Histology- Exam # 3 Flashcards
What is the black arrow pointing at? What is the blue arrow pointing at?
Black Arrow: Cortex
Blue Arrow: Medulla
What is the function of the female reproductive tract?
- Production and transportation of oocyte
- Transportation of spermatozoa and fertilization
- Accommodation of the fetus until birth
What is the surface epithelium of the ovaries composed of?
Simple cuboidal/ squamous (germinal epithelium)
What is the purpose of the cortex and important structures? What about the medulla?
- The cortex is the peripheral aspect of ovary, and the purpose is to house follicles (at different stages of maturation)
- Stroma (spindle shaped cells are also present)
- The medulla is the central aspect of ovary and is made of loose connective tissue and is highly vascular
In this section of ovarian tissue. What is the blue arrow pointing at ? What is it made of? What is the black arrow pointing at? What is it made of?
Blue arrow: Tunica albuginea: this is made of dense connective tissue.
Black arrow: Surface epithelium (mesothelium, Germinal epithelium) and is simple cuboidal/ squamous.
What tumors can arise from mesothelium? Where?
Mesothelioma. Oral cavity
What hormones influence the estrous cycle?
Follicle Stimulating Hormone, Lutenizing hormone, Estrogen and Progesterone.
What secretes Follicle stimulating hormone and lutenizing hormone?
Pituitary gland.
What secretes estrogen and progesterone?
Cells within the follicles
Which stage of follicle is the one that is involved in ovulation?
Tertiary or Antral Follicle
How many oocytes are ovulated per heat cycle in each animal species?
Horses: 1
Ruminants: 2
Sheep: 3
Cats/ Dogs/ Pigs : multiples of oocytes
Dogs can ovulate on different days (can have different fathers in the same litter)
Which stage of follicular development is this?
Tertiary/ Antral Follicle
Which stage of follicular development is this?
Primary Follicle
Which stage of follicular development is this?
Primordial Follicle
Which stage of follicular development is this?
Secondary Follicle
What occurs between the primordial follicle and primary follicle?
Oocyte enlarges and the follicular cells divide and become cuboidal (single or double layer)
Name the layers of the follicle. What stage of development is this follicle in?
A.) Stroma Cells
B.) Theca Cell Layer ( secretes androgens that are converted into estrogen by granulosa cells)
C.) Zona Pellucida ( layer of glycoprotiens between the oocyte and granulosa cells)
D.) Granulosa Cell Layer (Secretes estrogen in response to follicle stimulating hormone.
This follicle is a secondary follicle .
What is the outermost layer in the secondary follicle?
Theca cell layer
Stroma is the layer between follicles not part of follicle itself
Name the labeled parts. What stage of development is this in?
A.) Granulosa Cell Layer
B.) Cumulus oophorus (secretes hyaluronic acid, in order to facillitate penetration by spermatozoa)
C.) Zona Pellucida
D.) Corona Radiata (provides nutrients to oocytes)
E.) Antrum ( follicular fluid, provides nourishment for oocyte development)
F.) Theca interna
G.) Theca externa
H. ) Overall Theca cell layer.
What is the Theca interna layer and what does it secrete? Theca externa?
Theca interna: This is the inner Theca layer and secretes androgens that are converted to estrogen by granulosa cells,
Theca externa: Outer more fibrous layer
What is corpus hemorrhagicum? What causes it?
Temporary structure formed immediately after ovulation from the tertiary follicle. As the tertiary follicle collapses it is filled with blood that quickly clots.
What is the corpus luteum?
Granulosa and theca cells differentiate into lutein cells ( have abundant eosinophillic granular cytoplasm). Progesterone is secreted to prepare the uterus for pregnancy
What is the area called around the black box?
Corpus luteum
What happens to the corpus luteum if pregnancy does not occur?
Corpes luteum becomes corpus albicans and the degenerated lutein cells are replaced by fiborous connective tissue.
Shown by red arrow
What hormones are produced by Theca interna?
Androgens ) induced by lutenizing hormones.
What is the pathway of androgens?
