Enter Category Name
Ingestion, mastification, deglutition, peristalsis and segmentation
Motility
Protection from pathogens
Immune barrier
Vasculature
Submucosa
Soft palate, vocal chords, epiglottis
Pharyngeal
Secrete Pepsinogen
Chief/Zymogenic cells
Exocrine (water, acid, enzymes) and endocrine
Secretion
Binding/protection
Serosa
Absorption/secretion
Mucosa
Peristaltic contractions
Esophageal
Histamine/serotonin
Enterochromaffin-like (ECL)
Catabolism via hydrolysis reactions
Digestion
Innervation
Myentiric plexus
Mixing food with saliva; mucus, anti microbial agents, salivary amylase
Mastication (chewing)
Alternating contractions of circular/longitudinal muscles
Peristaltic waves
Secrete gastrin
G cells
Passage of end products into blood/lymph
Absorption
Smooth muscle
Muscularis
What are the three steps of Deglutition (swallowing)
Oral phase, pharyngeal, esophageal
Secrete mucous
Mucous neck cells
Secrete somatostatin
D cells
Undigested/indigestible food material
Storage & elimination
Innervation
Submucousal plexus
Mouth and tongue (voluntary)
Oral phase
Secrete HCI
Parietal cells
Proteins only partially carbs/lipids not at all
Digestion