Cell Histology Flashcards

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What is the function and location of an epithelial cell

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Skin
Acts as a protective, secretory and absorptive surface.
Regulating movement of substances into and out of the body.
Vary in shape .

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Red blood cell function and location?

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Bind to oxygen in lungs and carry it to tissues throughout the body where it is exchanged for the waste product c02
Location: bone marrow

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White blood cell (leukocytes) function and location?

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Identifying, capturing and eliminating invading pathogens or foreign cells.
Location: stored in lymph tissue and blood.
Bone marrow produces them

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Bone cell (osteoblasts)

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bone producing cells in bone marrow & other connective tissues
Synthesise and secrete collagen fibres and other organic components which are used to build the extracellular matrix of the bone tissue.

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Fibroblast function and location?

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large, flat, branching support cells present in most connective tissue.
Secrete fibres including collagen and some of the extracellular matrix.
Provide structural framework for tissues
Skin wound healing
Location: multi cellular environment but close to epithelium or endothelium

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Skeletal Muscle cell function and location?

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Under voluntary control and is able to contract and respond to stimulation.
Location: attached to skeleton via tendons or connective tissue sheet called aponeurosis.

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Smooth muscle cell function and location?

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Involuntary

e. g. regulate the blood vessel diameter
location: found in walls of internal organs, blood vessels and internal muscles of eye.

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nerve cell function and location?

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Sensitive to external stimuli and allows them to respond and communicate information through chemical and electrical signals
Location: CNS AND PNS

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Sperm cell function and location?

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Location: testes
Uniquely designed for inheritance and passes on genetic info
Enabled to travel and fertilise an ovum

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Ovum function and location?

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Location: ovaries

Ocyte travels to uterine tube until it encounters a sperm cell- causing fertilisation.

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