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Chapter 4: Histology Flashcards

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Histology

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Study of normal structures of tissues

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All tissues share what two basic components?

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  • Discrete population of cells, related in structure and function
  • Extracellular matrix (ECM)
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Types of tissue

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  • Epithelial tissue (epithelium)
  • Connective tissue
  • Muscle tissue
  • Nervous tissue
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Epithelial tissue (epithelium)

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  • Covers a surface of lines cavities of the body

- Also forms glands

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Connective tissue

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Connects, supports, protects, insulates, and transports

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Muscle tissue

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Contracts to produce movement

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Nervous tissue

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Produces and conducts nervous impulses

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Extracellular matrix

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Substances in liquid, thick gel, or solid form that surrounds cells of tissue

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Components of extracellular matrix

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  • Ground substance

- Protein fibers

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Functions of extracellular matrix

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  • Provides tissue with strength to resist tensile and compressive forces
  • Directs cells to proper positions within tissue and holds those cells in place
  • Regulates development, mitotic activity, and survival of cells in a tissue
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Ground Substance

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  • Most of the ECM

- Extracellular fluid (ECF or interstitial fluid) with water, nutrients, ions, and three families of macromolecules

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Families of macromolecules in ground substance

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  • Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)
  • Proteoglycans
  • Cell-adhesion molecules (CAMs)
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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)

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Chondroitin sulfate (small) and hyaluronic acid

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Proteoglycans

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GAGs bound to protein core (resembles bottle brush)

- Thousands of proteoglycans bind to very long GAG to form huge proteoglycan “aggregates”

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Cell-adhesion molecules (CAMs)

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  • Difference types of glycoproteins
  • Adhere cell to cell and cells to surroundings
  • Hold everything in place within ECM
  • CAMs bind to cell surface proteins as well as protein fibers and proteoglycans
  • Maintains normal tissue architecture
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Types of protein fibers in ECM

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  • Collagen
  • Reticular
  • Elastic
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Collagen Fibers

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  • Most common protein in body
  • Strong, flexible, inelastic
  • Unbranched and arranged in bundles
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Reticular Fibers

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  • Fills spaces between tissues and organs
  • Fine callagenous
  • Forms branching networks
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Elastic Fibers

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  • Returns to its original shape after distension or compression
  • Contains molecules of protain elastic that resemble coiled springs
  • Molecules are cross-linked
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Cell Junctions

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A way cells bind to one another

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Integral Proteins

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Proteins which link neighboring cell’s plasma membranes

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Types of cell junctions

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  • Tight junctions
  • Desmosomes
  • Gap junctions
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Tight Junctions

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Holds cells together, forms permeability barrier

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Zonula Adherens

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  • Between adjacent cells, weak glue holds cells together

- Simple epithelium

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Zonula Occludens

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  • Permeability barrier (e.g. stomach and urinary bladder)

- Chemicals cannot pass between cells

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Gap Junctions

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  • Protein channels aid intercellular communication
  • Allows ions and small molecules to pass through
  • Coordinate function of cardiac and smooth muscle
  • May help coordinate movement of cilia in ciliated types of epithelium
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Desmosomes

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  • Disk-shaped regions of cell membrane
  • Often found in areas that are subjected to stress, can resist stretching and twisting
  • Contains especially adhesives glycoproteins
  • Intermediate protein filaments extend into cytoplasm of cells for reinforncement
  • Striated squamous epithelium of the skin
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Hemidesmosomes

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  • Half of a desmosome

- Attaches epithelial cells to basement membrane

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Where are epithelial tissues located?

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  • On EVERY internal and external body surface
  • Barrier between body and external environment
  • Lines organs and fluid-filled cavities
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Functions of Epithelial Tissue

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  • Protection: shields underlying tissues from mechanical and thermal injury
  • Immune defenses: forms physical barriers to prevent invasion by microorganisms
  • Secretion: forms glands that produce substances like hormones and oils; secreted into blood or through ducts respectively
  • Transport into other tissues: selectively permeable membranes; substances are able to cross these barriers via passive or active transport and enter other tissues
  • Sensation: most associated with rich nerve supply; detects changes in internal and external environments
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What are the implications of the avascular nature of epithelial tissue?

