Reference no: EM133988889
Assignment:
Purpose: To strengthen and demonstrate your knowledge of the Digestive System and Metabolism and their systemic relationship in the body. The ability to apply this content and think systemically with physiology processes will benefit you as a healthcare student and practitioner.
Criteria for Success: To be successful you will make sure you complete diagrams in a concise manner that clearly explains or represents the anatomy and physiological responses. You also need to make sure to list or provide explanation where necessary or where it is asked in the tasks. A successful submission would be one that covers all questions for each scenarios and while you may need to do some extra research outside of canvas, please do not bring research level diagnostics to these answers. I am looking for your critical analysis of the situation based on what I would expect you to cover in this course.
Make sure to include all of the following items in your answer(s): (When turning your answer in, please underline each of these terms in your answer)
- Pancreas
- Pancreatic duct
- Liver
- Pancreatic enzymes
- Chyme
- Bile
- Bile duct
- Gallbladder
- Gluconeogenesis
- Lipolysis
- Glycolysis
- Krebs Cycle
- Electron Transport Chain
- ATP
- Calcium
- Vitamin D
- Small Intestines
- Hydrochloric Acid
- G Cells
- Gastrin
- Pepsinogen
- Pepsin
- Polypeptides
- Amino acids
- pH
- Chief Cells
- Parietal Cells
For submission, you can submit them as a pdf or image from a phone if you are drawing these at home.
Case Studies Tasks:
Pauline - Pauline is a middle aged, obese women. She recently began having severe soreness in her abdomen and a lot of nausea. Pauline visited a specialist and the Doctor is leaning towards the diagnosis of pancreatitis due to a blockage. Pauline also happens to consume a diet that is low in protein and high in fat content.
- Diagram and/or explain the anatomy of where the blockage would occur leading to pancreatitis.
- What is causing the blockage specifically and why?
Revisiting Anthony - Early in this quarter we learned about Anthony and his long term stress. Look back at Anthony's case and now examine his health problems through the lens of the digestive system. In doing so, please answer the following questions:
- How will his long term cortisol production impact his digestive system? In your answer, include a diagram explaining how cortisol will impact which molecules are used for ATP production in Cellular Respiration and where those enter the Cellular Respiration process.
- How will his decrease in sunshine impact absorption of certain materials in the small intestines and what type of systematic (rest of the body) effects will that have?
Jeffrey - Jeffrey recently decided he was going to change his eating habits and try to lose a significant amount of weight in a short amount of time. Jeff has chosen to decrease his carbohydrate intake to 2 grams/day, decrease his fat intake to near 0, and consume primarily proteins. Concerning Jeffrey, answer the following questions:
1. How will high levels of protein intake impact his GI tract?
2. Diagram the positive feedback loop that occurs in the stomach that allows the body to begin to digest all of these proteins. Make sure to include all components of this process.