Chapter 4 Flashcards
Four types of tissue
Epithelial
Connective
Muscular
Nervous
Epithelial tissue
Covers body’s surface, lines hollow organs/cavities, forms glands
Connective tissue
Protects/supports body/organs, stores energy (fats), immunity to disease
Muscular tissue
Cells specialized for contraction/force, generates heat
Nervous
Detects changes, generates electrical signals, activates muscular contractions/secretions
Five types of cell junctions
Right
Adherents
Desosomes
Hemidesosomes
Gap
Tight junctions
Fuse outer surface of membranes together to seal of passageway between cells=prevents leakage (stomach, intestines, urinary bladder)
Adheren junctions
Plaque on inside of planes membrane attaching to members proteins and microfilaments, helps epithelial resist separation during contraction
Cadherens: transmembrane proteins joining cells
Adhesion belts: extensive zones of adherens
Desosomes
Contains plaque, cadherens extend into ICF, attach cells, don’t attach to microfilaments but instead intermediate filaments
Hemidesosomes
Like Desosomes but integrity’s instead of cadherins, attach to laminin (proteins) present in basement membrane
Gap junctions
Connexins (tiny tube tunnels) for rapid diffusion
Epithelial vs connective
Tightly packed cells, little matrix, no BV, almost always surface layer (except BV where blood passes over)
Cells widely scattered lots of matrix, has BV
General features of epithelial tissue
Cells in continuous sheets single or multiple layer
Various surfaces have different structures/functions
Own nerve supply
Avascular
High rate of cell division
Function: protects secretes absorbs excretes
Simple squamous (two types)
Flat single layer of cells
Found:
Endothelium: lines cardiovascular/lymphatic system
Mesothelium: epithelial layer of serous membranes
Function: filtrations/diffusion or secretion of serous membranes, not subject to wear and tear
Simple cuboidal
Cube single layer
Found: surface of ovary, anterior lens of eye, pigment of retina, lines kidney tubules/smaller ducts of glands, secreting portion of glands
Function: secretion/absorption
Nonciliated simple columnar
Single layer columnar cells, microvilli, goblet cells
Found: lines GI, ducts of glands, gallbladder
higher secretion/absorption, secreted mucus lines respiratory/reproductive/digestive tract, prevents destruction of stomach lining
Ciliates simple columnar
Single layer columnar, cilia, goblet cells
Found: bronchiales, fallopian tubes, sinuses, central spinal cord
Function: move mucus to be coughed up, move oocytes from ovaries
Nonciliated pseudostratified columnar
Different levels of nuclei, not all cells reach surface, no goblet/cilia
Found: lines epididymis, larger ducts of glands, make urethra
Function: absorption/secretion
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar
Goblet cells and cilia
Found: lines airways of most upper respiratory tract
Function: secreted mucus, traps foreign particles cilia swell away
Stratified squamous
Many layers of cells top is flat
Found:
Keratinized: superficial layer of skin
Non keratinized: lines wet surface/tongue
Function: protection against abrasion, UV, water loss, foreign invasion
Stratified cuboidal
Fairly rare
Found: ducts of adult sweat/esophageal glands, male urethra
Function: protection, limited secretion/absorption
Stratified columnar
Uncommon
Found: urethra, large ducts of glands, anus mucous membrane, parts of eye
Function: protection/secretion
Transitional
Relaxed=stratified cuboidal stretched=stratified squamous
Found: lines urinary bladder, ureter/urethra
Function: stretch without rupturing, maintain protective lining
Endocrine glands
Secretions enter interstitial fluid then bloodstream, no duct
Found: pituitary, pineal, thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries, tested, thymus
Function: hormones regulate metabolic/physiological a activities
Exocrine glands
Release into ducts onto surface epithelium
Found: sweat, oil, ear was glands of skin, digestive glands, pancreas
Function: produce substances, sweat oil earwax saliva digestive enzymes
Exocrine glands shapes
Simple: doesn’t branch
Compound: branches
Tubular: tubular
Acinar: rounded
Tubuloacinar: both
Exocrine gland types of secretion
Merocrine: released from cell in secretory vesicles via Exocytosis
Apocrine: portion of cell lunches off via Exocytosis
Holocrine: whole cell ruptures
General feature of connective tissue
Most abundant
Lots of extra cellular matrix
Vascular (except catilage=none, tendons=little)
Not usually on body surfaces
Nerves (except cartilage)
Cells in connective tissue
Fibroblasts
Macrophages
Plasma cells
Mast cells
Adipocytes
Leukocytes
Fibroblasts
Large, flat, branching cells
In general connective tissue