- ) Produced by theca interna ( induced by lutenizing hormone)
- ) After being released they are absorbed by granulosa cells
- ) they are then converted into estrogens ( estradiol)
What hormones do granulosa cells produce ( other than their interactions with androgens)?
Inhibin and follicostatin
Label the parts of the oviduct and give any important information.
A.) Infundibulum- free opening wnd with fimbriae projections.
B.) Isthmus- narrowed portion to connect to uterus.
C.) Ampulla - where fertilization takes place.
What is the structure of the oviduct?
- ) Mucosa- longitudinal folds projecting into lumen with simple columnar epithelium (cilliated). This is supported by lamina propria as inner layer of folds.
- ) Muscularis: Inner layer or spiral layer and outer longitudinal layer whose peristaltic contractions help propel oveum or fertilized zygote to the uterus.
- ) Serosa: Simple cuboidal/ squamous epithelium ( or mesothelium) supported by thin layer of connective tissue
Label each of the colored arrows of the histological section of oviduct
Yellow Arrow: Circular layer (muscularis)
Black Arrow: Longitudinal layer (muscularis)
Blue Arrow: Lamina Propria
Green Arrow: Cilliated columnar epithelium (mucosal cells)
What are the three regions that make up the structure of the uterus?
Endometrium
Myometrium
Perimetrium
What kind of epithelium is present in the endometrium and how does it differ between species?
In ruminants and sow you will see pseudostratified columnar epithelium, while in carnivores you will see simple columnar.
How can you identify the basal endometrial layer from the other layers?
The basal layer has alot of glands
What is the function of the cervix?
- provides physical barrier to uterus during pregnancy to protect fetus from ascending infection
- mucus secretion (uterine lubrication/ microbial clearence)
- Physical interdigitation of folds ( avoids ascending infections)
What is the difference in lining of cervix of dogs?
In other species it is lined by simple columnar cilliated epithelium with goblet cells. In dogs it is stratified squamous.
What is the function of the vagina?
- Fibromuscular tube that connects uterus to opening of external genitalia.
- copulatory organ for mating and birth canal during partuition
- highly acidic environment functions to prevent infection.
What epithelium is the vagina lined by?
Stratified squamous epithelium
TRUE OR FALSE: The type of epithelium that lines the vagina differs among domestic species?
FALSE: It is the same across all domestic species.
What is the function of the mammary gland and what kind of gland is it?
Function: Nourish neonate
- Food source: provides fat, protien, sugar, vitamins, water, and minerals
- Protection: Gives off immunoglobulins via colostum (IgG)
Is an Exocrine gland (specifically an apocrine(lipids) gland/ and merocrine (protiens)
- Morphology changes under hormonal influence
What is the difference in the structure of mammary glands during lactating and non lactating periods?
Lactating period: Acini predominate, simple cuboidal epithelium/ myoepithelium.
Secretion of milk via merocrine glands
Non lactating: connective tissue, few secretory acini
Which of these mammary glands ( Left or Right) is from a non lactating time period?
Right
Which histological section of tissue is a lactating mammary gland and why?
Left is from lactating mammary gland. This has more acini, while opposite side is mostly connective tissue which is typical for non lacting mammary glands.
What is the functions of the male reproductive system?
- Production/ transport of spermatozoa and other secretory products ( epididymal fluid and seminal plasma)
- Productio of hormones (testosterone inhibin, estrogen)
What is the structural units of the male reproductive system? What are eaches function?
- Testes(Produce spermatozoa, and hormone)
- Epididymis (transport and maturation of spermatozoa)
- Ductus defernes ( part of spermatic cord; transport of spermatozoa)
- Accessory sex glands ( produce seminal plasma)
Penis
What are the accessory sex glands? What do they produce?
- ampulla
- seminal vesicles (vesicular gland)
- prostate
- bulbourethral
They produce seminal plasma which contains glycoprotiens and nutrients for spermatozoa.
What is a male reproductive structural unit found specifically in ruminants?
