Histology Slides for Exam 2 Flashcards
What type of tissue is this? How can you tell?
Smooth muscle
- no striations
- central, single elongated nucleus
- fusiform muscle fibers
What is the structure labeled ‘A’?
Muscle fiber
What is the structure labeled ‘B’?
Nucleus (peripherally located)
What type of tissue is this?
Elastic cartilage
It is similar to hyaline cartilage with a perichondrium, but the matrix contains an abundant
meshwork of elastic fibers along with the collagen type 2 fibrils
What type of tissue is this? Densely layered _____ fibers and flattened organized cell rows
Fibrocartilage ; collagen fibers
What is circled in orange?
Osteocytes in bone
Which one is immature, which is mature? What type of tissue?
Bone tissue
Immature (left) ; mature (right)
What type of tissue, what is important here?
What type of tissue?
Spongy bone
Look at drawing of bone:
Woven bone tissue
trabecular bone
trabecular bone and woven bone
What is Howship lacunae?
Once activated, osteoclasts move to areas of microfracture in the bone by chemotaxis. Osteoclasts lie in small cavities called Howship’s lacunae,
Nerve Cells
What kind of joint?
synovial
What kind of tissue?
Fibrocartilage
What kind of tissue?
Elastic cartilage
What kind of tissue?
Hyaline Slide 28
What kind of tissue?
Articular cartilage Slide 13
Chart may be on test Skeletal:
Interstitial Growth
Chart may be on test
Skeletal:
Appositional Growth