CT

Question 1

types of cells

Answer 1

marcophages (histiocytes)
mast cells
leucocytes
plasma cells
fibroblasts
adipocytes

Question 2

what do macrophages do and their sub-types

Answer 2

phagocytic cells
they are wandering or fixed
when wound. disease, infection arises they start activity in those areas - wandering
fixed do not move but work where they are

lungs - dust cells
liver - kupffer cells
skin - langerhan cells

Question 3

what do plasma cells do

Answer 3

form b-lymphocytes
- these produce antibodies

all throughout body but especially:
lungs
gut
salivary glands
lymph nodes
spleen
red bone marrow

Question 4

what do mast cells do

Answer 4

dialate vessels via histamine

are alongside blood vessels

Question 5

what do leucocytes do

Answer 5

white blood cells
- eosinophils
- neutrophils

migrate out from blood
- can increase do deal with different senarios

Question 6

what do fibroblasts do

Answer 6

widely distributed
migratory cells
secrete components of ECM (fibres + GS)

Question 7

what do adipocytes do

Answer 7

under skin and around organs

store fat (triglycerides)