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Explain the 3 layers that make up blood vessels

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Tunica intima (squamous epithelial cells)
Tunica media (smooth muscle)
Tunica adventitia (supportive connective tissue)
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What seperates the tunica media from the tunica adventitia

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external elastic membrane

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What seperates the tunica media from the tunica intima

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internal elastic membrane

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Explain what elastic arteries are

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  • large arteries e.g. aorta
  • contain sheets of elastic fibres
  • provide elastic recoil
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Explain the histology of arterioles

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  • contain 1 or 2 layers of smooth muscle

- almost no tunica adventitia

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Explain the histology of capillaries

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  • endothelial cells and basal lamina

- may contain pericytes

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What are pericytes

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connective tissue with contractile properties

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What are the 3 types of capillaries

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  • continous (muscle, connective tissue)
  • fenestrated (small pores - gut, endocrine glands)
  • discountious (large gaps - liver, spleen)
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What are the 3 layers of the heart

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  • endocardium
  • myocardium
  • epicardium
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Where are intercalated disks found and what is their purpose

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  • found in the contractile cardiac muscle in the myocardium

- allows the spread of electrical activity

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Two types of pericardium

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  • fibrous (fibrocollagenous connective tissue)
  • serous (simple squamous epithemlium)

Serous lies in the inner surface of the fibrous pericardium

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What lie inbetween the 2 pericardiums?

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pericardial cavity

small amount of fluid for lubrication

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Explain the histology of the heart valves

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  • outer endothelial layer with basal lamina
  • layer of collagen and elastin fibres
  • lamina fibrosa lies on the fibrous skeleton
  • chordae tendineae (fibre like)
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What would pacemaker cells look like down the microscope

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  • pale in colour

- smaller than contractile myocytes

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What would purkinnje fibres look like down the microscope?

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  • paler in colour
  • larger than cardiac muscle cells
  • found in subendocardial layer
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What are the 5 main components found in all Eukaryotic Cells?

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  • an outer membrane
  • inner cytosol
  • cytoskeleton
  • membrane bound organelles
  • inclusions
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What are inclusions

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  • other structures within the cytoplasm which may or may not be bound by a membrane
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What is the cytosol?

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solution of proteins, electrolytes and carbohydrates

it has a fluid/gel-like properties

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What is the plasmalemma?

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  • separates the cytoplasm from the outside environment
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What is the plasmalemma composed of?

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  • amphiphatic phospholipids
  • hydrophilic head
  • hydrophobic (fatty acid) chains
  • may contain integral proteins
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What are 2 main differences between inclusions and organelles?

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  • inclusions are non-living, may or may not be membrane bound
  • organelles are living and are membrane bound
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What is the job of the rough endoplasmic reticulum?

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  • protein synthesis

- studded with ribosomes

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What is the job of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

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  • cholesterol and lipid synthesis
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What are the 3 main classes of filaments in the cytoskeleton? and what are their sizes?

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  • microfilaments (7um)
  • intermediate filaments (>10um)
  • microtubules (25um)
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Explain microfilaments

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  • 7um
  • composed of protein actin
  • assemble and disassemble –> very dynamic
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Explain intermediate filaments

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  • > 10um

- bind intracellular elements together and to the plasmalemma

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Explain microtubules

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  • hollow tubule composed of alpha and beta tubulin
  • originate from centrosome
  • include stabilising proteins (MAPS)
  • they are polar
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What are kinesin and dynein?

what way do they move?

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They are both ATPases that attach to microtubules

  • Kinein moves to cell periphery
  • Dynein moves to cell centre (dynein comes home for dinner)
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29
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Name given to the gap between the outer and inner nuclear membrane?

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  • perinuclear cistern
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30
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Euchromatin

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  • DNA that is more dipsersed

- actively undergoing transcription

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Heterochromatin

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  • DNA that is highly condenses

- not undergoing transcription

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What is the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and what are the 2 categories?

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  • forms a network of interconnecting membrane bound compartments in the cell
  • SER
  • RER
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What is the Golgi complex composed of?

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  • flattened, membrane bound cisternae
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What is the role of the Golgi complex?

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  • modification and packaging of macromolecules that arrive from SER and RER
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What is the Cristae?

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  • Innerfolds of the mitochondrial membrane
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36
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What are intracellular junctions?

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  • specialised membrane structures which link individual cells together into a functional unit
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37
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What are the 3 types of intracellular junctions?

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  • occluding
  • anchoring
  • communicating
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38
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What do occluding junctions do?

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  • join cells together to create a diffusion barrier
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39
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What do anchoring junctions do?

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  • provide mechanical strength
40
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What do communicating junctions do?

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  • allow movement of molecules between cells
41
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What is a junctional complex?

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  • close association of several types of junctions found in certain epithelial tissues
42
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Another name for occluding junctions?

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  • Tight junctions
43
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Another name for anchoring junctions?

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  • desmosomes
44
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Another name for communicating junctions?

