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1. DIGESTION IN
THE SMALL
AND LARGE
INTESTINE
Gulnura Sadykova
PhD on Normal Physiology
Gulnura.sadykova76@gmail.com
2. Mixing and propulsive-peristaltic movement in the small intestine, their
regulation. Ileocecal valve.
Digestion in the small and large intestines. Juice composition, functions,
regulation of secretion and motor activity. Mechanisms of absorption.
Haustrations and mass movements of the colon. Defecation.
Digestion and absorption of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids, water
and electrolytes
Physiological bases of hunger and satiety
3. The intestine, which is the longest part of the digestive tube, is
divided into small intestine and large intestine.
Food has to be digested, metabolized and stored bfor expulsion
in the intestines
4. THE SMALL INTESTINE
Function – digestion and absorption of fats, carbohydrates and
proteins, immune and endocrine functions
Large surface area – length
Intestinal glands – crypts of Lieberkuhn, Brunner,s glands
5. THE SMALL INTESTINE
The small intestine extends from the pylorus to the
ileocecal valve
It is about 6-7 meter long
It is approximately 2.5-3 cm in diameter
The surface area of the small intestinal mucosa
averages 30 square meter
The length is greater than in females
It receives bile juice and pancreatic juice, controlled
by the sphincter of Oddi
6.
7. THE DUODENUM
The duodenum is 25-30 cm, long C-
shaped, hollow tube structure.
Receives gastric chyme, pancreatic juice
and bile
Contains Brunner’s glands, which
produce a mucus rich alkaline secretion
containing bicarbonate
These secretion neutralizes the stomach
acids contained in gastric chyme
8. THE JEJUNUM
The jejunum is the midsection of the small intestine, connecting
the duodenum to the ileum
It is about 2,5 m long, and contains the plicae circulares, and villi
that increase its surface area.
Products of digestion (carbohydrates, amino acids and fatty
acids) are absorbed into the bloodstream.
The suspensory muscle of duodenum marks the division between
the duodenum and the jejunum
9. THE ILEUM
The final section of the small intestine.
It is about 3 m long, and contains villi similar to the jejunum.
It absorbs mainly vitamin B12 and bile acids, as well as any
other remaining nutrients.
The ileum joins to the cecum of the large intestine at the
ileocecal junction.
10. MOVEMENTS OF THE SMALL INTESTINE
Segmentation contractions
mix and slowly propel the chyme
consist of oscillating, ringlike contractions of the
circular smooth muscle
12 contractions/min in the duodenum and
proximal jejunum,
8-9 contractions/min in the terminal ileum
Propulsive contractions
Propel chyme through the small intestine,
spread out the chyme along the intestinal
mucosa.
in any part of the small intestine at a velocity
of 0.5-2.0 cm/sec, faster in the proximal
intestine and slower in the terminal intestine.
net movement along the small intestine is
only 1 cm/min
11. SEGMENTATION
Segmentation consists of ringlike
contractions along the length of
the small intestine.
Within a matter of seconds, the
contracted segments relax and the
previously relaxed areas contract.
These oscillating contractions
thoroughly mix the chyme within
the small-intestine lumen.
12. INITIATION AND CONTROL OF SEGMENTATION
Is initiated by the small intestine’s
pacemaker cells
Is determined by the frequency of
electrical slow waves in the intestinal
wall or basic electrical rhythm
Is slight or absent between meals but
becomes vigorous immediately after a
meal
Parasympathetic stimulation enhances
segmentation, whereas sympathetic
stimulation depresses segmental
activity
Segmentation
13. CONTROL OF PERISTALSIS
Is greatly increased after a meal,
which caused by entry of chyme into
the duodenum causing stretch of the
duodenal wall.
Is increased by the gastroenteric
reflex that is initiated by distention of
the stomach.
Gastrin, CCK, insulin, motilin, and
serotonin enhance intestinal motility
and are secreted during various
phases of food processing.
Secretin and glucagon inhibit small
intestinal motility.
Peristaltic activity
of the small
intestine
14. THE ILEOCECAL VALVE
Function: to prevent backflow of fecal contents from the colon into the
small intestine
The ileocecal valve itself protrudes into the lumen of the cecum and
therefore is forcefully closed when excess pressure builds up in the cecum
the smooth muscle within the ileal wall is thickened, forming a sphincter
that is under neural and hormonal control.
