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Histology Flashcards

1
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Which cells are BINUCLEAR?

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Hepatocytes (Liver)
Cardiac muscle
Epithelial cells of the UT

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Transcription involves what two products?

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DNA + mRNA

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Translation involves what two products?

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mRNA + Protein

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4
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Ribosomes create an acidic and stainable cell called?

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Cytoplasmic Basophilic phenomenon

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5
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What organelle sequester’s Ca+?

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SER

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Primary lysosomes are made up of what two products?

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Collagenases
and
Acids

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7
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What is the name of incomplete or inactive lysosome?

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Residual Body

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What is Tay-Sach’s disease and what are the characteristics?

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Lysosomes which are incomplete. Autosomal Recessive, 1st yo will have a “cherry red spot” and unfortunately the pt will die at the age of 2 yo.

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What are two items that are involved with zonula adherens, which results in the products holding two cells together?

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Tonofilaments and Mucoproteins

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What type of cells are part of the inner lining of blood vessels?

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Simple Squamous

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What type of cells are part of the Thyroid gland?

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Simple Cuboidal

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What type of cells are part of the GI Tract?

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Simple Columnar

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What type of cells are part of the Respiratory tract?

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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14
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What is part of cells that prevents dehydration and mechanical stress?

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Keratin

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15
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What type of cells are part of sweat glands?

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Stratified Cuboidal

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What type of cells are part of the Anus?

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Stratified Columnar

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17
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What type of cell and gland are Apocrine?

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Gland of Moll

Goblet cells

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18
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What is the stenson’s duct?

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Where the parotid gland is excreted into the mouth, which is above the upper 2nd molar

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19
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What is Sjrogren’s syndrome?

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Damaged salivary gland

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20
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The Pancreas has both endocrine and exocrine, which of the two is duct less and involves what three products from the islet’s of langerhans?

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Endocrine: Somatostatin, Insulin and Glucagon

Note: DM and Grave’s Disease are both endocrine diseases

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In the Adrenal Gland, what type of cells create colloid? What is colloid?

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Follicular cells and colloid is inactive but is a hormone which can be modified to T3 and T4 by TSH, if needed.

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22
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In the Adrenal Gland, what type of cells inhibit osteoclasts?

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Parafollicular, which produces calcitonin.

Note: Parathyroid gland which can increase Calcium in the blood.

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23
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True or False. Hyperthyroidism and hair loss are synonymous.

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True. Eyelashes can be lost as well

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What are the three layers of the cortex of the adrenal gland and hormones do they produce?

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Glomerucula = Aldosterone (Salt)
Fasciculata   = Cortisol (Sugar)
Androgen     = Androgen (Sex)
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25
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What is the name of the depression in the roof of the mouth, which invaginates to form the Anterior Pitutary Gland? What embryonic structure is it derived from?

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Rathke’s Pouch

Ectoderm

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26
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What type of Acidophil produces growth hormones during puberty?

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Somatotrophs

The other Acidophil is Mammotrophs, which generate prolactin.

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27
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What type of tumors cause gigantism in kids and acromegaly in adults?

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Acidophil tumors

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What are the three types of Basophils and what hormone to do they produce?

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Gonadotrophs - FSH and LH
Thyrotrophs - TSH
Corticotrophs - ACTH (directs the adrenal cortex hormone)

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29
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What is the purpose of the Posterior Pituitary and where does it embryologically originate from?

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Storage and release

Originates: Diencephalon

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30
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What are the 2 nuclei that produce ADH and Oxytocin and where are these two hormone’s stored?

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Paraventricular and Supraopti Nuclei’s

Posterior Pituitary in Herring Bodies

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31
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What type of CT tissue is blood, bone and cartilage?

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Specialized.

The other type of CT is proper

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32
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Where is CT derived from?

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Mesenchyme

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33
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True or False. There are less fiber in CT than epithelium.

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False. There are generally more fibers of CT than epithelium

34
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What type of cells become Plasma?

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Mature B Lymphocytes

35
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What type of cells contain heparin and histamine?

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Mast cells

36
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What are the three type of Monocytes in the body?

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Microglia (Brain)
Kupffer cells (LIver)
Monocytes - until it leaves the blood stream, then they are called macrophages

37
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What type of CT helps maintaining blood flow through capillary walls but becomes damaged when DM is present?

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Pericytes (Hemeorraging and Diabetic Retinopathy will occur)

38
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Since Collagen is the predominant fiber in the body, what is 1/3 of collagen comprised of?

39
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Elastic fibers are another type of CT but what are the major areas they are located in?

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Made up of Elastin, so they are located in:
Dermis of skin
Aorta
High pressured vessels
Hyaluronic acid (VITREOUS)

Note: UV damage causes wrinkles

40
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Reticular fibers are associated with?

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Lymphoid and Myeloid tissues

41
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Keratin is ___% of GAG’s in the cornea, which is also in bone and cartilege. While, Chondrotin sulfate is ___% of GAG’s in the cornea, which is found in bone, cartilege and heart valves.

