Histology Unit 3 Flashcards
What are the three types of lymphocytes?
T cells, B cells, and NK cells
Cytotoxic T-cells, or ____, recognize antigen _____ on virus infected, foreign, or cancer cells, and attacked them
CD8+ cells, MHC I
Helper T-cells, or _____ cells contain TCRs which recognize antigen____ on APC’s, and produce cytokines which activate Tc, B, and NK cells as well as macrophages.
CD4+ cells, MHC II
B cells differentiate into _____ which secrete antibodies which tag antigens for destruction, and _____, which are programmed to respond quickly to a second AG encounter
Plasma cells, memory cells
What is the only distinguishable type of differentiated lymphocyte, having a clock-face nucleus, basophils cytoplasm, and visible golgi on LCT?
Plasma cells
Increased lymphocytes is an indicator for what type of infection?
Viral
What are the three types of granulocytes?
Eosinophils, basophils, neutrophils
What is the first cell type which migrates to a site of acute tissue inflammation?
Neutrophils
Which WBC type have a multi-lobed nucleus?
They are also the most abundant WBC.
Neutrophils
What WBC has a large role in defense against parasitic infections and attenuate allergic reaction (basophil antagonist)?
Note bilobed nucleus and granules with “bars.”
Eosinophils
What WBC type mediate inflammatory and allergic reactions by releasing heparin and histamine?
Note dark granules
Basophils
Heparin is a _____, and histamine is a _____.
Anticoagulant, vasodilator
Platelets, or ______, mediate blood clotting
Thrombocytes
What type of WBC is very large with a “kidney-bean” nucleus?
Monocyte
Elevated monocyte levels typically signals:
Chronic inflammatory reactions
What type of cell forms platelets?
Megakaryocytes
Hematopoietic stem cells give rise to what two types of common progenitor cells?
Lymphoid and myeloid
For how long do erythrocytes live?
100-120 days
Erythropoietin is a hormone synthesized by ____ in response to decreased blood oxygen concentration.
The kidneys
What are the 6 stages of red blood cells during erythropoiesis?
Proerythroblast Basophilic erythroblast Polychromatophilic erythroblast Orthochromatic erythroblast Reticuloblast Erythrocyte
What are the stages of granulopoeisis?
Myeloblast Promyelocyte Myelocyte ——-separate lineages—- Metamyelocyte Band cell (neutrophils only) Mature cell
What are the layers of the adrenal cortex?
Zona glomerulosa
Zona fasciculata
Zona reticularis
What type of hormone does the zona reticularis produce?
Gonadocorticoids
What type of hormone does the zona fasciculata produce?
Glucocorticoids
What type of hormone does the zona glomerulosa produce?
Mineralocorticoids
Give an example of a mineralocorticoid
Aldosterone
Give an example of a glucocorticoid
Cortisol
Give an example of a gonadocorticoid
Weak androgens
What is the major cell type in the adrenal medulla and what hormones do they secrete?
Chromaffin cells, catecholamines: adrenaline and noradrenaline
What hormone is produced by the parafollicular cells in the thyroid?
Calcitonin
Thyroid follicles contain what substance?
Colloid -Precursor to thyroid hormone called “thyroglobulin”
Colloid is a stored, inactive form of:
Thyroid hormone: T3/T4
What is the function of calcitonin?
Decrease blood calcium by inhibiting osteoclasts
What is the function of thyroid hormone?
Regulate metabolic activity
What is the major cell type of the pineal gland and what do they produce?
Pinealocytes, melatonin
What is another name of the pituitary gland?
Hypophysis
What are the two major sections of the pituitary gland?
neurohypophysis and adenohypophysis
What structure forms from oral ectoderm and eventually forms the pars intermedius and pars distalis in the pituitary gland?
Rathke’s pouch
The neurohypophysis contains the posterior pituitary called the:
Pars nervosa
The adenohypophysis contains the anterior pituitary called the:
Pars distalis
What are the two types of cells in the pars distalis?
Chromatophobes and chromatophils
What types of cells in the pars distalis are considered chromatophils?
Acidophils and basophils
What are the two types of acidophils in the pars distalis?
somatotrophs and mammotrophs
What hormone do mammotrophs secrete?
Prolactin
What hormone do somatotrophs secrete?
GH
What are the three types of cells considered to be basophils in the pars distalis?
Corticotrophs
Thyrotrophs
Gonadotrophs
What hormone(s) are produced by corticotrophs?
ACTH
What hormone(s) are produced by thyrotrophs?
TSH
What hormone(s) are produced by gonadotrophs?
FSH and LH