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Where do inclusions come from?

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synthesised by the cell itself or are taken up from the extracellular environment

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What is the cytoskeleton made up of?

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  • microfilaments (actin)
  • intermediate filaments (6 main proteins)
  • microtubules (two tubular proteins)
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What are the features of microtubules?

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polar

dynein and kinesin to drag organelles

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In what directions do dynein and kinesin pull organelles?

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dynein pulls to cell centre

kinesin pulls to cell periphery

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What is the perinuclear cistern?

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the space between the inner and outer membrane

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What are the features of euchromatin and heterochromatin?

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euchromatin is more dispersed and actively undergoes transcription
heterochromatin is highly condensed and is not undergoing transcription

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What is the role of the small subunit of the ribosome?

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binds RNA

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What is the role of the large subunit of the ribosome?

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formation of peptide bonds

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What is the function of the Golgi?

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adds sugars
cleaves proteins
sorts into vesicles

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What are the three types of cell junctions?

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occluding
anchoring
communicating

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What are the features of an occluding junction?

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prevent diffusion

aka tight/zonula occulens

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What are the features of an anchoring junction?

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bind in extracellular space by actin link molecules
aka zonula adherens
desmosomes

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What are the features of desmosomes?

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type of anchoring junction
aka macula adherens
provide mechanical stability

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What are the features of a communicating junction?

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selective diffusion
pores
spread of excitation
aka gap junction

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How is a specimen prepared?

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fixed with formalin
thinly sliced
impregnate with wax
to make artefact

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What colours are eosin and haematoxylin?

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eosin is pink

haemotoxylin is purple

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What are the four tissue types?

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  • epithelium
  • connective tissue
  • muscle
  • nervous tissue
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What are the features of epithelium?

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basal lamina
non-vascular
polarised
forms glands and covers body surfaces

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What are the roles of epithelia?

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barrier
absorption
secretion
containment
movement
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What are the features of covering epithelia?

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classified by cell shape/ number of layers/ cell surface/ presence of special cells

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What are the types of glandular epithelia?

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endocrine

exocrine

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What are the features of endocrine glandular epithelia?

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product is secreted to basal end

ductless

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What are the features of exocrine glandular epithelia?

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product is secreted to lumen end onto body surface or into a duct
ducted

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What are the types of connective tissue?

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soft
hard
blood and lymph

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What are the features of connective tissue?
extracellular matrix so fibres, ground substance and tissue fluid cells include fibroblasts, adipose cells, osteocytes and chondrocytes
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What are the types of hard connective tissue?
hyaline elastic fibrocartilage (cartilage is avascular and semi-rigid)
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What are the two types of bone and where are they located?
cortical bone in the diaphysis | cancellous bone in the epiphyses
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What are the types of muscle?
smooth (involuntary, visceral, cigar-shaped nucleus) skeletal (voluntary, striated, multi-nucleated, nuclei on periphery) cardiac (striated, intercalated discs, single nucleus)
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What are the three types of neurons?
multipolar bipolar pseudounipolar
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What are the principle glia of the CNS?
astrocytes (support, ion transports, induce BBB) oligodendrocytes (produce myelin in the brain and spinal cord) microglia (immune surveillance)
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What does nervous tissue consist of?
``` neurons support cells (glia) ```
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What is the coat made up of in nervous tissue in CNS or PNS?
meninges for CNS | epineurium for PNS
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What is the principle glia of the PNS?
Schwaan cells
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What are the three main silvery glands?
parotid submandibular sublingual
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What do striated ducts in the salivary glands do?
pump out saliva
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What are the layers of the digestive tract?
``` - mucosa epithelium (on basal lamina) lamina propria (loose connective tissue) muscularis mucosae (thin layer of smooth muscle) - submucosa (loose connective tissue) - muscularis externae - adventitia ```
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What are the usual jobs of the cells in the mucosa?
- absorptive - protective - absorptive and protective - secretory
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What is the enteric nervous system for?
the digestive tract
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Where do the ganglia for the enteric nervous system lie?
between two muscle layers in the muscularis externa
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What is the basic structure of the liver?
lobules with hepatic artery and portal vein at each corner that drain tot he central vein in the middle
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What is the function of the pancreas?
- exocrine produces proteases, lipases, nucleases which all enter duodenum by pancreatic duct - endocrine is islets of langerhans which produce insulin
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What are the three layers of a normal blood vessel?
- tunica intima (endothelial cells, basal lamina and connective tissue) - tunica media (smooth muscle) - tunica adventitia (connective tissue)
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Where are the internal and external elastic membranes?
internal is between intima and media | external is between media and adventitia
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What is the structure of elastic arteries?
large elastic tunica media
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What is the vast vasorum?
the specialised blood supply for large elastic arteries when the wall is too thick to get nutrients from the lumen
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What is the structure of arterioles?
thin media | almost no adventitia
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What is the structure of capillaries?
endothelial cells and basal lamina
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What are the types of capillaries?
continuous (no gaps) fenestrated (small pores) discontinuous/ sinusoidal (large gaps)
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What is the structure of venules?
endothelial cells and thin connective tissue | intermittent smooth muscle in media
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What is the structure of veins?
large adventitia thin media with smooth muscle valves are extensions of intima
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What do the lymph vessels do and what is their structure?
carry lymph to lymph nodes for immune surveillance smooth muscle in walls voluntary muscle controls flow and valves
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What are the two classes of white cells?
``` - granulocytes neutrophils eosinophils basophils - agranulocytes lymphocytes monocytes ```
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What are the features of neutrophils?
multi-lobed nucleus phagocytes common
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What are the features of eosinophils?
bilobed nucleus | allergic reactions
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What are the features of basophils?
rare bilobed nucleus large granules IgE on cell membrane
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What are the features of lymphocytes?
B cells are plasma cells | T cells have defence functions
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What are the features of erythrocytes?
``` no nucleus no organelles flexible cytoskeleton to slip through gaps haemoglobin biconcave ```
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What are the features of platelets?
haemostasis no nucleus cytoskeleton granules e.g. coagulation factors
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Where are red blood cells made in embryology?
yolk sac at 3 weeks spleen liver
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What are megakaryotes?
bone marrow cells producing platelets
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What cells can carry out haemopoiesis in the mature skeleton?
``` vertebrae ribs skull pelvis proximal femurs ```

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