Chapter 4 Flashcards
Four types of tissue
Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Neural
- Covers exposed surfaces
- Lines internal passageways
- Forms glands
Epithelial tissue
- Fills internal spaces
- Supports other tissues
- Transports materials
- Stores energy
Connective tissue
- Specialized for contraction
* Skeletal muscle heart muscle and walls of hollow organs
Muscle tissue
Carries electrical signals from one part of the body to another
Neural tissue
Characteristics of epithelia
- Cellularity
- polarity
- attachment
- vascularity
- regeneration
Functions of epithelial tissue
- Provide physical protection
- control permeability
- provides sensation
- produced specialize secretions (granular epithelium)
Types of cell junctions
Tight junctions
gap junctions
desmosomes
- Between two plasma membranes
* adhesion that attaches to terminal Web *prevents passage of water and solutes
Tight junctions
- Allow rapid communication
- Are held together by channel proteins
- allow ions to pass
- Coordinate contractions and heart muscle
Gap junctions
Dense areas and intercellular cemented
- spot desmosomes: tie cells together; allow bending and twisting
- hemisdesmosomes: attach cells to the basal lamina
Desmosomes
Release hormones:
- into interstitial fluid
- no ducts
Endocrine glands
Produce secretions:
onto epithelial surfaces
through ducts
Exocrine glands
Watery secretions
Serous glands
Secrete mucins
Mucous glands
Both serous and mucus
Mixed exocrine glands
3 types of secretions
Serous
Mucous
Mixed exocrine glands
Basic features of connective tissue
Specialized cells
Solid extracellular protein fibers
Fluid extracellular ground substance
*extacellular protein fibers and ground substance makeup the matrix
Classification of connective tissues
- Connective tissue proper (connect and protect/fibroblast and adipocytes)
- Fluid connective tissues (transport/blood and lymph)
- Supporting connective tissues (structural strength/bone and cartilage)
Functions of connective tissue
- est. a structural framework for the body
- Transport fluids and dissolved materials
- Protect delicate organs
- Supporting surrounding and interconnecting other types of tissues
- Storing energy reserves especially in the form of triglycerides
- Defending the body from invading microorganism
The most abundant cell type;
- Found in all connective tissue proper
- Secrete proteins and hyaluronan (cellular cement)
Fibroblasts
The second most abundant cell type;
- Found in all my connective tissue proper
- Maintain the fibers of connective tissue proper
Fibrocytes
Fats cells
Each cells stores a single, large fat droplet
Adipocytes
Stem cells that respond to injury or infections
Differentiate into fibroblasts, microphages, etc.
Mesenchymal cells