A

Keratin 66%

Chondroitin sulfate 33%

Note: Proteoglycans are comprised of a sulfated GAG bound to a protein

42
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Since Plasma is 55% of blood, what is Plasma majority of made up of?

43
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What maintains blood osmolarity and is the most abundant protein in the plasma?

44
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What is the lifespan od RBC’s?

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120 days

Note: In the spleen, Iron is reused and globulins become bile.

45
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What is the most abundant cell in the body?

46
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What is more predominant in the RBC, Hemoglobin or Globulins?

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Globulins 95% due to the fact there are 4 of them per RBC.

Hemoglobin 5%, where there is one and Fe+ is predominant

47
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Where do WBC’s originate from?

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Bone Marrow

They are further subdivided into Granular and Agranular

48
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What are the 3 types of Granulocytes?

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Basophils, Eosinophils and Neutrophils

49
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Agranulocytes are mononucear cells, which one are they?

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Lymphocytes and monocytes

50
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What is the most common and least common WBC in the body?

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Most: Neutrophils
Least: Basophils

Order: Neutrophils>Lymphocytes>Monocytes>Eosinophils>Basophils

51
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What type of hypersensitivity are Basophils associated with?

52
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In an allergic reaction, you will see what type of WBC?

A

Eosinophils

53
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What is the largest blood cells in the boday?

54
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What is the chief immune cells involved in fighting Viral invasion?

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Lymphocytes

55
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What is the process of a blood clot occurring?

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Platelets produce Thromboplastin, which then converts
Prothrombin to Thrombin, which acts as a converter
Fibrogen (in our blood stream all the time) to Fibrin
Fibrin then forms a blood clot.

56
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All blood cells originate from ____ stem cell in the bone marrow in a process called ____________?

A

1 stem cell

Hemopoiesis

57
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What type of Bone cells surrounds the central artery and is responsible for maintenance of the matrix?

A

Osteocytes

58
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What type of bone cell produce the matrix called lamellae and remove Ca from the blood and deposit it in the bone.

A

Osteoblasts

59
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What type of hormone will decrease Ca+ by inhibiting Osteoclasts and phophorous in kidney’s?

A

Calcitonin

60
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Since Calcitonin, tones down Ca+ what will increase Ca+ in the blood stream?

A

Parathyroid hormone, which stimulates osteoclasts

61
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What is the primary type of collagen?

62
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What type of muscle is Iris sphincter and Iris dilator?

A

Smooth muscle

63
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What type Neuron is found in the Retina?

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Bipolar

Note: The most common type is multi-nuclear

64
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Orthograde impulse occurs in the Retina, causing ONH pallor. Where does the impulse go from to where?

A

Cell body to Axon

PRP laser causes the death of these the Cell body.

65
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What is the name when a action potential skips an action potential from one node to another.

A

Saltatory conduction

66
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What type of myelin provides support for capillaries and contributes to the blood/brain barrier?

A

Astrocytes

67
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What type of carcinoma can occur at the Stratum Spinosum?

A

Squamous cell carcinoma

Note: Similar to Actinic Keratosis (scaly pink lesion)

68
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UV exposure to the Stratum Basale will cause what type of carcinoma?

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Basal cell carcinoma

69
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Tanning will cause an increase in what type of basal cell?

A

Melanosomes not Melanocytes.

Melanosomes wrap around melanin but Melanocytes protect from UV light

70
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What enzyme deficiency occurs in Ocular albinism?

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Tyrosinase

Tyrosin to melanin won’t occur.

71
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Where are the nerve endings located in the skin?

72
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Everywhere in the body, blood vessels all have simple squamous epithlium, except in what region?

A

The lymphnodes, which are cuboidal cells

73
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True or False. There is hyaline cartilage in Bronchioles aswell as bronchi’s?

A

False. Only in bronchi’s it is present.

74
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What type of pneumocyte will divide and possiblly replace type 1 pneumocytes?

A

Type 2

Note: Type 2 has surfactant involved to lower surface tension

75
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What is secreted by the parietal cells in the stomach?

A

Intrinsic factor and secrete HCL

Note: Intrinsic factor is something that helps with the absorption of B12 (cobalamin)

76
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What is the main sphincter of the pancreas?

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Sphincter of Oddi

77
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What are the 3 regions of the small intestine?

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Duodenum, Jejunum and Ileum

DJ-I

78
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Where does the digestion of proteins start?

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Stomach, but most of it occurs in the duodenum and Jejunum

79
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Where does the digestion of carbohydrates start?

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Mouth, but is completed by the duodenum

Note: Lipid digestion doesn’t occur til the duodenum

80
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What is the largest gland in the body?

81
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What is larger the hepatic artery or hepatic vein?

A

Hepatic vein

Note: The hepatic vein carries oxygen depleted but has nutrient rich products.

82
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What organ regulates the amount of sugar in the body?

A

Liver

If sugar is low, glycogen is dumped into the blood stream and vice a versa

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