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Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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Match the arrows with the following:

Elastic fiber

Collagen fiber

Macrophage

Fibroblast

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What kind of cell junctions attatch epithelial cells to each other in the middle of an epithelial layer?

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Macula adherens junctions (aka desmosomes)

These are focal “spot welds”

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What kind of tissue is D?

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Smooth Muscle

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Skeletal Muscle

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Suppose you know that a tissue’s main function is secretory… What kind of tissue is it likely to be?

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Epithelial

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What do Schwann cells look like in a cross-section of a nerve?

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They have thin, wavy, purple nuclei on H&E stain

They are abundant

They will be arranged in rings around neurons

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Where might non-keratinized epithelium be found?

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Esophagus, oral cavity, vagina, anal canal

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What is the most common type of collagen in the body?

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Type I: It is found in skin, tendons, vasculature, organs, bone

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Where in the muscle cell is troponin found?

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Thin filaments of skeletal and cardiac muscle

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What are the arrows pointing to?

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Fibroblast nuclei

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Cardiac Muscle

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What are satellite cells?

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Glial cells in the PNS that surround ganglia (cell bodies)

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Cardiac Muscle

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What are microglia?

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Macrophages of the CNS; they ingest foreign material, debris, and organisms

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What is a defining feature of epitheilum?

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Cells are closely attached to one another

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What is loose connectie tissue made from?

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Many cell types; Lots of ground substance in between fibrils. High fat content

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What are the 3 possible triggers for smooth muscle contraction?

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  1. Sympathetic neurons innervate muscle, voltage-gated Ca2+ channels open -> causes release of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic reticulum
  2. Stretch causes mechanosensitive Ca2+ channels to open -> causes relsease of Ca2+ from sarcoplasmic reticulum
  3. Surface hormone receptors respond to a chemical signal -> Second messenger opens channel in ER -> Ca2+ released from sarcoplasmic reticulum

Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum binds to calmodulin, activates enzyme that phosphorylates myosin light chain kinase, myosin can now interact with actin

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Which muscle types contain tropmyosin?

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Skeletal, Cardiac

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What is dense, regular connective tissue made from?

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Parallel bundles of collagen

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Where is reticular connective tissue found?

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Kidney, spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow

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How is collagen synthesized?

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Procollagen is made in fibroblasts and released

3 procollagen fibers are assembled into a collagen fiber in the extracellular matrix

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What does myelin look like under a microscope?

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White space surrounding a neuronal axon (not visible on H&E stain)

May be able to see the nucleus of a Schwann cell

Appears black on an osmium stain

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What type of epithelial cells are in this picture?

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Simple cuboidal

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Supppose this is a tissue sample from the colonic submucosa

What kind of tissue does each arrow point to?

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1 - epithelial

2 - loose connective

3 - smooth muscle (surrounds the GI tract)

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What kind of connective tissue is resistant to multidirectional forces?

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Dense, irregular connective tissue?

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What is an ependymal cell?

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A type of glial cell in the CNS that produces cerebrospinal fluid.

They form the choroid plexus and line ventricles of the brain and spinal canal

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What are glial cells?

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Supporting cells in the nervous system

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What is a node of ranvier?

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A gap in the myeling sheath; An action potential can “jump” between nodes of ranvier

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Where is keratinized epithelim found?

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Skin

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What is dense, irregular connective tissue made from?

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Woven collagen fibers with some elastin

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What is a dendrite?

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Where the cell body receives information

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What are the 4 main types of tissue?

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Epithelial

Connective

Muscle

Adipose

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What kind of cells produce myelin?

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Oligodendrocytes in the CNS

Schwann cells in the PNS

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What kind of tissue is A?

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Cardiac Muscle

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Smooth muscle (uterus)

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Which thin filaments are present in all three muscle types?

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Actin, Tropomyosin

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What is the arrow pointing to?

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A reticular fiber

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Nuclei from which cells make up the majority of visible nuclei in a cross-section of a neuron?

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Schwann cells;

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What are some characteristic features of dense, regular connective tissue?

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Resistant to lengthening

Dark pink on H&E stain

Wavier than smooth muscle

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Skeletal muscle

(a cross-section)

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Simple columnar epithelium

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What are the defining characteristics of muscle tissue?

