Histology Flashcards
What type of tissue covers body surfaces, lines cavities, forms glands, and keeps cells close together?
Epithelium
From what tissue type is the core layer of a villus formed.
connective tissue
Microvilli consist of what tissue type?
epithelial
Extracellular Matrix is a type of what tissue?
Connective tissue
What are the 3 main types of connective tissue?
connective tissue proper, cartilage, bone
What structures can readily be visualized with H and E staining?
Nuclei - dark and obvious
RER - sometimes blue clumps
Golgi- sometimes negatively stained
Cytoskeleton- striated muscle
If tissue appears green as a result of staining, it is most likely…
CT
Average size of RBC?
~7 micrometers
Nucleus appears darker when stained because of…
High levels of chromatin
When does the nucleus appear darkest?
heterochromatin levels are high during mitosis