Histology Flashcards

1
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Lines, covers, and protects other tissues and organs.
Cells tightly junked together
The presence of a cell secretion called the basement membrane

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EPITHELIUM TISSUE

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2
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Cells very thin, much wider than they are thick.

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Squamous Epithelium

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3
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LOCATION:
Air sacs of respiratory
Lining of blood vessels, heart, and lymphatic tubes

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SIMPLE SQUAMOUS

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4
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LOCATION:
Skin
Vagina
Esophagus
Mouth

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STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS

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5
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Cells cube-shaped-
* secretion and absorption.
LOCATION:
Kidney tubules
Duct and small glands
Surface of ovary

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CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

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6
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Elongated cells, much longer than they are wide.

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CULUMNAR EPITHELIUM

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7
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A single layer of cells that line the digestive tract, gallbladder, and excretory ducts of some glands. Has microvilli at surface for absorption

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SIMPLE CULUMNAR

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8
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Lines the bronchi, trachea, uterine tubes and some of the uterus. Propels mucus or reproductive cells by ciliary action

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PSEUDOSTRATIFIED CILIATED CULUMNAR

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9
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Characterized by the cells widely separated from each other in a matrix that is produced by the cells

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CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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10
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Gel like ground with both elastic and non-elastic fibers running though the ground in many directions.
Wraps and cushions organs
Under the skin

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LOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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11
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Nuclei and fibers arranged in parallel rows.
Tendons and ligaments
Fibers mostly non-elastic

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DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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12
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Function as storage cells for adipose (lipids)
cells contain a large vacuole which in the live cell contains lipids.
Cell nucleus and cytoplasm are pushed out to edge of cell membrane

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ADIPOSE TISSUE

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13
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Ground of matrix is gum like.
Cells are found in Lacunae within the matrix.
Fibers may be elastic or non-elastic, or a form of non-elastic called reticular(where the non-elastic fibers of very thin)

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CARTILAGE

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14
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on the ends of bones

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HYALINE CARTILAGE

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15
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ear cartilage

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ELASTIC CARTILAGE

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16
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nose cartilage

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NON-ELASTIC CARTILAGE

17
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Ground of matrix is Solid (Calcium carbonate).
Has blood supply and nerves running through the Haversian canal systems

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OSSEUS TISSUE

18
Q

Liquid matrix = plasma
90% water
10%Plasma proteins, electrolytes, hormones, oxygen, glucose etc.

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VASCULAR TISSUE

19
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CARRIES OXYGEN

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ERYTHROCYTES

20
Q

FIGHTS INFECTIONS

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LEUKOCYTES

21
Q

RESPONSIBLE FOR BLOOD CLOTTING

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THROMBOCYTES

22
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WITH CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES

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GRANULOCYTES

23
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HAS 3-5 LOBED NUCLEUS

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NEWTROPHIL

24
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HAS 2 LOBED NUCLEUS

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EOSINOPHIL

25
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HAS 5 S SHAPED NUCLEUS

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BASOPHIL

26
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With homogenous cytoplasmic

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Agrenolucyte

27
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with large and dense nucleus

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Lymphocyte

28
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Largest leukocyte
shaped like kidney or horseshoe

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Monocyte

29
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Tissue with cells having fibers specialized for contraction

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Muscle cells

30
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Parallel elongated cells (fibers)
multinucleated and each cell is the length of the muscle.
Light meat, Dark meat—Slow twitch, fast twitch muscle

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Skeletal Muscle

31
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Cells are long and tapered.
Organized into sheets of muscle

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Smooth muscle

32
Q

Intercalated disc
Myogenic
branched

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Cardiac Muscle

33
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Cells specialized to polarize and depolarize

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Nervous tissue