histology Flashcards

Adipose tissue, type of connective tissue. Found in breasts

Blood, type of connective tissue. Contains: erythrocutes(RBC) & leukocytes (WBC), Platelets and and plasma. Found: in veins

Cardiac Muscle tissue. contains Intercalcated disks. Found: Hea rt

Loose(Areolar) Connective tissue. Found: mucous membranes

Simple Cuboidal Epithelium. Found: Glands( thyroid)

Dense Irregular Conective Tissue. Found: digestive tract

Dense Regular Connective Tissue. Found: Tendons

Dense Elastic Connective Tissue. Found: Aorta

Elastic Cartilage. Found: Ear

Fibrocartilage. Found: intervertebral discs
Hyaline cartilage. found: Nose
Mesenchyme. found: all connective tissues

Nerve tissue Found: brain

Bone(osseous) type of connective tissue. Contains osteocytes, arranged in layers called lamellae. Found: Femur

pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium, has appearance of many layers but has only 1 layer. Found: respiratory tract

Simple Squamous epithelium, single layer flat nucleus. Found: lungs

Skeletal muscle tissue. Found: bicep

Stratified Squamous epithelium. Two types non-Keritenized and keratinized. Found: non found in vagina, kert found in epidermis.

Stratified Columnar epithelium. Found: male urethra

Stratified cuboidal epithelium. rare in humans Found: sweat glands

Transistional epithelium, cells can change shape. Found: lining urinary bladder

Reticular connective tissue Found: lymph nodes
How many basic tissue types are there?
4
Stratum Lucidum
2nd layer found only in soles of feet and palms
Stratum Corneum
outer-layer, dead, for protection
Stratum granulosum
2nd layer down. waterproofing(lamellated/glycolipid).
Stratum spinosum
3rd layer. Prickle layer contains langerhans cells
Stratum Basale
Last bottom layer. Mitosis occurs here
All epithelial tissue is
Avascular
Meissners Corpusles
light touch receptors
Pacinian corpuscles
Pressure recptors
Papillary layer
composed of loose connective tissue, contains meissners corpuscles
Sebaceous gland
oil gland. looks like bubbles connected
Arrector pili muscle
makes hair stand up when scared or cold
Cerminous gland
sweat gland. Coiled tube that goes straight up to top of epidermis
cutaneous blood vessels
located in adipose tissue layer at bottom of skin section
Epidermis
Outer layer
Dermis
middle layer
Hypo dermis
inner/bottom layer
Lunula
half moon part of nail bed
simple columnar epithelium
found in digestive tract