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  • They must obtain oxygen and nutrients by diffusion from deeper tissues
  • This requirement limits thickness
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Components of basement membrane

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  • Basal lamina
  • Reticular lamina
  • Together these layers glue epithelial tissue and provide a barrier to underlying connective tissue
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Basal Lamina

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  • ECM synthesized by epithelial cells

- Consists of collagen fibers and ground substance

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Reticular Lamina

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  • Synthesized by underlying connective tissue

- Consists of reticular fibers and ground substance

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Criteria for classifying epithelial tissue

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  • Number of cell layers

- Shape of cells

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Simple epithelia

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Single cell layer

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Stratified epithelia

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More than one cell layer

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Squamous cells

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Flattened

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Cuboidal cells

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Short

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Columnar cells

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Tall and elongated

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Classifications of epithelial tissue

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  • Simple squamous
  • Simple cuboidal
  • Simple columnar
  • Stratified squamous
  • Stratified cuboidal
  • Stratified columnar
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Simple Squamous Structure

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Single layer of flat cells

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Simple Squamous Location

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Lining of : 
- Blood vessels 
Lymphatic vessels and small ducts
- Alveoli of lungs
- Loop of Henle in kidney tubules
- Serous membrane 
- Inner surface of the eardrum
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Simple Squamous Functions

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  • Diffusion
  • Filtration
  • Some protection against friction
  • Secretion
  • Absorption
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Simple Cuboidal Location

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  • Kidney tubules
  • Sweat glands and their ducts
  • Choroid plexus of the brain
  • Lining of terminal bronchioles
  • Surface of the ovaries
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Simple Cuboidal Structure

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  • Single layer of short cells

- Some types have microvilli (kidney tubules)

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Simple Cuboidal Functions

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  • Secretion and absorption in the kidney
  • Secretion in glands and choroid plexus
  • Movement of mucus out of the terminal
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Simple Columnar Location

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  • Stomach
  • Intestines
  • Glands and some ducts
  • Bronchioles of lungs
  • Auditory tubes
  • Uterus
  • Uterine tubes
  • Gallbladder
  • Bile ducts
  • Ventricles of the brain
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Simple Columnar Structure

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  • Single layer of tall, narrow cells

- Some have cilia or microvilli

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Simple Columnar Functions

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  • Secretion and absorption in stomach and the intestine
  • Movement of particles out of the bronchioles by ciliated cells
  • Aids in movement of oocytes in the uterine tubes by ciliated cells
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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium

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  • Appears layered because nuclei are at various heights
  • Only one layer thick with basal plasma membranes
  • Found in trachea and nasal cavity
  • Ciliated
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Stratified Squamous Locations

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  • Mouth
  • Tongue
  • Throat
  • Larynx
  • Esophagus
  • Anus
  • Vagina
  • Inferior urethra
  • Cornea
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Stratified Squamous Structure

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Multiple layers of flat cells

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Stratified Squamous Functions

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Protection against abrasion, caustic chemicals, water loss, and infection

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Keratinized

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Skin

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Stratified Cuboidal Location

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  • Sweat gland ducts
  • Ovarian follicular cells
  • Salivary gland ducts
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Stratified Cuboidal Structure

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Multiple layers of somewhat cube-shaped cells

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Stratified Cuboidal Functions

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Secretion, absorption, and protection

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Stratified Columnar Location

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  • Salivary glands
  • Mammary gland duct
  • Larynx
  • Portion of male urethra
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Stratified Columnar Structure

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  • Multiple layers of cells with tall thin cells resting on layers of more cuboidal cells
  • Cells ciliated in the larynx
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Stratified Columnar Function

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Protection and secretion

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Transitional Epithelium Location

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Lining of urinary bladder, ureters, and superior urethra

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Transitional Epithelium Structure

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  • Stratified

- Cells change shape depending upon amount of stretching or distention of the organ

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Gland

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  • Structure of epithelial origin
  • Synthesizes and secretes product from designated secretory cells
  • Arises from epithelial tissue that migrated into deeper connective tissue instead of remaining at the surface
  • Classified by shape or by how products are released
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Endocrine Glands

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Without ducts

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Exocrine Glands

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With ducts

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Secretion Types

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  • Merocrine
  • Apocrine
  • Holocrine
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Merocrine Glands

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  • No loss of cytoplasm
  • Secretion leaves by either active transport or exocytosis
  • EX: sweat glands
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Apocrine Glands

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  • Fragments of the gland go into the secretion
  • Apex of cell pinches off
  • EX: mammary glands
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Holocrine Glands