Immediately after a meal, a gastroileal reflex intensifies peristalsis in the
ileum, and emptying of ileal contents into the cecum proceeds
15. CONTROL OF THE ILEOCECAL VALVE
The juncture between the ileum and the large
intestine is the ileocecal valve, which is
surrounded by thickened smooth muscle, the
ileocecal sphincter.
Pressure on the cecal side pushes the valve
closed and contracts the sphincter,
preventing the bacteria-laden colonic
contents from contaminating the nutrient-
rich small intestine.
The valve–sphincter opens and allows ileal
contents to enter the large intestine in
response to the hormone gastrin secreted as
a new meal enters the stomach.
16. SMALL INTESTINE SECRETION
about 1.5-1,8 l/day of an aqueous salt and mucus solution
pH 7,5-8,0
the presence of chyme
protection and lubrication, provides plenty of H2O, alkaline
mucus, enzymes
17. THE SMALL INTESTINE
BRUNNER’S GLANDS
These glands secrete large amounts of alkaline
mucus in response to (1) tactile or irritating
stimuli on the duodenal mucosa; (2) vagal
stimulation, which causes increased Brunner’s
glands secretion concurrently with increase in
stomach secretion; and (3) gastrointestinal
hormones, especially secretin.
The function of the mucus secreted by
Brunner’s glands is to protect the duodenal
wall from digestion by the highly acidic gastric
juice emptying from the stomach.
CRYPTS OF LIEBERKÜHN
Located over the entire surface of the small
intestine, composed of two types of cells: (1) a
moderate number of goblet cells, which secrete
mucus, and (2) a large number of enterocytes,
which, in the crypts, secrete large quantities of
water and electrolytes
Flow of fluid from the crypts into the villi
supplies a watery vehicle for absorption of
substances from chyme when it comes in
contact with the villi.
18. THE SMALL-INTESTINE ENZYMES
The enterokinase
The disaccharidases (maltase, sucrase, and lactase, isomaltase)
The aminopeptidases,
The intestinal lipase
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20.
21.
22. ABSORPTION IN THE SMALL INTESTINE
Small-intestine absorptive surface. (a) Gross structure of the small intestine. (b) The circular folds of the
smallintestine mucosa collectively increase the absorptive surface area
threefold. (c) Microscopic, fingerlike projections known as villi collectively increase the surface area another 10-fold. (d)
Each epithelial cell on a villus has microvilli on its luminal border; the microvilli increase the surface area another 20-fold.
Together, these surface modifications increase the small intestine’s absorptive surface area 600-fold.
24. Absorption
Millions of small villi
The villi lie close to one another in the upper small intestine,
but their distribution is less profuse in the distal small
intestine
enhances the total absorptive area 10-fold
each intestinal epithelial cell on each villus is characterized by
a brush border consisting of as many as 1000 microvilli
This increases the surface area exposed to the intestinal
materials another 20-fold – total 1000-fold
25.
26. Absorption of Proteins
in the form of dipeptides, tripeptides & free amino acids
sodium co-transport mechanism -secondary active transport
Few amino acids via facilitated diffusion
five types of transport proteins for transporting amino acids and
peptides have been found in the luminal membranes of intestinal
epithelial cells
27. ABSORPTION OF CARBOHYDRATES
form of monosaccharides - small fraction are absorbed as
disaccharides
Glucose Is Transported by a Sodium CoTransport Mechanism
First is active transport of sodium ions through the basolateral
membranes of the intestinal epithelial cells into the blood, thereby
depleting sodium inside the epithelial cells
28. Absorption of Glucose
Second, decrease of Na inside the cells causes Na from the intestinal
lumen to move through the brush border of the epithelial cells to the
cell interiors by a process of facilitated diffusion
Na ion combines with a transport protein, but the transport
protein will not transport the Na to the interior of the cell until the
protein itself also combines with some other substance such
as glucose
29. Absorption of Glucose
The low concentration of sodium inside the cell literally “drags”
sodium to the interior of the cell and along with it the glucose at the
same time
Once inside the epithelial cell, transport proteins and enzymes
cause facilitated diffusion of the glucose through the cell’s
basolateral membrane into the paracellular space and from there
into the blood
Galactose – same as glucose
Fructose – facilitated diffusion
30.
31.
