Lab Quiz 1 Flashcards
Epithelium is separated from underlying connective tissue by ____ ____
basement membrane
True or False: Epithelial cells are non-polar
False - they are polar
True or False: Basement membrane of epithelium separates it from and anchors it to underlying connective tissue
True
True or False: Epithelial cells are avascular
True
Where does the apical side of epithelium face? Basal domain?
Apical side face extracellular environment while basal domain is in tact with underlying connective tissue
What type of junctions are found at the APICAL surfaces of epithelial cells and are associated with the fusion of adjacent plasmalemmas?
Tight junctions (ZO)
What cell junction in epithelial cells has a small intercellular space and has a dark, thick plaque in the cytoplasm of each cell adjacent to junction?
Desmosome
Which type of epithelium consist of a single layer of cells? One example is the endothelium of arteries and veins.
Simple squamous epithelium
______ epithelium is formed by a single layer of cube shaped cells. Cells are as wide as they are tall. Nucleus is usually round and centrally located. This cell type is commonly found in ducts.
Simple cuboidal epithelium
_____ ____ epithelium is formed by a single layer of columnar cells. Cells are taller than they are wide. Large nuclei are usually oval and located near base of cell. May have brush or striated border on apical surface, which contain microvilli. These cells are found in intestinal mucosa.
Simple columnar epithelium
________ epithelium is a single layer of cells of different shapes. Nuclei appear at different levels, so epithelium appears layer when it is not. This type of epithelium is commonly associated with CILLIA forming a ciliated border on apical side. These cells are found in olfactory regions.
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
_____ epithelium is stratified. It has umbrella cells on luminal surface. Surface cells have rounded appearance, appear bulging. Cells are binucleated. Basal cells contain stem cells.
Transitional Epithelium
Where are transitional epithelium (uroepithelilum) commonly found?
Bladder mucosa
Where is stratified squamous epithelium commonly found?
Oral cavity mucosa
______ epithelium has many layers. Basal cells are cuboidal but cells next to lumen are flat/squamous. Cells in intervening layers change shape (cuboidal to squamous). This type of epithelium can be non-keratinized (meaning: nuclei found in ALL cells layers) or keratinized (layer of dead cells on luminal surface)
Stratified squamous epithelium
What cell type is found in the surface layer of skin (aka: epithelium of epidermis)?
Stratified squamous epithelium - keratinized
What type of epithelium has a top layer on its luminal surface that is made of dead cells (top layer may appear shredded since this layer has no nuclei)
Stratified squamous epithelium keratinized
Stratified cuboidal epithelium is usually made up of only __ layers of cells. Cells in both layers are ___ in shape.
Two; cuboidal
Stratified columnar epithelium is made up of layers of cells, with the luminal (top) layer of cells ___ in shape
columnar
Which fibers are the most abundant in connective tissue? What are they made of?
Collagen Fibers
-Made of collagen type I
Elongated nuclei are associated with ___ fibers
collagen
Collagen bundles are __ organized
randomly
Elastic fibers usually appear as random ___ strands
single
Elastic fibers can also lie parallel in large numbers, forming an ___ or ____, as seen in walls of arteries
elastic sheet; elastic lamina
_____ , which are cells of the connective tissue, have an abundant and irregularly branched cytoplasm. They make collagen and are frequently found adjacent to collagen bundles.
Fibroblasts
____ are spherical or polyhedral in shape and have a thin rim of cytoplasm surrounding a large vacuole. The vacuole contains lipid droplet.
Adipose (fat cells)
What type of connective tissue is found UNDER epithelium (lamina propria), between muscle cells, and around blood vessels and nerves? Note: these cells have a lot of GROUND SUBSTANCE and fewer fibers.
Loose (areolar) CT
The most numerous cell in loose connective tissue are ___. Collagen is present but does not predominate.
fibroblasts
Dense Irregular Connective Tissue has the same components as Loose Connective Tissue, but there are fewer ____ and ___ fibers dominate.
cells (fibroblasts) collagen
note: collagen bundles arranged without definite orientation
What type of connective tissue is found in dermis?
Dense, irregular CT