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  • Cell ruptures and dies
  • Whole cell becomes part of secretion
  • Secretion accumulates in cell
  • EX: Sebaceous glands
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Types of Connective Tissue

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  • Connective tissue proper
  • Fluid connective tissue
  • Supporting connective tissue
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Types of connective tissue proper

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  • Loose (areolar)
  • Dense
  • Reticular
  • Adipose
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Types of fluid connective tissue

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  • Blood

- Lymph

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Types of supporting connective tissue

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  • Cartilage

- Bone

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Connective Tissue Functions

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  • Connecting and binding: anchor tissue layers in organs and link organs together
  • Support: bone and cartilage support body weight
  • Protection: bones protect internal organs, cartilage and fat absorb shock
  • Transport: blood
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Connective tissue proper

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  • Syrupy ground substance
  • Contains varied cell populations
  • Various fiber types
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Fluid connective tissue

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  • Dense ground substance

- Less diverse cell population

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Supporting connective tissue

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  • Watery ground substance with dissolved proteins
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Blasts

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Create the matrix

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Cytes

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Maintain the matrix

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Clasts

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Break the matrix down for remodeling

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Hyaluronic acid

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  • Polysaccharide
  • Good lubricant
  • Vitreous humor of the eye
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Proteoglycans

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  • Protein and polysaccharide
  • Protein part attaches to hyaluronic acid
  • Traps large amounts of water
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Adhesive molecules

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  • Hold proteoglycan aggregates together
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Loose Connective Tissue

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  • Loose packing material of most organs and tissues
  • AKA stroma
  • Attaches skin to underlying tissues
  • Contains collagen, reticular, elastic fibers, and all five types of cells
  • Cells include fibroblasts, mast cells, lymphocytes, adipose cells, and macrophages
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What is included in the superficial fascia?

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  • Epidermis, dermis, and hypodermis or subcutaneous layer
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Dense Regular Connective Tissue

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  • Parallel, tightly packed collagen fibers
  • Has abundant collagen fibers that resist stretching
  • Tendons and ligaments
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Tendons

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  • Connects muscles to bones

- Fibers are not necessarily parallel

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Ligaments

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  • Connects bones to bones
  • Collagen often less compact, usually flattened
  • Forms sheets or bands
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Dense Irregular Collagenous Connective Tissue

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  • Collagen fibers arranged in a randomly oriented network
  • Forms innermost layer of the dermis of the skin, scars, capsules of kidney and spleen
  • Allows tissue to tolerate extension and recoil
  • Elastic ligaments help stabilize the positions of the vertebrae in the spinal column
  • In walls of elastic arteries
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Reticular Connective Tissue

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  • Forms find 3D networks that support small structures (blood and lymphatic vessels) called stroma
  • Mostly reticular fibers produced by fibroblasts
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Adipose Connective Tissue

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  • Fat-storing adipocytes and surrounding fibroblasts and ECM

- Can increase in size to a point where fibroblasts and ECM are scarcely visible

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Functions of adipose tissue

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  • Fat storage (major energy reserve of the body)
  • Insulation (retains warmth)
  • Shock absorption and protection
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Types of adipose tissue

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  • Yellow

- Brown

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Yellow Adipose Tissue

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  • Most abundant type, has wide distribution

- What at birth and yellows with age

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Brown Adipose Tissue

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Found only in specific areas of the body:

- Axillae, neck, and near kidneys

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Cartilage Tissue

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  • Cells are called chondrocytes located in matrix-surrounded spaces called lacunae
  • Avascular and no nerve supply
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Ground substance of cartilage

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Proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid with large amounts of water

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Perichondrium

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  • Separates cartilage from surrounding tissues
  • Dense irregular connective tissue that surrounds cartilage
  • Fibroblasts of perichondrium can differentiate into chondroblasts
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Types of cartilage

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  • Hyaline
  • Fibrocartilage
  • Elastic
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Hyaline Cartilage

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  • Most common type
  • Avascular
  • Glassy appearance and contains collagen (not easily seen)
  • Reduce friction and provide shape
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Hyaline cartilage location

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  • B/t tips of ribs and bones of sternum
  • Covering bone surfaces at synovial joints
  • Supports larynx, trachea, and bronchi
  • Forms part of nasal septum
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Hyaline cartilage function

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  • Provides stiff but somewhat flexible support