32. Absorption of Fats
the micelles perform a “ferrying” function that is highly
important for fat absorption
In the presence of an abundance of bile micelles, about 97 percent
of the fat is absorbed
in the absence of the bile micelles, only 40 to 50 per cent can be
absorbed
33. Absorption of Fats
After entering the epithelial cell, the fatty acids and monoglycerides are
taken up by the cell’s smooth ER
↓
they are mainly used to form new triglycerides that are subsequently
released in the form of chylomicrons through the base of the
epithelial cell,
↓
flow upward through the thoracic lymph duct and empty into the
circulating blood
short and medium chain fatty acids (more water-soluble)
are absorbed directly into the portal blood
34.
35.
36. Absorption of Water
Isosmotic Absorption
Diffusion - usual laws of osmosis
when the chyme is dilute enough, water is absorbed through
the intestinal mucosa into the blood of the villi almost entirely
by osmosis
when hyperosmotic solutions are discharged
from the stomach into the duodenum
Water usually will be transferred by osmosis to make the
chyme isosmotic with the plasma
37. Absorption of Ions
Active Transport of Sodium - Energy – ATP
the intestines must absorb 25 to 35 grams of sodium each day
Whenever significant amounts of intestinal secretions are lost to
the exterior – extreme diarrhea - the sodium reserves of the
body can sometimes be depleted to lethal levels within
hours
Chyme - more Na than brush border
38.
39. Absorption of Ions
When a person becomes dehydrated, large amounts of
aldosterone secreted by the cortices of the adrenal glands
↓
increased activation of the enzyme and transport
mechanisms for all aspects of sodium absorption by the
intestinal epithelium
↓
increased sodium absorption in turn causes secondary increases
in absorption of chloride ions, water
40. Absorption of Ions
Absorption of Chloride Ions in the Duodenum and
Jejunum
chloride ion absorption is rapid and occurs mainly by diffusion
absorption of sodium ions through the epithelium creates
electronegativity in the chyme and electropositivity in the
paracellular spaces between the epithelial cells.
Chloride ions move along this electrical gradient to “follow” the
sodium ions
41. Absorption of Ions
Absorption of Bicarbonate Ions in the Duodenum and
Jejunum
large quantities of bicarbonate ions must be reabsorbed from
the upper small intestine because large amounts of bicarbonate
ions have been secreted into the duodenum in both
pancreatic secretion and bile
The bicarbonate ion is absorbed in an indirect way
42. Absorption of Ions
When sodium ions are absorbed, moderate amounts of
hydrogen ions are secreted into the lumen of the gut in
exchange for some of the sodium
These hydrogen ions in turn combine with the bicarbonate
ions to form carbonic acid (H2CO3), which then dissociates
to form water and carbon dioxide
The water remains as part of the chyme in the intestines, but
the carbon dioxide is readily absorbed into the blood and
subsequently expired through the lungs
43. Absorption of sodium, chloride,
glucose, and amino acids through
the intestinal epithelium. Note
also osmotic absorption of water
44. Absorption of Ions
Secretion of Bicarbonate Ions in the Ileum and
Large Intestine
The epithelial cells on the surfaces of the villi in the ileum as well
as on all surfaces of the large intestine have a special capability
of secreting bicarbonate ions in exchange for
absorption of chloride ions
it provides alkaline bicarbonate ions that neutralize acid
products formed by bacteria in the large intestine
45. Absorption of Ions
New epithelial cells secrete sodium chloride and water into the
intestinal lumen - This secretion in turn is reabsorbed by the older
epithelial cells
The toxins of cholera and of some other types of diarrheal bacteria
can stimulate the secretion so greatly that this secretion often
becomes much greater than can be reabsorbed
Cholera toxin – cAMP – opening of CL channels –active Na pump –
water osmosis
too much of a good thing can be lethal; Rx -NaCl
46. Absorption of Ions
Calcium ions are actively absorbed into the blood especially from
the duodenum – PTH, vitamin D
Iron ions are also actively absorbed from the small intestine –
body need for Hb
Potassium, magnesium, phosphate can also be actively
absorbed through the intestinal mucosa
Monovalent (Na, K, Cl) easily absorbed than Divalent (Ca)
49. MOVEMENTS OF THE COLON
(1)Absorption of water and electrolytes from the chime to form
solid feces
(2)storage of fecal matter until it can be expelled.
- The proximal half of the colon is concerned principally with
absorption and the distal half with storage.
- Because intense colon wall movements are not required for
these functions, the movements of the colon are normally very
sluggish
50.
