Epithelial Tissue Part 2, Cellular Pathology, CT (Exam 1) Flashcards
Where do glands develop from?
covering epithelia
____________ glands remain connected to the surface epithelia
Exocine
_____________ glands lose the connection to their original epithelium and therefore lack ducts
Endocrine
(endocrine glands synthesize, store, and secrete, BUT they do not have a free surface)
Endocrine glands attract blood vessels to the surface. Capillaries are the smallest vessels and are the exchange vessels. This results in the hormones/chemical messangers going on a systemic trip through the body. What is the attraction of blood vessels called?
angiogenesis
What are the 2 big categories from structural classes of exocrine glands?
1) simple glands (ducts do not branch)
2) compound glands (ducts from several secretory units converge into larger ducts)
What are the 5 types of simple exocrine glands?
1) simple tubular
2) branched tubular
3) coiled tubular
4) acinar (or alveolar)
5) branched acinar
What are the 3 types of compound exocrine glands?
1) tubular
2) acinar (alveolar)
3) tubuloacinar
What are the 2 types of glandular epithelia?
endocrine glands and exocrine glands!
Endocrine glands secrete/release hormones into the blood, which is systemic and causes wide spread effects into the ______________. This is because endocrine glands have no ducts.
interstitial fluid
Exocrine glands produce secretions onto epithelial surfaces through ducts. The secretions are released ___________ onto a surface
locally
What are the 3 main mechanisms of how cells release contents onto surface for exocrine glands?
1) merocrine
2) holocrine
3) apocrine
Merocrine secretion releases products, usually containing proteins by the means of ___________ at the apical end of the secretory cells
exocytosis
(release contents w/o a membrane)
Are most exocrine glands merocrine, holocrine, or apocrine glands?
most are merocrine glands!
Exocrine glands with merocrine secretion can be further categorized as either _________ or _________
serous (water contents), mucous (opaque contents of solids, proteins, lipids, carbs, etc)
Holocrine secretion is produced by the __________________ of the secretory cells themselves as they complete their terminal differentiation, which involves becoming fluid with product. Sebaceous (oil) glands of hair follicles are the best example of holocrine glands
disintegration
Apocrine secretion involves loss of ___________________________________, usually containing one ore more lipid droplets. Products accumulates at the cells apical ends, portions of which are then pinched off to release the product surrounded by a small amount of cytoplasm and cell membrane.
membrane enclosed apical cytoplasm
What 2 types of secretion are both seen in mammary glands?
apocrine and merocrine secretion
Where is apocrine secretion usually found?
mammary glands, axillary region, groin region
What is pathology?
study of disease
What are the 4 adaptations we went over in class for cells?
-hyperplasia
-hypertrophy
-atrophy
-metaplasia
Changes to a cell can be either physiologic or pathologic. What is the difference?
physiologic= cells will adapt to stay alive (functional change)
pathologic= lead to disease state (disease causing change)
What is hyperplasia?
increase in the number of cells
What is physiologic hyperplasia?
increase in the number of cells
occurs due to a normal/functional stressor/demand
ex: increase in the size of breasts due to pregnancy or increase in thickness of endometrium during menstrual cycle
What is pathologic hyperplasia?
increase in the number of cells
occurs due to abnormal stressor
ex: growth of adrenal glands due to production of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) by a pituitary adenoma, or proliferation of endometrium due to prolonged estrogen stimulus