Sigmoid flexus
TRUE OR FALSE: The prostate in Bovines is very large.
FALSE: Prostate is rather small and is not the characteristic lobed shape.
The testes are what kind of organ? Exocrine or endocrine?
It is both exocrine ( compound coiled, tubular gland) producing spermatozoa, and endocrine gland secreting hormones
What is the name of the fibrous white capsule of dense connective tissye that contains blood vessels ? What is the name of the layere of peritoneum that is tightly adhered to this layer?
- ) Tunica Albuginea
- ) Tunica vaginalis
What is the name of the interstitial cells of the testes?
Leydig cells
What occurs in the mediastinum of the testes?
Seminiferous tubules converge and sperm exits testis. Composed of straight tubules - Rete testis.
What are the cells that compose the seminiferous tubules? What is their roles?
Sertoli Cells- large columnar cells that extend the full thickness of the germinal epithelium
- Support the developing spermatogenic cells
- Establish blood testis barrier.
- Act as phagocytes, consuming residual cytoplasm during spermatogenesis.
- Convert testosterone to estrogen.
Spermatogenic cells
What is the order of development of spermatozoa?
Spermatogonia –> Primary spermatocytes–> Secondary spermatocytes (not ID) —> Spermatids ( early/ late) —> Spermatozoa
What is the function of the leydig cells?
Produce testosterone stimulated by lutenizing hormone.
What is the efferent ductules?
Portion that connects the rete testis with the proximal portion of the epididymis.
Do canines have seminal vesicles, bulbourethral glands, and ampulla?
No (only prostate)
What accessory sex gland is missing in Tom cats?
Seminal Vesicles
What accessory sex gland is missing in boars?
Ampulla
What is the difference in prostate in boar/ruminants vs. stallions and carnivores?
Ruminants/ Boars: Disseminated glandular tissue (within submucosa of pelvic urethra)
Stallion and Carnivores: Compact (encapsulated/ lobulated)
What is the name of the concretions of prostatic fluid in lumen of some glands in older animals? What does it look like?
Corpora Amylacea - it stains dark purple (Basophillic)
What are the two types of penis? Where is each typically found?
Fibroelastic: Bull, Boar, Ram
- large ammounts of connective tissue and elastic fibers but limited erectile tissue. Contains sigmoid flexure (ruminants)
Erection only includes increased length, no increased diameter. Most increase in peline length is due to straightening of sigmoid flexure.
Musculovascular (Man, Stallion, Dog, Tomcat)
- Alot of erectile tissue and little connective tissue ( lengthening and diameter increase during irrection)
What is bone marrow?
Mesenchymal-derived tissue that consists of hematopoietic cellular elements and a
complex microenvironment
What kind of bone marrow is their and what is the distribution?
Red/Active Marrow: Long bones rich in hematopoietic tissue ( ~ 100% at birth)- young animals. Found in flat bones in adults.
Yellow Marrow: Red marrow is gradually replaced with adipose tissue as animal age.
Marrow can change to 75% yellow marrow and 25 % red marrow as an adult.
What are the typical indications for bone marrow sampling? Where is the sample taken?
Indications:
FUO (Fever unknown origin)
Unexplained high/ low # cells (RBCs, WBCs,) platelets, on CBC
Investigation of possible cancer cells / infectious organisms
Sampling locations:
- Small animals: Proximal humerous/ femur
Large animals: Ventral sternum or ribs
Illiac crest can also be used.
What are the main components of bone marrow?
- ) Vascular- Veins, arteries, sinuses
- ) Support cells: Macrophages, endothelial cells, adipocytes, adventitial reticular cells
- ) Hematopoietic stem cells and prodgeny
- ) Trabecular bone ( osteoblasts/ osteoclasts)
What is the venous drainage pathway? (Bone Marrow)
From marrow sinusoids into large dialated central vein. Then from there into nutrient veins, and then back into systemic circulation
What three cells produce components of ECM of bone marrow for stuctural support?
- Collagen fibers
- Basement membranes of vessels and vascular sinuses
- Proteoglycans and glycoprotiens.
