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Chapter 3 & 4 Flashcards

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Forms a selectively permeable barrier between the nuclear and cytoplasmic compartments

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Nuclear envelope

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It is the command center of the cell also contains the molecular Machinery to replicate the DNA and to synthesize and process all types of RNA

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Nucleus

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A narrow space that separates the two concentric membranes of the nuclear envelope

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Perinuclear space

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And organized meshwork of proteins which stabilizes the nuclear envelope

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Nuclear lamina

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Class of intermediate filament proteins that bind to the membrane proteins and associate with chromatin and non-dividing cells

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Lamins

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Inner and outer nuclear membranes are bridged at this

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Nuclear pore complexes

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Various core proteins of a nuclear pore complex

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Nucleoporins

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A sex chromatin

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Barr Body

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A basic protein that extensively packages DNA and chromatin

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Histones

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Hey structural units of DNA and histone which has a core of eight histones
(2 copies each of histones H2A H2B H3 and H4) around which is wrapped DNA with about 150 base pairs

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Nuclesome

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Each long DNA double helix with it’s associated proteins

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Chromatid

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Two chromatids held together by complexes of cohesion proteins

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Chromosome

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Barr bodies or gender chromatin permit gender to be determined microscopically in patients whose external sex organs do not permit as in ______________ & _______________

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Hermaphroditism , pseudohermaphroditism

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The presence of XXY chromosomes __________________ which causes testicular abnormalities and __________ ( absence of sperm)

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Klinefelter syndrome, azoospermia

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Contains pairs of chromosomes

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Diploid

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Although from different parents they contain forms ( alleles) of the same genes

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Homologous

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16
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Stained chromosomal regions ( bands) that can be analyzed

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Karyotypes

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___________Is important for many prenatal diagnosis in which home is on analysis of cultured cells from the fetus or Amnion can detect certain genetic anomalies. as with karyotypes of adults, missing or extra chromosomes chromosome deletions or translocations are readily seen

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Karyotyping

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A spherical highly basophilic subdomain of nuclei in cells, actively making proteins

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Nucleolus

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Is the sequence of events that controls cell growth and division

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Cell cycle

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Is the longest part of the cycle begins immediately after mitosis and includes all preparations for DNA replication

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G1 Phase

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The period of DNA and histone syntheses

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S Phase

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A short phase where the cell prepares for division during mitosis

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G2 Phase

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Cell cycling is controlled by the sequential appearance of Cytoplasmic proteins the _________ which bind ______________

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Cycling, cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs)

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Phosphorylate and activate the enzymes and transcription factors whose functions characterize each phase of the cell cycle

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CDKs

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When cell cycle activities may be temporarily or permanently suspended the cells are referred to as being in the ______ space

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G0

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The stages of mitosis

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Prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase,cytokinesis

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Occur in all tissues with rapid cell turnover they divide slowly in a asymmetric manner with one daughter cell remaining a stem cell and becoming committed toward differentiation

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Stem cells

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Cells committed to differentiate typically divide more rapidly than stem cells before slowing stopping division to differentiate

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Transit amplifying or progenitor cells

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Is the process by which two successive cells divisions produce cells gametes containing half the number of chromosomes found in somatic cells

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Meiosis

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Prophase of the fist meiotic division is a unique, extended period in which homologous chromosomes pair and undergo genetic recombination during the process called ______

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Synapsis

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Is the process by which redundant or defective cells are rapidly eliminated in a manner that does not provoke a local inflammatory reaction in the tissue

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Apoptosis

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Apoptosis involves a cascade of events controlled by the _______ family of proteins regulating the release of death-promoting factors from mitochondria

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Bcl-2

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Cytochrome c from mitochondria activates cytoplasmic Proteases called __________ which degrade proteins of the cytosol, cytoskeleton and cell membrane

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Capases

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34
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Degrade all nuclear DNA

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Endonucleases

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35
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Late In apoptosis the cell into many small _____________ that undergo ______________ by neighboring cells

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Apoptotic bodies, phagocytosis

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___________ typically follows damage to the DNA of proto-oncogenes and failure of the cells to be eliminated ________ growth can either be benign or malignant ( commonly called cancer)