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  • Can contract
  • Responsible for movement
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What kind of tissue is this?

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Skeletal Muscle

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What is the smooth-muscle equivalent of troponin?

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Calmodulin

Ca2+ binds to it, allows contraction to continue

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What are the 3 layers of connective tissue supporting the peripheral nervous system?

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Endoneurium, Perineurium, Epineurium

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Describe the shape of smooth muscle cells

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Short, spindle shaped with a central cigar-shaped nuleus

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What kind of tissue is this?

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Dense, irregular connective tissue

Few nuclei = connective tissue

Bright pink = dense

Wavy-ness = irregular

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Where is dense, regular connective tissue found?

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Tendons

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What kind of cell junctions prevent materials from passing in between epithelial cells?

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Zona occludens (aka tight junctions)

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What is a myofibroblast?

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Dual threat!

The secretory function of a fibroblast and the contractile properties of a smooth muscle cell

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What are the defining features of connective tissue?

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Cells that are separated from each other and surrouned by extracellular matrix

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What kind of cells make up the perineurium?

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Fibroblasts: they produce the connective tissue that surrounds each fascicle

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Where do we find epithelial tissue?

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Exterior of the body

Covering the outer surface of internal organs

Lining body cavities, tubes, and ducts

In glands

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What are the characteristics that define epithelial tissues?

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Shape (Squamous, cubiodal, columnar)

Number of cells (simple or stratified)

Keratinized or non-keratinized

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Where is loose connective tissue found?

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Superficial fascia (under the skin)

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Which component of connective tissue exracellular matrix is responsible for hydration?

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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)

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Which vitamin is important in collagen assembly?

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Vitamin C

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What is the ? pointing to?

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Nissl bodies

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60
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What is the perineurium?

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Specialized connective tissue surrounding each nerve fascile

  • Made out of fibroblasts
  • Contriubutes to the Blood-Brain Barrier
  • Has tight junctions
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Where in the body would you find tissues with a high elastic fiber content?

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Lungs, aorta, skin, elastic cartilege, fetal tissue

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What is the name for the dense, irregular connective tissue surrounding the entire nerve?

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Epineruium

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Which muscle types are striated?

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Skeletal, Cardiac

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Why do dendrites contain microtublules and neurofilaments?

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So materials can be transported intracellularly in both directions

65
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Fibroblasts in the PNS are like ________ in the CNS

A

Astrocytes

66
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What kind of tissue is this?

(This is a clinical correlation but I already made the slide before I realized and I don’t want to delete it sorry!)

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Atrophied skeletal muscle

  • More space in between myocytes
  • Myocyte gets thinner, darker pink, wavier
  • Nuclei centralize
67
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What is reticular connective tissue made out of?

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Reticulin, which is made from collagen

68
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What are the 4 main types of connective tissue?

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Loose

Dense

Reticular

Adipose

69
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What kind of cells produce cerebrospinal fluid?

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Ependymal cells

70
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What kind of tissue is this?

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Adipose Tissue

71
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What kind of epithelium is found at absorptive surfaces

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Simple columnar

Examples: Small intestine, bronchioles

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What is the defining characteristic of nervous tissue?

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Controls and integrates functional activities of organs and organ systems

Enables teh body to respond to continuous change in the environment

73
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What is C pointing to?

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A myelin sheath

74
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What is a ganglion?

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A cell body in the peripheral nervous system

75
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What type of muscle cell has a sigle, cigar-shaped nucleus?

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What is the function of zona occludens?

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Zona occludens are tight junctions

They connect adjacent cells closely together to nothing can seep though

Example: the blood-brain barrier

77
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What is the primary component of ground substance?

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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs)

78
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Where is dense, irregular connective tissue found?

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Joint capsules, under skin, in fascia

79
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What kind of tissue is the arrow pointing to?

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Smooth muscle

(surrouding an artery)

80
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What kind of tissue is the arrow pointing to?

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Loose connective tissue

Lots of open space, light pink

81
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Describe the shape of cardiac muscle cells

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Shorter than skeletal muscle

Branching

Each cell has one central nucleus

82
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Where would you find an intercalated disk?

