Epithelial tissue Flashcards
What is tissue?
A collection of specialised cells
What is an organ?
Made up of a variety of tissues
What is a system
An interaction of organs
What does epithelium line?
- Glands
- Bowel
- Skin
- Organs
What does endothelium line?
Blood and lymphatic vessels
What does mesothelium line?
Pleural and pericardial spaces
What are mesenchyme cells?
Cells that fill spaces between organs, including fat, muscle, bone, cartilage and tendon cells
What are neurons?
Conducting cells of the nervous system
What are stem cells capable of?
Capable of turning into one or several different cells
Two places where blood cells are present (other than blood)
- Lymph nodes
- Spleen
What is an oocyte?
An immature egg
What are germ cells?
The founder cells of all sexually reproducing organisms
What type of tissue lines secretory cells?
Epithelial
What are the possible changes in cells and tissues?
- Size
- Number
- Shape
- Metabolism
- Growth
- Death
What cellular effect does atrophy have?
Decrease in size
What cellular effect does hypertrophy have?
Increase in size
What cellular effect does hyperplasia have?
Increase in number
What cellular effect does dysplasia have?
Change in shape
What cellular effect does metaplasia have?
Cell is replaced with another
What cellular effect does neoplasia have?
Causes an abnormal growth
What cellular effect does necrosis have?
Cell death
What cellular effect does apoptosis have?
Programmed death
What could cause muscle atrophy?
Being bed ridden
What could cause muscle hypertrophy?
Exercise
What could cause muscle endometrial hyperplasia?
Prolonged oestrogen exposure
Give an example of cellular dysplasia
Irritation or inflammation due to smoking damages cilia of respiratory epithelial cells
Give an example of cellular metaplasia
Squamous metaplasia where ciliated respiratory epithelial replaced by squamous (no cilia)
Give an example of cellular neoplasia
Gene mutation - oncogene (chemical, radiation, viruses), can be benign and malignant
What could cause cellular necrosis?
Injury / disease
What happens during cellular apoptosis?
Cells shrink, chromatin fragments, apoptotic bodies form and are phagocytosed by macrophages
What happens during cellular necrosis?
Lysosomal enzymes digest cell (autolysis) and inflammation is triggered
What are affected cells called (tumours)
Neoplasms
What is the primary tumour?
The original tumour
What is the secondary tumour?
A tumour at sites distant from primary
What is a benign tumour?
A non-cancerous tumour
What is a malignant tumour?
A cancerous tumour
What are two different epithelial tissue?
- Epithelia
- Glandular epithelia
What are six different connective tissues?
- Fibroblast
- Adipose tissue
- Blood
- Lymphoid tissue
- Cartilage
- Bone
What are the three types of muscle tissues?
- Skeletal
- Cardiac
- Smooth
What are two types of neural tissues?
- Glia
- Neurons
Name a malignant tumour of the epithelia
Carcinoma
Name a benign tumour of the epithelia
Papilloma
Name a malignant tumour of the glandular epithelia
Adeno carcinoma
Name a benign tumour of the glandular epithelia
Adenoma
Name a benign tumour of fibroblast
Fibroma
Name a benign tumour of adipose tissue
Lipoma
Name a malignant tumour of blood
Leukemia
Name a malignant tumour of lymphoid tissue
Lymphoma
Name a benign tumour of cartilage
Chondroma
Name a benign tumour of bone
Osteoma
Name a malignant tumour of fibroblast
Fibro sarcoma
Name a malignant tumour of adipose tissue
Lipo sarcoma
Name a malignant tumour of cartilage
Chondro sarcoma