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hematoxylin

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basic dye, binds negatively charged tissue (basophilic)

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eosin

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acidic dye, binds positively charged tissue components (acidophilic)

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sebaceous glands

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usually secrete into hair follicles; Holocrine secretion

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parotid gland

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serous gland

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sublingual gland

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mainly mucous with serous demilunes

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submandibular gland

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mainly serous, some mucous

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eccrine sweat gland

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simple coiled tubular glands, open directly into skin surface; merocrine secretion; serous secretions

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apocrine sweat glands

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open into hair follicles above sebaceous glands, wide lumen of secretory portion; secrete viscous, odorless fluid that is metabolized to produce malodorous compounds; Merocrine secretion (maybe apocrine); perianal, areola, axilla; active at puberty

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myoepithelial cell

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by base of glands, contract for excretion; in sweat, mammary and salivary glands

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fibroblasts

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predominant cell in connective tissues; elongated spindle-shaped, flattened nucleus; produce fibers and ground substances; extensive RER

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macrophage (histiocytes)

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large, pale staining irregular shape; phagocystic cells; derived from monocytes; present in chronic inflammation

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mast cells

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round to oval cells, nucleus centrally located; lare basophilic granules containing histamine; increase permeability of small venules and capillaries in response to inflammation

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plasma cells

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eccentric nucleus, “clock face” due to heterochromatin or “cartwheel” due to euchromatin; extensive RER, centrosome; derived from B lymphocytes and activated in immune response; produce and secrete antibodies

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lymphocytes

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major cell type in immune system; found in blood, lymph CT, lymphoid tissue
o Small = inactive, heterochromatic, basophilic
o Large = active, euchromatic nucelus

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adipocytes

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fat cells

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reticular fibers

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collagen type III

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collagen fibers

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collagen type I (3 alpha chains)

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brown fat

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multilocular, vascular, brown due to many mitochondria, prominent in newborns; generate heat

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white fat

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unilocular when mature, single large droplet, “chicken-wire appearance); energy storage, thermal insulation; hypodermis, breast, loose CT; no membrane

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kupffer cells

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macrophages of liver

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keratinocyte

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produce lamellar bodies (waterproof skin), keratohyalin granules ; found in stratum basales

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melanocyte

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pale cells in stratum basales, long cytoplasmic processes; produce melanin; LESS pigmented than keratinocytes

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melanocyte

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membrane bound organelles containing tyrosinase, transferred to keratinocytes once they are made; melanin is synthesized within melanosomes

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langerhans cell

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macrophages of skin; type of dendritic cell

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meibomian gland

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sebaceous gland of eyelid

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merkel cell

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rare cells in stratum basales; most numerous in thick skin

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merkel corpuscle (mechanoreceptor)

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merkel cell + merkel disc

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stem cell of skin

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gives rise only to keratinocytes and merkel cells

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hofbauer cells

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macrophages of chorionic villi

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decidual cells

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derived from stromal cells of uterine endometrium (maternal); found in decidual basalis; large, polygonal cells with pale cytoplasm and central nuclei

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cytotrophoblast

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pale staining, mononucleated, stem cells that fuse to form syncytiotrophoblast; separated from maternal blood by syncytiotrophoblast

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syncytiotrophoblast

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multinucleated syncytium formed by fusion of cytotrophoblat cells; invasive properties, microvilli

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skeletal muscle cell

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long, unbranched cylindrical cells, multinucleated, peripheral nuceli

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cardiac muscle cell

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single or binucelate centrally located, intercalated disks, may branch

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smooth muscle cells

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spindle shaped (fusiform) cells, single central nucleus; corkscrew apperance when contracted

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neuoglia/glia

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non-neuronal cells specific to the nervous system
o CNS: oligodendrocytes, astroglia, microglia, ependymal cells
o PNS: Schwann cells, satellite cells

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neuron

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cell body has large and euchromatic nucleus, prominent nucleolus, nissl bodies, perikaryon; dendrites, axon

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ganglia

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cluster of neuronal cell bodies located outside the CNS
o Sensory: dorsal root ganglia, Sensory ganglia of cranial nerves
o Autonomic: sympathetic, parasympathetic, enteric

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satellite cells

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surround neuron cell bodies, support microenvironment

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schwann cells

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wrap around axons, associated with myelinated and unmyelinated axons

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oligodendrocytes

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make myelin

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chromophobe

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cytoplasm stains poorly, may be undifferentiated cells or degranulated chromophils (adenohypophysis)

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acidophil

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somatotropes (GH), mammotropes (prolactin); (SAM, GPA); (adenohypophysis)

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basophil

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gonadotropes (FSH, LH), corticotropes (ACTH, POMC), thyrotropes (TSH); B-FLAT; melanotopes (MSH)l (adenohypophysis)

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pituicytes

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glial cells, most nuclei in pars nervosa; neurohypophysis

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chief (principal) cell

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small polygonal cells with round central nucleus, large amounts of glycogen; “beads on a string,” produce PTH (increases blood Ca2+)

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oxyphils

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larger and rounder than chief cells, very eosinophilic (mitochondria), smaller nuclei; occur in clusters, increase with age; unknown function; in parathyroid

