10. Female Reproductive System

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2. Thorax
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5. Lower Limb
6. Head and Neck
7. Chest Wall
8. Shoulder

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