51. MIXING MOVEMENTS — HAUSTRATIONS
large circular constrictions occur in the large intestine. At each of
these constrictions, about 2.5 centimeters of the circular muscle
contracts
the longitudinal muscle of the colon, which is aggregated into three
longitudinal strips called the teniae coli, contracts
These combined contractions of the circular and longitudinal strips of
muscle cause the unstimulated portion of the large intestine to bulge
outward into bag like sacs called haustrations
52.
53. HAUSTRATIONS
Each haustration usually reaches peak intensity in about 30 seconds and then
disappears during the next 60 seconds.
They also at times move slowly toward the anus during contraction, especially in the
cecum and ascending colon, and thereby provide a minor amount of forward
propulsion of the colonic contents.
After another few minutes, new haustral contractions occur in other areas nearby - all the
fecal material is gradually exposed to the mucosal surface of the large intestine,
and fluid and dissolved substances are progressively absorbed
only 80 to 200 milliliters of feces are expelled each day
54. PROPULSIVE — MASS MOVEMENTS
Much of the propulsion in the cecum and ascending colon results from the slow
but persistent haustral contractions, requiring as many as 8 to 15 hours to move
From the cecum to the sigmoid, mass movements can, for many minutes at a time,
take over the propulsive role. These movements usually occur only 1 to 3 times each
day
First, a constrictive ring occurs in response to a distended or irritated point in the
colon, usually in the transverse colon
Then, rapidly, the 20 or more centimeters of colon distal to the constrictive ring lose
their haustrations and instead contract as a unit, propelling the fecal material in
this segment further down the colon
55. MASS MOVEMENTS
The contraction develops progressively more force for about 30 seconds,
and relaxation occurs during the next 2 to 3 minutes.
Then, another mass movement occurs, this time perhaps farther along the
colon. A series of mass movements usually persists for 10 to 30 minutes.
Then they stop but return about 8 to 10 hours later.
When they have forced a mass of feces into the rectum, the desire for
defecation is felt
Appearance of mass movements after meals is facilitated by gastrocolic and
duodenocolic reflexes - result from distention of the stomach and duodenum
56. Absorption in Large Intestine
About 1500 milliliters of chyme normally pass through the
ileocecal valve into the large intestine each day
Most of the water and electrolytes in this chime are absorbed in the
colon, usually leaving less than 100 milliliters of fluid to be
excreted in the feces
Proximal half of the colon - absorbing colon
Distal colon - storage colon
57. Absorption in Large Intestine
active absorption of sodium - electrical potential
gradient created by absorption of the sodium causes
chloride absorption
tight junctions between the epithelial cells of the
large intestinal epithelium - prevents significant
amounts of back diffusion of ions
absorb sodium ions more completely – aldosterone
Secretion of HCO3 – absorption of Cl
58. Absorption in Large Intestine
Absorption of NaCl → water by osmosis - large intestine can
absorb a maximum of 5 to 8 liters of fluid and electrolytes each
day – when more than this – excess as diarrhea
Lactobacilli - vitamin K, vitamin B12, thiamine, riboflavin and
various gases (carbon dioxide, hydrogen gas and methane)
The bacteria-formed vitamin K is especially important because
the amount of this vitamin in the daily ingested foods is normally
insufficient to maintain adequate blood coagulation
59. DEFECATION
When feces enter the rectum, distention of the rectal wall initiates
afferent signals that spread through the myenteric plexus to initiate
peristaltic waves in the descending colon, sigmoid, and rectum, forcing feces
toward the anus
As the peristaltic wave approaches the anus, the internal anal sphincter
is relaxed by inhibitory signals from the myenteric plexus;
if the external anal sphincter is also consciously, voluntarily
relaxed at the same time, defecation occurs
Parasympathetic defecation reflex that involves the sacral segments of
the spinal cord – pelvic nerves – enhance intrinsic myenteric reflex
60.
61. DEFECATION REFLEXES
Defecation signals entering the spinal cord initiate other effects,
such as taking a deep breath, closure of the glottis, and contraction of the
abdominal wall muscles to force the fecal contents of the colon downward
and at the same time cause the pelvic floor to relax downward and pull
outward on the anal ring to evaginate the feces
people who often inhibit their natural reflexes are likely to become
severely constipated – automatic emptying
62. Composition of the Feces
3/4th water
1/4th solid
30 per cent dead bacteria,
10 to 20 per cent fat,
10 to 20 per cent inorganic matter,
2 to 3 per cent protein,
30 per cent undigested fiber from the food, bile pigment and
sloughed epithelial cells
Colour due to stercobilin, urobilin