Introduction to Histology

Question 1

definition of histology

Answer 1

study of microscopic structure of tissues

Question 2

definition of histopathology

Answer 2

study of tissues affected by disease

Question 3

what are the 4 different structures to look at tissues

Answer 3

tissue
cellular
sub-cellular
histochemical

Question 4

what are the 4 basic tissues of the human body

Answer 4

epithelial
connective
muscle
nervous

Question 5

what type of tissues do ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm develop into?

Answer 5

mesodern - epithelilal, connective, muscle

endoderm - epithelial

ectoderm - nervous, epithelial

Question 6

in what order do you name epithelial tissues in?

Give an example

Answer 6

layers then their shape

examples:
simple squamous
simple cuboidal
simple columnar
transitional
stratified squamous
stratified cuboidal
pseudostratified columnar

Question 7

What are the different shapes of epithelial tissues?

Answer 7

Cuboidal, cubed shaped

Squamous

Columinar

Question 8

TASK: LOOk at microscopic pictures of the structure of each epithelial tissue for 15 minutes

Answer 8

have you done it?

Question 9

What are the 3 categories of connective tissue?

Answer 9

loose
dense
specialised