Exam 1 Flashcards
Cell Junction types
Anchoring, communicating, occluding
Adherens
make adhesion belt, keep tissues from separating and stretch and contract
Connects multiple cells together
Type of anchoring junction
Cadherin
Glycoprotein that forms the belt-like plaque
Desmosome
Act as spot welds between cells
Also use cadherin glycoprotein
Common in skin and muscle
Type of anchoring junction
Hemidesmosome
Half welds that join cells to a basement membrane
Type of anchoring junction
Gap junctions
Pores (connexons) that allow small substances to pass between cells
Common in cardiac and smooth muscle tissue
Seal like safety hatch over sick cell to avoid mass cell death
Type of communicating junction
Ions can pass between cells using what type of junction
Gap junctions
Tight junctions
Found where leak proof seal is needed between adjacent cells
Type of occluding junction
Where are tight junctions found
Bladder and stomach
4 basic tissue types
Connective, epithelial, muscle, nervous
Epithelial tissue
Covers body surfaces, forms glands, lines hollow organs, body cavities and ducts
Function of epithelial tissue
Protection, absorption, filtration, excretion, secretion, and sensory reception
Layer types of epithelial tissue
Simple, stratified, pseudo stratified
Cell shape of epithelial tissue
Squamous, cuboidal, columnar
Connective tissue function
Protection, support, and binding of organs
Adipose (fat)
A connective tissue type that stores energy
Connective tissues of blood
RBC, WBC, platelets
Muscle tissue
Generates physical force needed to make body structures or substances move
Also generate heat that can be used by the body
Nervous tissue
For internal communication, to detect changes in the body, and respond
Nervous tissue found
Brain, spinal chord, nerves