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Cardiac muscle cell

The cells attach to each other at intercalated disks

83
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Suppose you see many random elastic fiber coils in a tissue sample. What does this mean?

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The tissue is stretchy! It can accomodate expansion

84
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Which cells make up the majority of cells in the CNS?

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Glial cells

85
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Where is stratified columnar epithelium found?

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Conjunctiva of the eye, parts of the pharynx, anus, uterus, and male urethra and vas deferens

86
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What are the main types of fibers found in connective tissue?

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Collagen and elastin

Collagen is much more common!

87
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What cell types make up connective tissue?

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Fibroblasts/myofibroblasts

Macrophages

Adipocytes

Pericytes

Mast cells

Other white blood cells

88
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What triggers skeletal muscle to contract?

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Neuron innervates muscle (releases ACh, it binds to nicotinic ACh receptor)

Membrane depolarizes

Voltage-sensitive calcium channels on T-tublule cause SR to release Ca2+

Troponin binds to Ca2+

Tropomysoin is freed, and can interact with actin

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What are the arrows pointing to?

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Elastin fibers

90
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This is a picture of grey matter in the brain:

What is E pointing to?

91
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What kind of epithelim lines the lumen of ducts and tubules?

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Simple cuboidal

92
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Knowing that this is a sample from a peripheral nerve, what kinds of nuclei are most abundant?

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Schwann cell nuclei

93
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What is the purpose of a hemidesmosome?

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Anchors the cell to the basement membrane

94
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Where is pseudostratified epithelium likely to be found?

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Large airways of the respitory system (trachea)

Epididymis

95
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What is the purpose of the basement membrane?

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Attaches and anchors epithelial cells to underlying tissues

Separates epithelial cells and connective tissue

Separates layers of cells

Can act as a filter (kidney)

Role in cell-cell communication

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What are the pink things in the tissue that the arrow is pointing to?

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Collagen fibers

This is loose connective tissue; the collagen fibers are loosely packed

97
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Where is smooth muscle found?

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The walls of blood vessels and organs

98
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What is B pointing to?

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A Schwann cell nucleus

99
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What kind of connective tissue is resistant to lengthening?

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Dense, regular connective tissue

100
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What kind of tissue is this?

A

Dense, regular connective tissue

101
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Describe the appearance of a skeletal muscle cell

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Striated

Multinucleated

Nuclei on the edge of the cell

Long

102
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Give some examples of glial cells in the CNS and PNS

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CNS: Astrocytes, microglia, oligodendrocytes, ependymal

PNS: Schwann, Satellite

103
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Match each muscle type with a picture

104
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Where is transitional epithelum likely to be found?

105
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A mutation in the fibrilin gene will result in defective ________

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Elastic fibers

106
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What does a smooth muscle cell look like under a microscope?

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Bright pink (eosinophilic cytoplasm)

Elongated, blunt-ended nuclei (cigar shaped)

107
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Which muscle type is innervated by somatomotor neurons?

108
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What kind of epithelium lines blood vessles and body cavities?

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Simple squamous epithelium

109
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What is the function of a fibroblast?

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Make fibers and extracellular matrix components

(The workhorse of connective tissue)

110
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What is a Nissl Body?

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A stack of rough ER in the cytoplasm of a neuron cell body

They make protein

111
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What are some characteristic features of loose connective tissue?

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Few fibers, lots of ground substance*

High fat content

Light pink under H&E stain

*Ground substance looks like empty space under a microscope

112
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What is the name for the specialized connective tissue that surrounds each nerve fascicle?

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Perineurium

113
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What is the function of macula adherens?

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Desmosomes

They are specific welding points that help cells stick together

114
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Name 4 types of supporting cells (glial cells) in the CNS

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  1. Oligodendrocytes
  2. Microglia
  3. Astrocytes
  4. Ependymal cells
115
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What are neurilemma?

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Layers of schwann cells surrounding a neuron

116
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What kind of tissue is this?

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Reticular connective tissue

The sample is from a lymph node

117
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What kind of tissue is C?

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Cross-section of peripheral nerve without cell bodies

(Thank you @Nathan Schlobin!)

