General Anatomy Flashcards
Semester 1 anatomy
Types of cell-cell junction
- Tight – seals intercellular spacer
- Gap – communication
- Desmosomes – adhesion ie
intercalated disk
What do epithelia lie on
Basement membrane
o Basal lamina
o Reticular lamina
Types of cell-ECM junction
- Hemidesmosome – half
desmosome - Skin basal lamina
- Blood vessel endothelium-basal
lamina
Epithelia secondary roles
- Thick – wear and tear
- Thin – diffusion
- Ciliated – movement
- Villi – absorption
Classifications of epithelia
- Simple
- Squamous
- Cuboidal
- Columnar
- All can be stratified – multi layer
Special classifications of epithelia
- Transitional – urinary system also
called urothelium - Pseudostratified columnar –
common in large tubes of resp
system
Types of exocrine gland
Merocrine
Apocrine
Holocrine
How does merocrine gland work
Secretions from cells
How do apocrine glands work
Parts of cell break off and are secreted
How does holocrine gland work
Whole cells are formed and secreted from gland which break up
What are myoepithelial cells
Squeeze secretions out of glands
Where do endocrine glands secrete
Into the blood
Types of connective tissue
Blood/bone marrow
Loose
Dense - regular/irregular
Cartilage
Bone
Fat
What composes the ECM in connective tissue
Fibres
Ground substance
Tissue fluid
Types of fibre in connective tissue ECM
Collagen (reticulin very common)
Elastin
Classification of bones (6)
Flat
Short
Long
Irregular
Sesamoid
Sutural
Types of bone (2)
Spongy/cancellous
Compact/cortical
What membrane surrounds bone
Periosteum
Endosteum
Where is red marrow found
Epiphysis and metaphysis
Where is yellow marrow found
Diaphysis
What is the space within the compact bone called
Medullary cavity
What is the structure of compact bone
Osteons and haversian systems
What is the structure of a haversian system
Osteon surrounds haversian canal
What vessels connect haversian canals
Volkmann’s Canals
What is bone matrix called
Lamellae
What makes up osteons
Osteocytes
Concentric ring of lamellae
Around haversian canal
How are osteocytes connected
Gap junctions that pass through a channel called called:
Canaliculi
What fills space in cancellous bone
Bone marrow
What determines orientation of trabecular bone
Reflects main directions of mechanical force
3 types of cell in bone
Osteoclast
Osteoblast
Osteocyte
What makes up bone ECM
45% Hydroxyapatite crystals
35% Type 1 collagen
20% Water
What is hydroxyapatite a complex form of
Calcium phosphate
Where are osteoclasts found
Bone surface
What does an osteoclast look like
Ruffled border
Multinucleated
What is the pit in bone left by an osteoclast called
Howship’s lacunae - resorption pit
Where do osteoblasts come from
Created from osteoprogenitor cells in peri/endosteum
Function of osteoblasts
Produce bone matrix and initiate calcification
Where do osteocytes come from
Osteoblasts once they’re surrounded by matrix
What is unmineralised bone matrix called
Osteoid
What is it called when bone
resorption > formation
Osteoporosis
What is it called when bone
resorption < formation
Osteopetrosis
What is it called when bone
resorption and formation is increased
Paget’s Disease
2 types of bone ossification
Endochondral
Intramembraneous
Where does endochondral ossification occur
Within epiphyseal growth plate
What is endochondral ossification
Bone replaces cartilage model
What is intramembraneous ossification
Mesenchymal cells develop into osteoprogenitor cells into osteoblasts which deposit bone
What do mesenchymal cells that don’t become osteoprogenitor cells become
Blood vessels and bone marrow
2 Types of bone growth
Appositional
Interstitial
How is appositional bone growth mainly mediated
Intramembraneous bone growth
How is interstitial bone growth mainly mediated
Endochondral bone growth
What types of cell are in cartilage
Chondrocytes
Chondroblasts
What is cartilage ECM made up of
75% water
Mixed molecules
Fibres
3 main types of cartilage
Hyaline
Elastic
Fibrocartilage
What is the weakest type of cartilage
Hyaline
Appearance of hyaline cartilage
Glassy
Examples of hyaline cartilage
Epiphyseal growth plate
Nose and Ears
Trachea
Ribs
Larynx
What structure does elastic cartilage have to make it elastic
Elastin as well as collagen
Where is elastic cartilage found
Ear
Larynx
Epiglottis
What is the strongest type of cartilage
Fibrocartilage
Where is fibrocartilage found
Joint capsules
Ligament/tendon insertions
Intervertebral disks
How does cartilage get its nutrition
Pores from blood vessels diffuse into cartilage matrix
How does articular cartilage get nutrition in addition to blood
Synovial fluid
What surrounds cartilage
Perichondrium
3 main types of joint
Fibrous
Cartilaginous
Synovial
Examples of fibrous joints
Periodontal ligament
Cranial sutures
Interosseus membranes
2 types of cartilaginous joint
Primary - Synchondroses
Secondary - Symphyses
What is a primary cartilaginous joint
Allows bone growth
Not in adults
No movement
What is a secondary cartilaginous joint
Does not ossify
Found in midline of body
Limited movement
What is the key difference between symphyses and synchondroses
Symphyses have 2 types of cartilage
-Fibrocartilage
-Hyaline
Synchondroses only have hyaline
Common features of synovial joints
Articular cartilage
Synovial cavity
Synovial membrane
Fibrous capsule
6 types of synovial joint
Hinge
Plane
Saddle
Pivot
Condylar - ellipsoid
Ball and socket
Structures that stabilise joint
Ligaments
Muscles
What is the definition of joint flexion
Bringing 2 ventral surfaces in the body closer together
What week do lower limbs in the embryo rotate
7-8
What is the layer that surrounds the outer muscle
Epimysium
What sounds fascicles of muscle fibres
Perimysium
What surrounds individual muscle fibres
Endomysium
What is a parallel muscle
Fibres run in 1 direction
What is a pennate muscle
Fibres run in multiple directions
What is a flat broad sheet of tendon called
Aponeurosis
What nerve supplies all extensors of upper limb
Radial nerve
Layer surrounding whole nerve
Epineurium
Layer surrounding nerve fascicles
Perineurium