background and history Flashcards
What is histology?
the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues of plants and animals.
What is histopathology
study of changes in tissues caused by disease. Science or study of dealing with the cytologic and histologic structure of abnormal or diseased tissue
What are the 4 basic types of tissue
Epithelial, connective, muscle tissues, nervous tissues
what tissue group do the ducts of glands belong in?
epithelial (simple cuboidal)
what tissue group does the skin belong?
epithelial and connective
what tissue group do the lining of blood and lymphatic vessels belong?
epithelil
what tissue group does fat belong?
connective
what tissue group do red and white blood cells belong?
connective
what tissue group do the kidney tubules belong
epithelial (simple cuboidal)
what tissue group does cartilage belong?
connective
what tissue group do the tendons and ligaments belong?
connective
Who won the 1906 nobel prize in physiology or medicine and what for?
(For their work on the structure of the nervous system)
Camillo Golgi: invented staining technique used to visualize neural structure of the brain
Santiago Ramon y Cajai: correct interpretation of neural structure of the brain (mapped cerebral cortex)
What are the four fluid humors that cause disease due to their imbalance
blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
what did Giovanni Battista Morgagni show?
diseases are not due to humoral imbalances but to lesions in organs
What did Bichat do?
Main contribution was perception that the diverse body organs contain particular tissues or membranes (tissue level)
Tissues are distinct entities and maintained that diseases attacked tissues rather than whole organs or the entire body
