CYTOLOGY Flashcards
Number of layers
- Simple
- Stratified
- Pseudostratified
Shapes of cells
- Squamous
- Cuboidal
- Columnar
- Transitional
Keratinized or non keratinized: epidermis
keratinized
Keratinized or non keratinized: esophagus
non keratinized
Keratinized or non keratinized: vagina
non keratinized
ciliated, stereocilla, or microvilli? : epididymis
stereocilla
ciliated, stereocilla, or microvilli? : lungs
ciliated
ciliated, stereocilla, or microvilli? : small intestine
microvilli
usual sites of simple squamous cells
liver, lungs, kidney
usual sites of simple cuboidal cells
kidney tubules, thyroid gland
other observations in the thyroid gland other than simple cuboidal cells:
colloid, thyroid follicles
usual sites of simple columnar cells
small intestine
observations in the small intestine (duodenum) other than the simple columnar cells
goblet cells
usual sites for pseudostratified columnar cells
bronchi, trachea, epididymis
usual sites for stratified squamous cells
skin, epidermis, esophagus, vagina
usual sites for stratified columnar cells
male urethra
usual sites for transitional epithelium / urothelium
urinary bladder
glands
sublingual, parotid (simple cuboidal)
different formed elements in a blood smear
eosinophil, basophil, monocyte, lymphocyte, neutrophil
type of granular wbc that facilitates phagocytosis
monocyte
type of granular wbc that is for immune response
lymphocytes
type of granular wbc that destroys bacteria and is three-lobed
neutrophil
types of tissues
skeletal, smooth, cardiac
tissue that is striated
cardiac, skeletal
tissue that is voluntary
skeletal
tissue that is uninucleated
smooth, cardiac
tissue that is multi nucleated
skeletal
tissue that covers most organs
smooth
Increase in cell size
hypertrophy
decrease in cell size
atrophy
increase in cell number
hyperplasia
Replacement of one differentiated somatic cell with another somatic cell type in the same tissue
metaplasia
