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What are tissues?

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Collections of cells gathered together to form a function.

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How are tissues classified?

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Due to:
* Structure of the cells
* Composition of the extracellular matrix
* Functions of the cells

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What is histology?

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The study of tissues involving microscope work, used during autopsies and biopsies.

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What are the four types of tissue?

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  1. Epithelial Tissue
  2. Connective Tissue
  3. Muscle Tissue
  4. Nervous Tissue
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What are the characteristics of epithelial tissue?

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Cells are contiguous with little extracellular matrix, covers surfaces, forms glands, and lines cavities.

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What is the apical and basal end of epithelial tissue?

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Epithelial tissue usually has an apical (faces exterior) and basal end with a basement membrane.

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What is the role of epithelial tissue in protection?

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Protects underlying surfaces.

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What are the functions of epithelial tissue?

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  1. Protection
  2. Barrier - skin prevents h2o loss and prevents molecules and organisms from entering
  3. Receptors- like smell and taste
  4. Diffusion- co2 and o2 in lungs
  5. Secretory- glands are epithelial tissue
  6. Absorption- gi tract
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What are the classifications of epithelial tissue based on layers?

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  1. Simple - single layer
  2. Stratified - more than one layer
  3. Pseudostratified - single layer that appears stratified
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What type of epithelium is specialized for stretch?

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Transitional epithelium- found in urinary bladder
As it’s stretched, Layers decrease as cells flatten out from shifting over one another

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What are desmosomes?

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Structures that help attach cells to neighboring cells via glycoproteins. Associated with cells intermediate filaments.

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What are tight junctions?

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Hold cells together and create a permeability barrier. Keeps substances from passing between cells, so cells can regulate what is secreted or absorbed. Useful for water.

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What is the function of gap junctions?

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Allow for ions to pass through for inter-cellular communication through small protein channels.
Ex. Intercalated disks, which allow electrical signals (action potentials) to pass immediately from one cardiac cell to another

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What are exocrine glands?

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Glands with ducts open to the epithelium they are derived from, e.g., sweat glands.

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What are endocrine glands?

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Glands that do not have ducts and release hormones into the bloodstream.

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What are the three main components of the extracellular matrix in connective tissue?

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  1. Protein Fibers
  2. Ground Substance
  3. Fluid
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What are the three types of protein fibers in connective tissue?

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  1. Collagen - most common protein in the body. Very strong and flexible but nonelastic
  2. Reticular Fibers- thing collagen lattices that provide framework by filling spaces between organs and tissues
  3. Elastic Fibers - can return to original shape with help of protein elastin
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What is the function of ground substance in connective tissue?

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The chemeicals that serve as a backdrop against which fibrous proteins are seen.

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What is the difference between loose and dense connective tissue?

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Loose connective tissue has a loose network of protein fibers with lots of EC matrix , while dense connective tissue has thick bundles of fibers taking up most EC matrix

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What types of cartilage are there?

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  1. Hyaline Cartilage - hyaluronic acid makes it slippery for articulations (nose, rib cage, ends of bones)
  2. Fibrocartilage - thick collagen fibers. Very tough. Less proteiglycan than hyaline. (Knee, jaw, vertebrae)
  3. Elastic Cartilage - elastic and collagen gives spring back (ears)
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What is the composition of bone?

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Cells (osteocytes) and a mineralized matrix consisting of hydroxyapatite (inorganic) crystals and collagen (organic). Ratio is important.

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What distinguishes fluid connective tissue?

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Its matrix is liquid (plasma), as seen in blood.

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What are the characteristics of muscle tissue?

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Ability to contract or shorten with force, causing movement.

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What are the types of muscle tissue?