* ECM also aids in binding of hematopoietic cells for optimal cell proliferation and differentiation. Can produce cytokines that drive hematopoiesis.
What kind of cells are hematopoietic stem cells?
Multipotent ( can produce many different cells)
Need special stains ICC/IHC for cell surface antigens to identify specific stem cells in bone marrow samples.
Antigens change with each developmental stage of the cell,.
What are general trends in erythropoeisis?
- cells get smaller
- nucleus gets smaller
- nuclear material gets more condensed.
- cytoplasm becomes less basophilic and more red as hemoglobin content increases.
What is the stages of erythropoiesis?
CFU-E —-> Rubriblast —–> Prorubricyte —-> Basophillic Rubricyte —–> Polychromic Rubricyte—-> Metarubricyte —-> Reticulocyte —–> Erythrocyte
Rubriblast —-> Reticulocyte takes 3-5 days
Reticulocyte released into circulation —> Mature erythrocyte takes 1-2 more days)
If a dog presents to you in the clinic and you discover low red blood cells
(anemia) on a CBC, how long do you need to wait to draw your next sample to see if
the bone marrow has regenerated RBCs?
about 1 week
What is included in an erythroblastic island and what is the macrophages function?
- Central macrophage surrounded by erythroid precursor cells. Macrophage provides erythropoietin and iron to developing erythroid cells.
Located close to vessels.
What is a myeloblast?
The myeloblast is the first recognizable myeloid cell in the bone marrow
CFU-N, CFU-Eo, CFU-Bas are myeloblasts.
What is the order of Neutrophillic granulopoiesis?
CFU-GM —-> Myeloblast —-> Promyelocyte —-> Neutrophillic Myelocyte (secondary granules are present) —–> Neutrophollic metamyelocyte —–> Neutrophillic band —-> Segmented neutrophil.
What is the order of monocytopoiesis?
Multipotent hematopoietic stem cell —-> Common myeloid progenitor—– > Granulocyte- monocyte progenitor —-> Monoblast —-> Promonocyte —-> monocyte—-> Macrophage.
What is the cell that is involved in creating NK cells, T helper, and T suppressor cells? Where is this developed?
CFU-TL (Developed in thymus)
What is the cell that is involved in creating B cells and then eventually plasma cells? Where is this developed?
CFU-BL ( Developed in Bone marrow (bursa in birds))
Where to platelets come from? What drives differentiation and development into platelets?
Megakaryocytes
Primarily driven by Thrombopoietin, and is Produced primarily in liver, expression is upregulated by IL-6
What are negative regulators of hematopoiesis?
TNF-a
INF-g
TGF-b
Lactoferrin
What is the classifications of the lymphatic organs?
Primary (central lymphatic organs): Sites of development: Thymus, Bone marrow, Bursa of fabricus ( birds)
Secondary peripheral lymphatic organs : Sites where lymphocytes are activated and respond to antigens ( Lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils, Bone marrow)
What are secondary lymphoid organs found in ruminants but not other animal species?
hemal nodes.
Defense against blood-borne pathogens • Occur along blood vessels in the sublumbar area along
vena cava and abdominal aorta
What is the function of the thymus?
Processes stem cells from the bone marrow so that they acquire surface receptors to become T-lymphocyte
What is the histological appearence of the thymus?
Lobules seen from low mag.
- Components: Cortex (darker outer staining), Medulla( center, lighter staining)
- Medulla contains epithelial reticular cells that coalesce to form thymic hassals corpuscles (red centers)
What is the reason for corpuscles?
Corpuscles produce polypeptides to promote processing of
lymphocytes
• Corpuscles also surround capillaries in the cortex to protect
developing lymphocytes from blood-borne antigens
What happens to the thymus as the animal ages?
The thymus will decrease in size and its composition will change to mostly fat.
What are myoid cells, where can you find them/ what do they look like?
Can be found in avian thymus. Looks almost like muscle with striations and central nucleus.
What is a difference between avian and carnivore thymus?
Avians have vascular sinus’