118
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Ground substance contains which 3 major groups of molecules?

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Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) = most common

Proteoglycans

Multiadhesive glycoproteins

119
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What kind of tissue is the liver made out of?

A

Epithelial

120
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What kind of tissue is B?

A

Skeletal Muscle Cross Section

121
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What are some charactaristics of reticular connective tissue?

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Reticular fibers are thin and stain black on an elastic (EVG) stain

Between the fibers there may be open spaces or lots of cell

Reticular connective tissue creates a supportive meshwork for hematopoietic tissues to allow cells to pass through

122
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What are the 3 types of muscle?

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Skeletal, Cardiac, Smooth

123
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What are some characteristic features of dense, irregular connective tissue

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Fibers going muliple directions

Dark pink on H&E stain

Resistant to mulit-directional forces

124
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What is the purpose of an intercalated disk?

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It propagates depolarizations from cell to cell

125
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What triggers cardiac muscle to contract?

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Sympathetic nervous system innervation initiates contraction

Voltage-gated extracellular Ca2+ open

Increased Ca2+ triggers the release of intracellular Ca2+ from the sarcoplasmic reticulum

Ca2+ binds to troponin

Tropomyosin is freed, myosin can interact with actin

126
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What kind of tissue is this?

A

Dense, regular connective tissue

Wavy appearance, parallel lines, few nuclei

127
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What kind of tissue is the endometrium?

A

Loose connective tissue

128
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What are some characteristics of adipose tissue?

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White on H&E stain (fat doesn’t stain)

Nucleus on the edge

Looks like marshmallows surrounded by cell membrane and a nucleus

129
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What is the name for the loose connective tissue that surrounds each neuron?

A

Endoneurium

130
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Where does connective tissue arise from?

131
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This is a picture of grey matter in the brain:

What is A pointing to?

A

Supportive glial cells

132
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What is the basement membrane made from?

A

Extracellular matrix

133
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What kind of cell junctions attach cells to each other near their apical membrane?

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Zona Adherens (aka Adherens Junctions)

134
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What kind of tissue is this?

A

Sympathetic ganglion

(Look for large cell bodies)

The dark dots are nuclei of satellite cells

135
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What is fibrilin?

A

A component of microfibrils necessary for assembling elastic fibers

136
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Where might you find a dense body?

A

Smooth muscle cell

A dense body is the contractile unit

137
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What is adipose tissue made from?

A

Adipocytes

138
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Which types of collagen form networks in the basement membrane?

A

Type V, Type VI

139
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What are some possible funcitonal roles of epithelial cells?

A

Secretory

Protective

Absorptive

Moving things along

140
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What is the function of zona adherens?

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Adherens Junctions; they are a continuous band around the cell

They help cells stick together

141
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What is the epineurium?

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Dense, irregular connective tissue that surrounds groups of fascicles to enclose the whole nerve

  • Fills the space between fascicles
142
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What kind of tissue is this?

A

Smooth muscle

143
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What is the purpose of reticular connective tissue?

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Foms the meshwork of lymph nodes and other hematopoetic tissues to allow cells to pass through

144
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What is the function of ground substance?

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Mechanical support, hydration, regulation of cell migration

145
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Where are perineural cells located?

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Within nerve fibers of the CNS; they surround each individual nerve facicle

146
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What is the endoneurium?

A

Loose connective tissue surrounding each neuron

147
Q

What tissue type is this?

A

Epithelial

148
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This is a picture of grey matter in the brain:

What is C pointing to?

149
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What is the function of gap junctions?

A

Coordinate the function of the epithelium

Gap junctions create a direct pore between two cells. It allows small molecules to pass through for cell-cell communication and metaboilism

150
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What are elastic fibers made from?

A

Elastin and microfibrils

151
Q

What tissue type is this?

A

Epithelial

152
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Match each letter (A-C) with the correct layer of connective tissue

What is D?

A

D is a fascicle

153
Q

This is a picture of grey matter in the brain:

What is D pointing to?

A

Neuron Cell Body

154
Q

Which type of muscle contains T-tubules organized into a triad?

155
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What causes striated muscle to appear striated under a microscope?

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Presence of sarcomeres

156
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What is A pointing to?

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