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Epithelium Flashcards

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Four basic types of tissues

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  • epithelial
  • CT
  • muscular tissue
  • nervous tissue
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Epithelial Tissue

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  • aggregated polyhedral cells
  • very small amount of ECM
  • line the surface of body cavities, glandular secretion
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Connective Tissue

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  • several types of fixed and wandering cells
  • abundant amount of ECM
  • support and protection
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Muscular Tissue

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  • elongated contractile cells
  • moderate amount of ECM
  • Movement
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Nervous Tissue

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  • Intertwining cells with elongated processes
  • no ECM
  • Transmission of nervous impulses
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Tissues form organs

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two or more tissues combine to form functional units called organs

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Parenchyma

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cells responsible for main organ function

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Stroma

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supporting elements or matrix of the organ

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Tissue prep

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  1. fixation–preserves structural organization and hardens..10% formalin… cross links proteins to each other and to nucleic acids.
  2. Sectioning-steel blade on rotary microtome 3-10 micron sections and embedded in paraffin…which is removed prior to staining after it has been mounted on slide
  3. staining is used to localize and distinguish cell and tissue components
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Eosin

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  • acidic dye
  • Na+(dye)-
  • acid radical has the dye
  • stains cytoplasm, cytoplasmic filaments, collagen fibers and basement membrane, aa and proteins
  • stained objects are eosinophilic
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Hematoxylin

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  • “basic” dye
  • basic radical has the dye
  • stains heterochromatin (inactive, compact DNA), nucleolus, rough ER (RNA) and sulfated GAGs (neg charge)
  • objects stained are basophilic
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Epithelium

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  • closely coherent cells
  • covering epithelia
  • glandular epithelia
  • derived from all 3 germ layers
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Functions of Epithelium

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-cover surfaces, provide protection, secrete and absorb various substances, and transport particles

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Simple Squamous

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  • lining of vessels, serous lining of cavities, pericardium, pleura, peritoneum.
  • facilitates movement of viscera, active transport by pinocytosis, sections of biologically active molecules
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simple cuboidal

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  • covering of the ovary and thyroid

- covering and secretion

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simple columnar

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  • lining of intestine and gal bladder

- protection, lubrication, absorption, secretion

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pseudostratified columnar and cuboidal

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  • lining of trachea, bronchi, nasal cavity
  • protection, secretion
  • cilia mediated transport of particles trapped in mucous
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pseudostratified transitional

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  • bladder, ureters, renal caylces

- protection, distensibility

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stratified surface layer squamous keratinized

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  • epidermis

- protection and prevents water loss

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stratified surface layer squamous nonkeratinized

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  • mouth, esophagus, larynx, vagina, anal canal

- protection, secretion, prevents water loss

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stratified cuboidal

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  • sweat glands, developing ovarian follicles

- protection and secretion

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stratified columnar

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  • conjunctiva

- Protection

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epithelial cell morphology- general features

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polyhedral in shape due to their packing in layers or in three dimensions.

  • shapes are columnar, cuboidal, squamous
  • shape of nucleus corresponds to shape of cell Most cells rest on CT.
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Cuboidal cell and nucleus

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round

cells have same height as width

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columnar cell and nucleus

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nucleus is oval, found near bottom of cell and perpendicular to basal lamina.
cell is taller than wide
apical surface often has cilia or microvilli

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squamous cell and nucleus

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flat cell and flat nucleus

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Lamina propria

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underlying layer of CT in the digestive, respiratory and urinary systems. small evaginations called papillae increase SA

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Basal Lamina

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  • separated by CT from basal lamina.
  • composed of type IV collagen, laminin, entactin, and proteoglycans. Anchoring fibrils made of type IV collagen attach basil laminae to CT. only visible with electron microscope
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Basement Membrane

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in some cells, reticular fibers (type III collagen) are associated with the basal lamina forming a reticular lamina, which associates with the basal lamina and is called the basement membrane

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Intercellular Adhesion and Intercellular Junction

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  • cohesion of cells is important for their function
  • cadherins and interdigitations of lateral membrane contribute to cohesion
  • zonula occludens (permeability) and zonula adherens (in intestine), desmosomes and gap junctions. hemidesmosomes bind basal lamina to epithelial cells
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Specialization of cell surface

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  • apical surface modified by increasing SA
  • microvilli (1 micron high)
  • cilia- much longer
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Striated Border

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intestinal epithelial cells, 1 micron

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Brush border

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proximal renal tubule

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stereocilia

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male reprotract

epididymis and vas deferens

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cilia

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apical surface of some cells in resp. system–9+2 arrangement of MT and covered by cell membrane. each cilia associated with basal body

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classification of epithelia

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  • all have two names, some have 3
  • 1st is number of cell layers
  • 2nd is shape of superficial cells
  • 3rd- if cilia or keratin is present
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myoepithelium

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branched contractile cells in secretory units of mammary, sweat, and salivary glands

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endothelium

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simple squamous epithelium lining blood and lymphatic vessels

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mesothelium

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simple squamous lining peritoneum

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epitheliod

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cells that are closely associated and resemble epithelium

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Medical Applications

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  • epithelial cell renewal
  • responses to stress
  • atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia (inc in #), dysplasia (org), metaplasia (change in cell type)
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Skin

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  • heaviest organ (16% BW)
  • Functions as :
  • barrier
  • sensory input
  • immune input
  • homeostasis
  • endocrine and exocrine functions
  • useful site for delivery of lipid soluble drugs
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Composition of Skin

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  • epidermis that extends epidermal pegs or ridges downwards
  • dermis that is a layer of CT that includes dermal papillae
  • Hypodermis binds skin to underlying tissue
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Thick and Thin skin

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thickness of epidermal layer. thick on palms and soles, thin everywhere else. think has hair follicles and sebaceous glands.

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Layers of Epidermis

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Stratum basale (single layer of stem cells)
Stratum spinosum (mitotically active prickle cell)
Stratum granulosum (non-proliferating cells with stained granules
Stratum lucidum* (clear layer only in thick cells)
Stratum corneum- keratinized cell ghosts

*all different stages in the life of a keratinocyte

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Keratinocytes

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keratinizing epidermal cells that are the predominant cell type. Keratin is assembled into IF in the stratum basale and spinosum. Keratohyaline granules are synthesized in upper portion of spinous layer, which also produce lamellar bodies that contain lipids that are waterproof. old keratin cells make upper layer of epidermis for protection

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Keratohyaline granules

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dense, non membrane bound masses of filaggrin and other proteins associated with keratin.

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Melanocytes

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NCC origin

  • melanin granules (from melanosomes) are passed into keratinocytes and account for pigment of skin (how fast they are synthesized by melanocyte and then phagocytosed by keratinocyte)
  • number and distribution of granules determines skin color, the number of melanocytes is actually the same
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Langerhans Cells

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  • antigen presenting cells from bone marror
  • 2-8% od epidermal cells
  • One component of Skin Associated Lymphoid Tissue (SALT)
  • Unique in TEM- Birbeck granule
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Merkel Cells

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  • found mainly in stratum basale of thick skin
  • sensitive mechanoreceptor
  • carcinomas are rare but hard to treat
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junctions found on lateral border of intestinal epithelial cel

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-tight, zonula adherens, desmosome, gap

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lamellar bodies

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contain lipid mixture that is waterproof

Microscopic Anatomy Unit 1 (5 decks)

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