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Neoplastic proliferation, neoplastic

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Certain mutants in the gene __________ are associated with a subtype of the disorder progeria which causes ______________ in this and other rare laminopathies the nuclear envelope is abnormal

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Lamin A, premature aging

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Many mitogenic growth factors for research are produced commercially from microorganisms or cells with recombinant DNA have important med uses ex. Include analogs of _________________

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granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF)

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39
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Many genes coding proteins important in the control of cell proliferation and differentiation are often called ________________

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Proto-oncogenes

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Changing in the structure or expressing of these can convert them to _____________ causing uncontrolled cell and a potential for cancer

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Oncogenes

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A type of cancer occurring in the eyes, usually in young children one form of the disease is inherited or familial. Lead to the discovery of the gene Rb, which blocks the cell cycle progression until a mitogenic stimulus arrives

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Retinoblastoma

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The active cyclin-CDK complex which occurs in the early G1 phase

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Cyclin D-CDK4 or 6

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The active cyclin-CDK complex which occurs in the late G1/ entry of S phase

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Cyclin E-CDK2

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The active cyclin-CDK complex which occurs in the progression through the S phase

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Cyclin A-CDK2

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The active cyclin-CDK complex which occurs in the G2 entry of M Phase

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Cyclin A-CDK1

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The active cyclin-CDK complex which occurs in the progression through the M Phase

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Cyclin B-CDK1

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Examples of target cells if Cyclin D-CDK4 or 6 are

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Phosphorylates Rb protein, releasing E2F a transcription factor that activates genes for many G1 activities and for cyclin A

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Examples of target cells if Cyclin E-CDK2

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Further activation E2F mediated gene transcription; protein p53; other kinases

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Examples of target cells if Cyclin A-CDK2

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DNA polymerase and other proteins for DNA replication

50
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Examples of target cells if Cyclin A-CDK1

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Specific phosphatases and cyclin B

51
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Examples of target cells if Cyclin B-CDK1

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Nuclear lamins; histone H1; chromatin and centrosome associated proteins

52
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Down syndrome is associated with morphologic and cognitive impairments of the _______ chromosome

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21

53
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_________ cells often deactivate the genes that control the Apoptotic process , thus preventing their elimination in this type of cell death and allowing progression toward a more malignant state

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Cancer

54
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Nuclei of cells in __________ ____________ are often enlarged, abnormally shaped, and extremely dark staining

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Malignant tumors

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Is a tissue in which cells are bound tightly together structurally and functionally to form a sheetlike or tubular structure with little extra cellular material between the cells

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Epithelium

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Facing the sheet’s free surface

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Apical side

57
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Facing a basement membrane and under-lying connective tissue

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Basal side

58
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Epithelial are often specialized for absorption or ___________, pinicyctosis of material at the apical and exocyctosis at the basolateral side ( or vice versa)

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Transcytosis

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Most epithelial exhibit ___________ ___________ with the locations of stem cells and rates of cell turnover variable in various specialized epithelia

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Continuous renewal

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The extra cellular layer of specialized proteins, usually having 2 parts: a basal lamina and more fibrous reticular lamina

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Basement membrane

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A thin mesh work of type IV collagen and laminin produced by the epithelial cells

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Basal lamina

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Contains type III collagen and anchoring fibrils of VII collagen, all secreted by cells of the immediately adjacent connective tissue

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Reticular lamina

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Are formed by interacting transmembrane proteins such as claudin and occludin; linear arrangements of those linked proteins surround the apical ends of the cells and prevent para cellular passage of substances

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Tight or occluding junctions

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Formed by interacting proteins of the cadherin family, are points of strong attachment holding together cells of the epithelium

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Adherent or Anchoring junctions

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Adherent junctions may form ___________ that encircle epithelial cells just below their tight junctions or scattered

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Zonula adherens

66
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Scattered Spot like attachment sites

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Desmosomes or maculae adherens

67
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Composed of transmembrane integrins attach cells to proteins of the basal lamina

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Hemidesmosomes

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Points of cell contact where both plasma membranes have numerous hexameric complexes of transmembrane connexons each forming a channel allowing passage of small molecules from one cell to the other