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  1. Striated (skeletal and cardiac) vs non (smooth)
  2. Voluntary (skeletal) vs involuntary (cardiac or smooth)
  3. Multinucleus (skeletal) or uni (cardiac and smooth)
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What is the major cell type in nervous tissue?
Neuron - sends action potentials. Supports cells called neuroglia (insulate and nourish neuron)
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What type of tissue covers structures or lines cavities?
Membrane.
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What are the three types of membranes?
1. Mucous 2. Serous 3. Synovial
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What is inflammation?
The response to tissue damage occurring in response to any offensive assault to the body.
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What are the classic signs of inflammation?
1. Redness - vasodilation (allows WBCs to get to site quicker) 2. Heat - vasodilation 3. Swelling - increased permeability of bv (allows wbc to enter tissues and water follows) 4. Pain - stimulate pain reception (prevent re-injury) 5. Disturbance of function
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What are mediators of inflammation?
Chemicals released by injured tissue, e.g., histamine and kinins and bradykinin (vasodilation and capillary permeability and pain signaling)
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What is the difference between regeneration and replacement in tissue repair?
Regeneration is the substitution of the same type of cells, while replacement involves a different type of tissue (causes scar). Which method occurs depends on type of cells.
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What are labile cells?
Cells that continue to divide throughout life and can regenerate if injured. Ex. Skin and mucous membranes
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What is tissue repair?
The substitution of viable cells for dead and/or damaged cells after an initial injury and inflammation. ## Footnote Tissue repair can occur by regeneration or replacement.
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Define regeneration in the context of tissue repair.
New cells are the same type as those that were destroyed.
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What occurs during replacement in tissue repair?
A different type of tissue replaces the lost tissue, leading to scar formation and some loss of tissue function.
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What are labile cells?
Cells that continue to divide throughout life and can regenerate if injured. Examples include skin and mucous membranes.
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What are stable cells?
Cells that do not actively divide once mature but can undergo mitosis due to injury. Regeneration. Examples include liver and glands.
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What are permanent cells?
Cells that exhibit little or no mitotic ability once mature and undergo replacement if injured, generally by connective tissue. Examples include neurons, skeletal, and cardiac
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What is a key characteristic of skin repair?
Blood fills the wound and a clot is formed, containing fibrin that binds the edges together.
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What role do neutrophils play in the inflammatory response during tissue repair?
They fight bacterial infection and die in the process, creating pus.
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What happens to the epithelium during skin repair?
New epithelium is formed by regeneration, migrating under the scab until it meets in the middle and it is restored
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What do macrophages do during tissue repair?
They remove old dead tissue, including dead neutrophils.
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What is the role of fibroblasts in tissue repair?
They produce extracellular matrix components and help form capillaries in area of repair
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What constitutes granulation tissue?
Fresh tissue replacing the clot, composed of fibroblasts, collagen, and capillaries.
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What happens to granulation tissue over time?
It is gradually replaced by normal connective tissue.
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How does a scar change over time?
It is red initially due to vascularization and later becomes white as collagen accumulates and blood vessels are compromised.
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True or False: Smooth muscle has a significant ability to regenerate after injury.
False.
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Fill in the blank: The inflammatory response brings in fighters of infection, such as _______.
neutrophils and macrophages.
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What are simple epithelial tissues good for
Diffusion - alveoli Absorption - intestines
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What are stratified tissues good for
More protection - epidermis
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Two types of stratified squamous epithelium
Moist - surface cells have nucleus-mouth, esophagus, urinary tract karatinized - surface cells are dead, epidermis of the skin (much tougher and drier) Both slough off the outer layer of cells
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Cell connections of lateral and basal surfaces
Mechanically hold cells together (epidermis) Help form a permeability barrier (urinary bladder) Provide intercellular communication (intercalated disks)
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Half of a demosome
Hemidesmosomes- attaches cell to basement membrane and through the cells intermediate filaments
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What’s it called when epithelial tissue cells tough one another
Contiguous
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Causes nutrients and gases to diffuse through basement membrane to reach the cells
Avascular- most metabolically active cells are closest to the basement membrane
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Flat scale like cells
Squamous
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Equal in height and width cells
Cuboidal
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Taller than wide cells
Columnar
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Cells that secrete mucus in cuboidal or columnar cells
Goblet cells
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Glands
Secretory organs derived from epithelial tissue, with a supporting network of connective tissue
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Divisions of exocrine glands
Merocrine- secrete water substances w no loss of cellular material - sweat Apocrine glands - secrete fragments of gland cells - mammary Holocrine - she’d entire cells - sebaceous (oil)
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Qualities of connective tissue
Cells are separated Contain an extracellular matrix (classified by this feature) Abundant throughout the body
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Specialized cells the produce maintain or destroy the extracellular matrix in connective tissue
Blasts - create (osteoblast) Cytes- maintain (chondrocyte) Clasts- break down (osteoclasts)
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Genetic ct cells of many ct types
Fibroblasts/cytes
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Example cell types of connective tissue matrix
Adipose Mast cells WBC’s Macrophages
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Marfans syndrome
Disorder where individual does not produce enough elastic fibers. Can affect eyes, hearts skeletal system, nervous system, and lungs
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Two molecules of ground substance
Hyaluronic acid - slippery long polysaccharide chain Proteoglycans monomers - protein core with glycogen side chains (chondroitin suflate) Proteoglycan aggregate - core of a monomer can bind with hyaluronic acid (traps water and gives tissues ability to bounce back)
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Embryonic connective tissue
Mesenchyme- source of all adult connective tissue Mucus- remains undifferentiated. Only in umbilical cord. Aka whartons jelly
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Connective tissue proper
Loose connective tissue and dense
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Loose connective tissue
Areolar Adipose Reticular
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Areolar
Protein fibers (collagen, reticular and elastic fibers) form lacy network to make up packing material of body. Surrounds organs and connects skin to underlying tissues.
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Adipose
Consisted of adipocytes-> Yellow (white at birth) - most abundan. Protection, insulation, heat and brown - found in specific areas, heat production Brown in neck and shoulder in infants Neck, kidney, heart in adults
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Reticular
Forms framework or scaffolding for cells to hang off of- supports tissues like the liver and spleen
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Dense connective tissues
Dense regular - collagen fibers arranged in one direction (gives resistance to stretch)- tendons and ligaments Defense irregular - collagen fibers in random network or sheets - dermis, strong blood vessels
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Cartilage cells
Chondrocytes
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Chindrocytes
Live in lacunae with rigid cartilage matrix
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What is cartilage made of
Collagen and proteoglycans (that trap water) and other molecules. Avascular. Can be compressed and spring back into shape.
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Perichondrium
Layer of dense irregular ct that surrounds cartilage.
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Muscle cells
Myocytes or myofibers
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Parts of a neuron
Cell body - contains nucleus Axon - conducts impulses away. 1 per Dendrite - receive impulses. Many per neuron
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Types of neurons based on dendrites and axons
Multipolar Bipolar Unipolar
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Mucous membrane
Made up of epithelium on a thick layer of Areolar. Line cavities that are open to outside of body (digestive, excretory, respiratory,). Protection, absorption and secretion
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Serous membrane
Made up of simple squamous and a delicate layer of Areolar. Line trunk covities and cover organs inside. Produce serous fluid. Pericardial, pleural, and peritoneal.
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Synovial membrane
Like freely movable joints. Produce synovial fluid which makes joints slippery
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Purpose of inflammatory response
Mobilized the body’s defenses Isolates and destroys microorganisms Removes foreign material and dead cells
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WBCs for inflammation
Neutrophils attack Macrophages clean up Clotting agents clot

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