Exam 1 Flashcards
What 2 interacting components are tissues made of?
Cells and extracellular matrix (ECM)
Describe light microscopy.
Light beam is transmitted through a tissue.
T/F: Bright field microscopy is a type of light microscopy.
True
What does a bright field microscope require?
Staining
What is the difference between phase contrast and fluorescence microscopy?
Phase contrast: light changes its speed when passing through structures with different refractive indices and observe living non-stained structures.
Fluorescence: affinity of fluorescent compounds for specific cell components.
What are some advantages of light microscopy?
Inexpensive, rapid diagnosis, observe living specimens
What are some disadvantages of light microscopy?
2-D image, limited resolving power due to wavelength of light, needs maintenance, requires quality analysis and control
What are some advantages of using a dissecting scope?
Inexpensive, practical, 3-D image, microsurgery
What are some disadvantages of using a dissecting scope?
Low resolving power, needs maintenance
Which type of electron microscopy is based on the interaction of electrons and tissue components?
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
What can the viewer see on a SEM?
Only external structures (scans the surface)
What conditions have to be met in order to see a specimen under the microscope?
Specimen must…
- Be well preserved (fixation)
- Thin to allow transmission of light (microtome)
- Enough contrast to observe details (staining)
What is the most common survey routine staining method?
Hematoxylin- Eosin (H + E)
What is histochemical staining method used to demonstrate?
Chemical constituients DNA, RNA, lipids, glycogen, carbohydrates and elements such as Ca
What color is DNA stained?
Basophilic = Blue
In a Hematoxylin - Eosin stain what are the possible colors and what do they indicate?
Red/ pink = Acidophilic or Eosinophilic
Blue/ purple = Basophilic
T/F: Basic dyes like Hematoxylin stain acidic structures: DNA, RNA, acid proteins; and Acid dyes like Eosin stain basic structures: collagen, hemoglobin, protein amines.
True
What are 2 examples of special stains discussed?
Silver stain and elastic fiber’s stain
What is silver stain used for?
Reticular fibers, nerve fibers
What does the periodic acid Schiff (PAS) stain for?
- Basement membrane and localize carbohydrates
- Goblet cells stain magenta
- Mucus in respiratory tract
What can histochemistry be used to demonstrate?
Rapidly dividing chromosomes of DNA, carbohydrates like glycogen in the liver, lipids in tissues, spinal cord gray matter with myelin lipid
Describe fluorescence microscopy.
– Blue fluorescence binding to nuclear DNA.
– Green fluorescent dye binds to actin filaments.
What is the difference between immunohistochemistry and immunocytochemistry?
Histo= tissue Cyto= cell
What are the basic constituents of a cell?
- cytosol (hyaloplasm)
- organelles (cell organelles)
- cell inclusions (paraplasm)
Hyaloplasm
Basic structureless cytoplasm
Paraplasm
Cell inclusions: secretory granules, glycogen, lipid droplets, lipofuscin, melanin
Nucleus
Contains genetic info, double envelope for eukaryotes
Examples of multi-nucleated cells?
Skeletal muscle cells, osteoclasts, precursors of platelets
What are the two types of chromatin?
Heterochromatin (inactive) vs. Euchromatin (active)
T/F: Chromatin is eosinophilic.
False, basophilic
In a liver cell, for example, would the chromatin be heterochromatin or euchromatin?
Euchromatin, it is active
The most euchromatic cells are?
- Neurons
- Hepatocytes (liver cells)
- Pancreatic acinar cells
- Sertoli cells
What are 4 functions of the cell membrane?
- Communication
- Intercellular connection
- Physical barrier
- Selective permeability
Describe the basic structure and function of mitochondria.
Self-replicating, circular DNA, double membrane with cristae, produce ATP, inherited from mother
Roles of mitochondria?
ATP generation, cell death necrosis, cell death apoptosis
What is the endoplasmic reticulum?
Network of intercommunicating channels
What does the region on the ER that is rough contain?
Polyribosomes
Functions of smooth ER?
- Lipid biosynthesis
- Detoxification
- Sequestration of calcium ions
Functions of rough ER?
- Segregate proteins not destined to the cytoplasm
- Glycosylation of glycoproteins
- Synthesis of phospholipids
- Assembly of multichain proteins
Describe the golgi apparatus.
Collection of membrane- bound flattened sacs ‘cisternae’, modifies and packages proteins
Describe lysosomes.
- Secretory vesicles/ granules, membrane bound
- Have hydrolytic enzymes
- Pinocytosis, phagocytosis
- Intracellular digestion
If material remains permanently, is known as?
Lipofuscin
Ex. cardiac cells, neuron
Why are lysosomes commonly seen in neutrophils?
Fight against bacterial agents
What are proteasomes?
Small enzymatic complexes for intracellular digestion that requires ubiquitin protein
Ubiquitin
Small globular protein present in all eukaryotic cells.
What is the primary function of proteasomes?
Recycling amino acids from endogenous proteins
What are peroxisomes?
Contain the enzyme ‘catalase’ which can degrade intracellular hydrogen peroxide
What are the different types of secretory vesicles/ granules?
Lysosomes, proteasomes, peroxisomes
What are the 3 constituents of cytoskeleton?
Microfilaments, intermediate filaments, microtubules
Describe the microfilaments.
Actin: thin, 5-7 nm diameter
Myosin: thick, 15 nm diameter
How big are intermediate filaments?
6-12 nm diameter
Tonofilaments (cytokeratins)
Keratinizing and non-keratinizing epithelia
Vimentin
- Mesenchymal cells
- Fibroblasts, chondroblasts, osteoblasts, macrophages, endothelial cells, vascular smooth muscle cells
Desmin
- Muscle
- Striated and smooth
Neurofilaments
-Neurons
Glial filaments
- Glial cells
- Astrocytes
In microtubules, how are doublets linked?
Dynein arms
What are some inclusions discussed?
Pigments, Glycogen, Lipid droplets
What are the different types of pigments?
Melanin, lipofuscin, lutein, hemosiderin
T/F: Glycogen is present in highly energetic types of tissues, like the liver and muscle.
True
What are some surface projections discussed?
Microvilli, cilia, stereocilia
Microvilli
Small, absorptive, form a brush boarder
Digestive tract, kidney
Increase surface area -> more absorption
Cilia
Motile projections (they move!), longer, less dense, easier to observe under LM, come from basal bodies
Stereocilia
Nonmotile projections, absorptive
Cell shapes
Squamous, cuboidal, columnar, spindle, cylindrical, multipolar, round
Nuclear shape
Round, elongated, polymorphonuclear
Nuclear position
Central, eccentric/hypolemmal, apical vs. basal
Epithelial cells have…
- Apical (free) surface
- Lateral surfaces
- Basal surface