G3 - Epithelium Flashcards
ID the red, green, yellow, and blue tissue types.
Red - epithelium
Green - connective
Yellow - muscle
Blue - nervous
ID the red and green marked tissues.
Red - epithelium
Green - connective tissue
ID the type of tissue.
Nervous tissue
ID the type of tissue.
Muscle
What organ houses this type of epithelium and what is the epithelium’s function here?
Lungs (alveoli), gas exchange
In what organ would you expect to find this epithelial tissue and what important function does it have?
GI tract, absorption
Where would you expect to find this epithelial tissue and what important function does it have?
Thyroid gland, secretion
Where would you expect to find this epithelial tissue and what function does it have?
Sweat glands, secretion
What function does this image of epithelial tissue illustrate?
Protection
List several important functions of epithelial tissue.
Protection, absorption, secretion, excretion, gas exchange, gliding (inner surfaces)
This tissue type has more cells and less ecm. What is it?
Epithelium
What tissue type has high proliferation/turnover rate and why?
Epithelium because it lines many surfaces so it must be renewed often
Does epithelial tissue have blood vessels?
No, it is avascular
This surface layer faces the underlying tissues.
Basal
This surface layer faces the lumen or outside world.
Apical
What are the regions of polarity in epithelium?
Apical
Lateral
Basal
ID the different types of apical domain specializations for each image.
Microvilli, stereocilia, cilia
What is the arrow showing?
Brush border (bunch of microvilli clustered together)
What is the F pointing at? What is at the bottom where the black scribble is?
Actin filaments; terminal web, aka a network of actin filaments on apical surface
Why are actin filaments important for microvilli?
They give them support so they do not collapse
Actin filaments support which apical domain specializations?
Microvilli, sterocilia
Microtubules support which apical domain specializations?
Cilia
Where are cilia usually found?
Respiratory system, parts of male reproductive system, oviduct
What is the axoneme?
The microtubule-based cytoskeleton structure that forms the core of cilia (9+2 arrangement)
What are the red arrows pointing at?
Left thicker one - microvilli
2 on right - cilia
Bottom arrow - basal body
What is the basal body?
The site of origin of cilia
What is the function of primary cilia and how are their microtubules arranged?
Sensing the environment (mechanoreceptors)
(9+0) arrangement
Are primary cilia motile?
No
Linkage between epithelial cells is made by __________
Cell junctions
These link epithelial cells with one another, prevent stuff from the environment from moving deeper into our bodies, and also stuff from basal lamina from moving out.
Cell junctions
Layer of cells that are all different heights but touching the basal lamina.
Pseudo-stratified epithelium
This type of epithelium has less layers when it is stretched compared to when it is not.
Transitional
This type of epithelium can be found over and over again in respiratory tract.
Pseudo-stratified columnar
This epithelium type is very commonly found in urinary tract.
Transitional because has to expand and contract
What is the function of cell junctions for epithelium?
They are between epithelial cells, at the apical surface, and at the basal lamina and they work to prevent stuff from the environment from freely entering deeper areas of our bodies AND keep stuff from freely moving out
What protein supports tight and intermediate (adherens) junctions?
Actin
What protein supports desmosomes?
Keratin
What protein supports gap junctions?
Connexin
ID each of the circled cell junctions, the apical surface, and the type of apical domain specialization showed.
Orange - tight
Green - adherens (intermediate)
Blue - desmosome
Pink - gap junction
Apical surface at top
Microvilli = specialization
Where are hemidesmosomes usually found?
At the basal membrane of the cell
What is the function of tight junctions?
To seal neighboring cells together
What is the function of intermediate (adherens) junctions? What supports them?
Mechanical intercellular attachments, supported by cadherins
What is the function of hemidesmosomes?
They bind epithelial cells to the basal lamina
ID each of the different types of junctions, their support proteins, and the apical specialization. Also, what is the arrow pointing at?
Red - tight, actin
Blue - adherens (intermediate), actin
Green - desmosome (keratin)
Arrow points at actin