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  • gap junctions
45
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Explain how a tissue sample is made?

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  • tissue fixed
  • thinly sliced
  • impregnated with wax
  • dehydrated, hot solvent
  • cut thinly on microtome
  • washed
46
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What is haematoxylin?

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  • basic dye
  • affinity for acidic
  • stains purplish/blue
47
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What is eosin?

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  • acidic dye
  • affinity for basic
  • stains pink
48
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What are the 4 different types of tissue?

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  • epithelium
  • connective tissue
  • muscle tissue
  • nervous tissue
49
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What is the role of epithelium?

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  • cover body surfaces and line hollow organs
  • mechanical barriers
  • chemical barriers
  • glands
50
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What is the role of connective tissue

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  • in the growth, development and homeostasis of tissues
51
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What is the role of muscle tissue?

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  • specialized cells to generated force by contraction
52
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What is the role of nervous tissue?

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  • rapid communication between cells

- made up of neurons and their supporting cells (glia)

53
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True or false

“epithelium is non-vascular”

54
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What are the 3 different shapes of epithelium?

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  • squamous
  • cubodial
  • columnar
55
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What are the 3 different layers of epithelium called?

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  • simple
  • stratifies
  • psuedostratified
56
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What is glandular epithelium?

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  • produces secretory products, such as oil, sweat, tears and milk
57
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What are exocrine glands?

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  • secret towards apical end

- ducted glands

58
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What are endocrine glands?

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  • secret towards basal end
  • ductless glands
  • to circulatory system (look for cappilaries)
59
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3 different types of connective tissue?

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  • hard
  • soft
  • blood and lymph
60
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what does connective tissue consist of?

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  • extracellular matrix

- cells

61
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3 different types of hard connective tissue?

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  • hyaline
  • elastic
  • fibrocartilage
62
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3 different types of muscle tissue?

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  • smooth
  • skeletal
  • cardiac
63
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Explain smooth muscle

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  • involuntary
  • central nucleus
  • no stritations
  • visceral
64
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Explain cardiac muscle

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  • involuntary
  • stritated
  • single nucleus
  • intercalated discs
65
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Explain skeletal muscle

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  • voluntary
  • cylindrical
  • multinucleated
  • stritated
66
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Explain what multipolar nerves mean?

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  • many dentrites

- 1 axon

67
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Explain what psuedounipolar nerves mean?

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  • same direction
68
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Explain what bipolar nerves mean?

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  • one dentrite

- one axon

69
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What are the 3 different types of glia?

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  • oligodenrocytes
  • astrocytes
  • microglia
70
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Role of microglia?

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  • provide immune surveillance
71
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Role of oligodendrocytes

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  • produce myelin in the brain and spinal cord
72
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Role of astrocytes?

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  • support ion transport

- induce blood brain barrier

73
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What are the 3 main salivary glands?

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  • parotid
  • submandibular
  • sublingual
74
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What is the most external tissue on the digestive tract?

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  • muscularis externa
75
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what is the name of the digestive tract nervous system?

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-enteric nervous system

76
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explain the histology of bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli

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  • bronchi larger in size, hyaline cartilage
  • bronchioles, smaller, no cartilage, smooth muscle
  • alveoli simple squamous epithelium
77
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what is the liver made up of?

78
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What shape is a lobule in the liver?

79
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What veins/arteries are on the corner of a liver lobule?

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  • hepatic vein

- heaptic artery

80
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Where is the central vein located in a liver lobule

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  • centre of hexagon
81
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What is unique about the pancrease glands?

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  • endocrine and exocrine
82
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what does the pancrease endocrine glands secrete?

83
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What does the pancrease exocrine glands secrete?

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  • digestive juices
84
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What are the three layers of blood vessels

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  • tunica intima
  • tunica media
  • tunica adventitia
85
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What is the tunica intima?

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  • innermost of blood vessel

- composed of squamous epithelium

86
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What is the tunica media?

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  • composed of smooth muscle
87
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What is the tunica adventitia?

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  • supporting connective tissue
88
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What are the names of the membranes that seperates tunica intima and tunica media?

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  • internal elastic membrane
89
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What are elastic arteries?

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  • larger arteries
  • provides elastic recoil
  • sheets of elastic tissue replaces smooth muscle
90
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Define vasa vasorum?

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  • large arteries have their own vascular supply
91
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What are capillaries composed of?

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  • endothelial cells

- basal lamina

92
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what are the 3 types of capillaries?

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  • continous
  • fenestrated
  • discontinuous
93
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What are the histological differences in large veins?

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  • thick tunica adventitia

- contains smooth muscle

94
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Describe erythrocytes

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  • no nucleus
  • red blood cell
  • biconcave
  • survive 4 months
  • 7um in size
95
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Describe neutrophils

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  • granules

- multi-lobed nucleus

96
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What would eosinophils look like down a microscope

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  • bilobed nuclease

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