HLTB11H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide, Chyme, Trypsin

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To measure transit time => an unabsorbed dye is added to a meal & the time it takes to appear in the feces is recorded. Lumen: space inside of the tube of the gi tract. Mucosa or mucosal cells: layer of tissue lining the lumen, function to absorb nutrients, secrete mucus. Barrier function of the gi tract: the mucus secreted by cells of the digestive tract: Acts as a barrier to infection from harmful micro-organisms that we ingest along w/ our food. If this barrier is unsuccessful the immune system is able to mount a response to disease- causing organisms. Antigen: a foreign substance (almost always a protein) that, when introduced into the body, stimulates an immune response: some cells of the immune system are present in the gi tract: (1) phagocytes (2) lymphocytes - secrete antibodies. The food, referred to as a bolus, mixes w/ saliva.

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