- Reduces friction between bony surfaces

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Fibrocartilage Structure

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  • Thick collagen fibers distributed in proteoglycan matrix

- Slightly compressible and very tough

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Fibrocartilage Locations

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  • Found in areas of body where a great deal of pressure is applied to joints
  • Knee, jaw, intervertebral disk
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Fibrocartilage Functions

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  • Resists compression
  • Prevents bone-to-bone contact
  • Limits relative movement
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Elastic Cartilage Structure

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  • Elastic and collagen fibers embedded in proteoglycans

- Rigid by elastic properties

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Elastic Cartilage Locations

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External ears and epiglottis

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Elastic Cartilage Functions

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  • Involved in flexible support

- Avascular

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Bone Connective Tissue

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  • Hard connective tissue composed of living cells (osteocytes) and mineralized matrix
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Bone Matrix

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  • Gives strength and rigidity

- Allows bone to support and protect other tissues and organs

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Types of bone

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  • Cancellous or spongy bone

- Compact bone

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Osteocytes

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  • Osteoblasts that have surrounded themselves with ECM in lacunae
  • Mature cells, mostly inactive
  • Continue to make and secrete substances important for bone maintenance
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Osteoblasts

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  • “Bone-builders” on outer surface of bones
  • Closely associated with dense irregular collagenous connective tissue covering (periosteum)
  • Carry out process of bone deposition
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Osteoclasts

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  • Large, multinucleated bone destroyers
  • Carry out process of bone resorption
  • Secrete hydrogen ions enzymes that break down both inorganic and organic ECM
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Hemopoietic Tissue

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Forms blood cells, found in bone marrow

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Types of bone marrow

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  • Red

- Yellow

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Red bone marrow

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  • Hemopoietic tissue surrounded by a framework of reticular fibers
  • Produces red and white cells
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Yellow bone marrow

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  • Yellow adipose tissue

- As children grow, yellow marrow replaced much of red marrow

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Blood

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  • ECM is fluid
  • Plasma proteins
  • Erythrocytes
  • Leukocytes
  • Platelets
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Plasma proteins

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  • Not like fibers found in other connective tissues

- Smaller with a variety of functions, including transport of substances and blood clotting

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Erythrocytes

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Bind to and transport oxygen throughout body

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Leukocytes

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Function in immunity

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Platelets

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  • Cell fragments

- Major role in blood clotting

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Characteristics of muscle tissue

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  • Contracts or shortens with force

- Moves entire body and pumps blood

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Types of muscle tissue

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  • Skeletal
  • Cardiac
  • Smooth
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Skeletal Muscle

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  • Most attached to skeleton
  • Some attached to other types of connective tissue
  • Striated and voluntary
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Cardiac Muscle

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  • Muscle of the heart
  • No conscious control
  • Cells are short, branched
  • Striated and involuntary
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Smooth Muscle

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  • Muscle associated with tubular structures and with the skin
  • Flattened cells with one centrally located ovoid nucleus
  • Neighboring cells are linked together by gap junctions
  • Nonstriated and involuntary
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Intercalated disc

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  • Dark line separating individual cardiac muscle cells
  • Contains gap junctions and modified tight junctions
  • Heart muscle contracts as unit
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Nervous Tissue

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  • Makes up majority of brain, spinal cord, and nerves

- ECM is unique, ground substance has unique proteoglycans and contains few protein fibers

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Main cell types in nervous tissue

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  • Neurons

- Neuroglial cells

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Neurons

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Capable of sending and receiving messages

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Neuroglial Cells

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  • Performs various functions
  • Supports neuron activities
  • Able to dividid by mitosis
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Functions of Neuroglial cells

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  • Anchoring neurons and blood vessels in place
  • Monitoring composition of extracellular fluid
  • Speeding up rate of nerve impulse transmission
  • Circulating fluid surrounding brain and spinal cord
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Types of membranes

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  • Mucous
  • Serous
  • Synovial
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Mucous Membrane

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  • Secrete mucus
  • Contains epithelium with goblet cells, basement membrane, lamina propria (sometimes with smooth muscle)
  • Found in respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems
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Serous Membrane

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  • Simple squamous epithelium called mesothelium, basement membrane, thine layer of loose connective tissue
  • Lines cavities not open to the exterior
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Synovial Membrane

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  • Lines freely moveable joints

- Produces fluid rich in hyaluronic acid

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