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thyroid follicular cell

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morphologically polarized cells with basal and apical ends, abundant RER, TG synthesis, tight junctions, microvilli; lysosomes

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parafollicular (C) cell

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rare in human thyroid; pale or clear cytoplasm, part of follicular epithelium, secrete calcitonin in response to high blood calcium

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chromaffin cells

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NE and epinephrine producing cells; stain with chromium salts; made up adrenal glands

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osteoprogenitor cells

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differentiate into osteoblasts; found in inner layer of periosteum and in the endosteum

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osteoblast

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uninucleate cells derived from osteoprogentiro cells, basophilic (RER), surface of bone, deposit bone matrix

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osteocyte

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uninucleate cells derived from osteoblasts; when osteoblast becomes completely surrounded by bone it becomes an osteocyte (lacuna); maintain bone matrix

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osteoclast

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large multinucleated cells, differentiate from monocytes; acidophilic, found on surface of bone; resorb bone matrix

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chondrocyte

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cartilage cells; completed surrounded by matrix, oval cells; produce matrix components; receive poor oxygen

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isogenous group

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formed by chondrocytes in fibrocartilage

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erythrocyte

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red blood cells; no nucleus or cytoplasmic organelles

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reticulocyte

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no nucleus, larger than RBC, only motile stage in RBC lifecycle

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platelet

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thrombocytes; no nuclei; granules; short life span; maintain endothelium; has organelles

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leukocyte

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white blood cell; nucleated, larger than RBCs, involved in inflammation

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agranulocytes

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lymphocytes, monocytes

• Nonlobulated nucleus, azurophlic granules (lyosomes), lack specific granules

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granulocytes

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neutrophils, basophils, eosinophils

• Lobed nuclei, azuophilic and specific granules

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lymphocyte

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30% of WBCs; T cells, B cells, NK cells
o Small: heterochromatic, round or kidney shaped, basophilic
o Large: larger euchromatic nucleus, smudged chromatin pattern

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monocyte

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largest cells; irregular folded lumpy horse-shaped nucleus, lacey chromatin pattern, pale-staining; become macrophages in tissue
o Cluster to form Giant cells

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neutrophil

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70% of WBCs, 2-5 lobes connected by thin strands, small and pale staining granules, phagocytic

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eosinophil

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2-3 well defined lobes in nucleus, crystalloid (MBP), kill worms, modulate activity of basophils and mast cells; asthma

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basophil

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least numerous, least lobulated nuclei, purplish-black granules in nuclei, no crystalloid, increase permeability of vessels, release PAF and LTC4; hypersensitivities

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megakaryocyte

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disintegrates to form platelets

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basophilic erythroblast

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most intensely basophilic cytoplasm, many free polysomes, dispersed chromatin

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polychromatophilic erythroblast

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“checkerboard” chromatin pattern, no visible nucleoli, produce large amounts of hemoglobin, last stage capable of mitosis

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Orthochromatic Erythroblast

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normoblast; most organelles absent; eosinophilic; heterochromatic eccentric nucleus

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promyelocyte

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large cell with multiple nucleoli, produces azurophilic granules; basophilic cytoplasm, irregular nucleus

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myelocyte

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smaller than promyelocyte, doesn’t make azurophlic granules; round or flattened nucleus; last stage capable of mitosis

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metamyelocyte

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V-shaped indentation of nucleus; condensed chromatin

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band (stab) cell

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curved dumb-bell shaped nucleus; more present in infections

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mature granulocyte

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heterochromatic nucleus, nuclear lobes connected by inner strands; leave hematopoietic compartment

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pericyte

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maintains blood-brain barrier; found near capillaries; monitor endothelial cells; important in brain

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thymocyte

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any lymphocyte in the thymus

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thymic epithelial cell (TEC)

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makes up stroma of the thymus; pale euchromatic; jointed to one another by desmosomes with tonofilaments; poorly phagocytic; also called epithelial reticular cells (ERCs)

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interdigitating dendritic cell (IDC)

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APC, lack tonofilaments, found in medulla; important in negative selection in thymus

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prothymocyte

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T cell precursors

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follicular dendritic cell (FDC)

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in lymphoid nodules; bind ag-ab cmplexes vi FC portion of AB; NOT APCs

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centroblasts

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actively dividing B cells in dark zone of nodule

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centrocytes

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B cells in light zone, less actively dividing; undergo class switching

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reticular cells

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make up stroma up spleen

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alveolar macrophage (dust) cells

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in alveolar epithelium, phagocytose

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brush cells

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sensory receptors of respiratory epithelium, have microvilli

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DNES cells

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secretory granules in basal cytoplasm, secrete into lamina propria, secrete different hormones; small granule cells; Kulchitsky cells

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olfactory receptor cells

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detect odors; line nasal cavity

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type I pneumocyte

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in alveolar epithelium, cover 95% of surface; simple squamous; form tight junctions

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Type II pneumocyte

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alveolar epithelium; great alveolar cells, septal cells; rounded, form tight junctions; produce surfacant in lamellar bodies; give rise to type I and type II

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Sustentacular cells

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supporting cells with microvilli of olfactory epithelium

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clara cells

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bronchiolar cells; produce proteins of surfacant (no cilia)

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