📘 Step 1 — Curriculum Coverage
This topic uses the AIM Learning Cycle to help MBBS students understand intestinal physiology.
🔹 Physiology
Small Intestinal Motility
- Types of movements of small intestine
- Control of peristalsis
- Nervous regulation
- Hormonal regulation
Duodenal and Intestinal Secretions
- Secretion of mucus by Brunner’s glands in the duodenum
- Secretion from crypts of Lieberkühn
Pancreatic Enzymes
- Pancreatic enzymes
- Chemistry of pancreatic enzymes
- Secretion
- Functions
- Regulation
Intestinal Digestive Enzymes
- Intestinal digestive enzymes
Gastrointestinal Hormones
- Gastrin
- Secretin
- Cholecystokinin (CCK)
- Other GI hormones
Clinical Correlation
- Abnormal digestion in pancreatic failure
- Malabsorption in sprue