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Gap or communicating junctions

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A hexameric complex of transmembrane protein which has a central hydrophilic pore about 1.5 nm in diameter

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Connexon

70
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Small membrane projections with core of actin filaments that generally function to increase epithelial cell’s apical surface area of absorption

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Microvilli

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Long microvilli with specialized mechanosensory function in cells of the inner ear and for absorption in tissues of the male reproductive tract

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Stereocilia

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Are larger projecting structures with well organized core of microtubules ( 9+2 arrangement) in which restricted, dynein based sliding of microtubules causes ciliary movement that propel material along an epithelial surface

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Cilia

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Microtubules in an 9+2 arrangement

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Axoneme

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A epithelium in which the basement membrane has one cell layer

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Simple

75
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epithelium that are very thin

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Squamous

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Epithelium where cell width and and thickness are roughly similar

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Cuboidal

77
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Epithelium where cells are taller than they are wide

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Columnar

78
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Cells of stratified squamous epithelia move gradually from the basal to the surface layers, changing shape and becoming filled with ______ intermediate filaments

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Keratin

79
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Epithelia with two or more layers

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Stratified

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Stratified epithelia in which the outer cell layers are thin and flat

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Stratified squamous

81
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Stratified squamous epithelia such as the epidermis cover the body surface, ________ underlying tissues from excess water loss ( dehydration) and microbial invasion

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Protecting

82
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Are thick and appear to have several cell layers; all cells attach to the basal lamina but not all extend to the free epithelial surface

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Pseudostratified epithelia

83
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Found only in the lining of the urinary system, is stratified, with large rounded surface cells protective against urine

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Transitional epithelium or urothelium

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The major function in many epithelial cells is synthesis and secretion of specialized products; organs composed primarily of such epithelia are called___________

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Glands

85
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Have epithelial ducts carrying secretions and specific sites also retain their connection with the surface epithelium ( have ducts)

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Exocrine glands

86
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Lack ducts; secreted substances are hormones carried throughout the body by the interstitial fluid and blood, with specificity produced by the hormone receptors of target cells (lose connection to their original epithelium)

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Endocrine glands

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Glands have 3 secretory mechanisms

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Merocrine, Holocrine, apocrine

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Secretory mechanism that uses exocyctosis

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Merocrine

89
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Secretory mechanism in which terminally differentiated cells filled with lipid product are released

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Holocrine

90
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Secretory mechanism in which apical, filled areas of cells are extruded

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Apocrine

91
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A unicellular gland found in the lining of the small intestine and respiratory tract, which secretes lubricating mucus that aids the function of these organs

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Goblet cells

92
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Oligosaccharides components of mucus stain poorly with routine dyes but stain well with________ stain

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PAS

93
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Glands with ducts that are not branched

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Simple ducts

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Glands with ducts that are branched

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Compound glands

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Secretory portions of glands that are either short or long and coiled

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Tubular

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Secretory portions of glands that are rounded or saclike

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Acinar

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Located inside the basal lamina around the basal ends of secretory or duct cells long processes of these cells embrace an acinus as an octopus might embrace a boulder are rich in actin and myosin ( their contractions serve to help propel secretory into and up the duct system)

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Myoepithelial

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________ __________ common among habitual smokers is where the number of goblet cells in the lining of airways in
The lungs often increases greatly, which leads to excessive mucus production in areas with few ciliated cells

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Chronic bronchitis

99
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Malignant tumors of epithelial origin

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Carcinomas

100
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Malignant tumors derived from glandular epithelial tissue ( most common in adults after age 45)

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Adenocarcinomas

101
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A precancerous growth

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Neoplasia

102
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Under abnormal conditions, one type of epithelial tissue may undergo transformation into another type in another reversible process

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Metaplasia

103
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Individuals with _______ ________ ___ deficiency, epithelial tissues of the type found in the bronchi and urinary bladder are gradually replaced by stratified squamous epithelium

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Chronic Vitamin A

104
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Exocrine glands producing largely enzymes ( proteins) are called ( stain darkly with H&E due to cell’s content of RER and secretory granules

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Serous glands

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