Lecture 2 - Cells + Tissues Flashcards
What is a tissue?
It is a group of similar cells that perform a common function.
What is histology?
The study of tissues
What are the 4 basic tissue types?
- Connective
- Nervous
- Muscle
- Epithelial
What are the 3 nervous tissues?
- brain
- spinal cord
- nerves
Muscle tissues? (3)
-skeletal
-smooth
-cardiac
Epithelial tissue? (2)
- glandular
- lining
Connective tissues? (3)
- bone
- tendons
- fat
What are the 6 epithelial functions + answers?
- Protect (skin)
- Absorb (GI tract)
- Secrete (pancreases)
- Excrete (kidney)
- Filter (kidney)
- Sensory (skin)
Study diagram
Look under sticky notes
What are the 7 special structural characteristics of epithelium?
- Basal lamina
- A vascular
- Polar
- Special contacts
- Cellularity
- Regenerative
- Connective tissue
Why do epithelial cells have high cancer affinity?
Due to their high regenerative property and basal lamina that does not comply to rules it can attract cancer like cells.
Name the 3 different cell shapes.
- Squamous
- Cuboidal
- Columnar
Name the 2 different cell layers.
- Simple (one layer)
- Stratified (multiple layers)
How do we classify stratified epithelium when multiple cells are present?
The top most layer of the epithelium is the name.
Simple squamous epithelium
- 3 functions
- 5 locations
- single layer of squamous
= secrete, filter, diffuse
= lung, kidney, heart, vessel, serosae