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What is celiac spruce

Dierary gluten triggers T-cell mediated autoimmune destruction of small bowel vili

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What does celiac spruce lead to

malabsorption of fat, fat-soluble vitamines, iron, and folate

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Blood test for celiac spruce

blood test for antibodies + biopsy

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Where is most water reabsorbed

small intestine

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Ulcerative colotis location

colon

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Lesions on ulcerative colitis

continuous

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How does ulcerative colitis look

Crypt distortion; pseudo-polyps

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What does ulcerative colitis lead to

loss of haustra

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What does ulcerative colitis do to the colon as a whole?

megacolon

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Where is crohn’s disease

any GI segment

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What kind of lesions crohn’s disease

skip leasions

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What kind of ulcers crohn’s disease

deep + fissures

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What happens to wall in crohn’s disease

thickened wall, fat wrapping, and cobble-stoning

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What can crohn’s disease cause in ileum

B12 and bile acid malabsorption

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How does Na enter the apical membrane

Cotransport with nutrients, Na/Cl symporter, Na/H+ exchanger

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How does Na enter basolaterally?

Na-K-ATPase

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How does Cl enter apically

Na/Cl symporter, Cl/HCO3 exchanger

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How is Cl absorbed basolaterally

Paracellular route, Cl' channels

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How does water follow NaCl

aquaportin channels

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How are vitamin B and C transported?

Carrier mediate membrane transporter

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How does Na enter in large intestine

ENaC

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What does ENaC result in

net secretion of K+

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What regulates ENaC

aldosterone

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How is Cl secreted

CFTR channel

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What regulates the CFTR channel for Cl sec

cAMP

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What does basolateral NKCC1 do

brings Cl into cell with K and Na

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What increases Cl channel activity

VIP, ACh, Serotonin

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What does PDE4 do

breaks down cAMP

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What does PDE4 cause

less Cl secretion into lumen

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What does Na follow

Cl

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What does water follow

Na

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What does Cl movement indirectly cause

water mvmt out of cell

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What is secretory diarrhea

Excess chloride secretion

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Sign of secretory diharrhea

diarrhea without eating

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What is osmotic diarrhea

Stops with fasting

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What dies cholera and ETEC heat-labile toxin do?

Increases cAMP

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What does CFTR cause with stool?

Less Cl, so thick secretion (intestinal obstruction risk)

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What is a VIPoma

Increased VIP

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What can VIPoma cause

WDHA

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Results of VIPoma in body

watery diarrhea, hypokalemia, achlorhydia

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What regulates Ca transport

PTH and Calcitriol

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What stimulates PTH

low Ca

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What gets stimulated by PTH

renal 1a hydroxylase

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What does renal 1a hydeoxylase icnrease

1, 25 OH

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What does calcitriol increase

duodenal transcellular Ca2+ absorption

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What absorbes Ca2+ more via calcitriol

TRPV6, Calbindin, PMCA

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What does TRPV6 do

increased apical Ca

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What does calbindin do?

Prevents Ca from leaking out of cell

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What do basolateral Ca extrusion do?

Ca released

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What does vitamin D cause

osteomalacia, rickets, decreased plasma Ca and increased PTH

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Inhibitors of Ca absorption

oxalates, phytates

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What contains ocalates

spinach, rhubarb

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What does decreased liver ferritin do

decreases hepcidin

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What does decreased hepcidin cause

increased ferroportin

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What does increased ferroportin cause

increased Fe in bloodstream

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What does Fe bind to

transferrin

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What deos Fe do once it binds to transferrin

Stored as liver ferritin

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What does increased liver ferratin stores do

increases hepcidin

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What increases due to liver ferritin stores

hepcidin

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What does high hepcidin do

decreases ferroprotin

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What does decreased ferroportin cause

decreased Fe in bloodstream

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What does low Fe in bloodstream cause

transferrin is bound iron is transported to liver

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What carries heme

HCP1

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What brings heme in from the lumen?

heme oxygenase

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What brings non heme iron in?

Endosome

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How is Fe3+ reduced to Fe2+

Gastric acid uses 1 DCT1, which puts more Fe in enterocyre

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What dies Fe inside the enterocyte use to enter the bloodstream

ferroportin

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What is hemochrmoatosis

Mutation in hepcidin

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what does the C282Y mutation cause

decreased hepcidin, increased ferroportin

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What dies high serum iron, ferritin and transferrin look like?

Hemochromatosis

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How C282Y inhereted

recessivly

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Where are iron and calcium taken in

Duodenum and jejunum

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What does B12 bind in the stomach and saliva

Haprocorrin

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What does haptocorrin do

protects B12

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What can digest haptocorrin

Pancreatic proteases

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What does B12 bind after haptocorrin

Intrinsic factor

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What does B12 bind in blood

transcobalamin

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What does B12 deficiency cause

megaloblastic anemia

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What does B12 cause in brain

memory loss, confusion, difficulty concentrating

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Labs for b12 deficiency

Increased MMA, homocysteine

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Symptom of folate deficieency

Inc homocyteine only

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Sites of digestion: Luminal

Saliva, gastric acid, pancreatic enzymes, galbladder

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site of digestion: membrane

Enzymes on the brush border

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Cutoplasmic digestion

proteolytic enzymes

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When is the absorption of macronutrients more uniform?

when there are macronutrients, rather than iron/ca/bile/b12

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Where does digestion of carbohydrates begin

in the mouth

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What does CCK stimulate for carbs

pancreatic amylase

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What does the brush border have for carbs

maltase, sucrase, isomaltose, oligosaccharides, lactase

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What does maltase do

Makes 2 glucose

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What does sucrase do

makes glucose and fructose

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What does isomaltose do

Oligosaccharides → shorter glucose polymers

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What does lactose do

glucose to galactase

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Transporters for Carbs

Apical SGLT1, GLUTs, GLUT2

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What does SGLT1 do

glucose and galactose uptake with Na

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What does apical glut5 do

fructose uptake, basolateral

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what does glut 2 do

exports glucose, galactose, and fructose to blood

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what does lactase deficiency cause

milk intolorance, bloatic, osmotic diarrhea

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What does glucose-galactose malabsorption syndrome do

bloating and osmotic diarrhea

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What is mutated in glucose-galactose malabsorption syndrome

SGLT1 mutation