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Lecture 2 Tissue Types & Structures 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 basic tissue types?

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  1. Epithelial
  2. Connective
  3. Muscle tissue
  4. Nervous tissue
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2
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What is epithelial cells origin?

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Inside
Endoderm

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3
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Origin of nerve tissue

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Outside
Ectoderm

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4
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Origin of connective and muscle tissue

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Middle
Mesoderm

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What are cell junctions & name the 5 different types?

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Join cells in tissue - contact points between plasma membrane of tissue cells

  1. Tight
  2. Adherens
  3. Desmosome
  4. Hemidesmosome
  5. Gap
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Tight junction structure & function

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  • Adjacent plasma membranes
  • intercellular space
  • strands of transmembrane protein

Form seals

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Adherens junction structure (5) & function

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-adjacent plasma membranes
-microfilament (actin)
-plaque
-transmembrane glycoprotein (cadherin)
- intercellular space
-adhesion belt

Structural strength

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Desmosome (5)

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  • adjacent plasma membranes
    -intracellular space
    -plaque
  • transmembrane glycoprotein (cadherin)
    -intermediate filament (keratin)

Withstand intense mechanical stress

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Hemidesmosome

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  • intermediate filament(keratin)
  • plaque
  • transmembrane glycoprotein (integrin) in extracellular space
  • plasma membrane
  • Basement membrane

Anchor cells to extracellular matrix

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Gap junction

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  • adjacent plasma membranes
  • connexons (composed of connexins) (12 in total 6 on each side)
  • gap between cells

Gaps for rapid exchange

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11
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Functions of nervous tissue

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Detects internal & external changes in conditions & acts to maintain homeostasis

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What are 2 main cell types of nervous tissue & what do they do?

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  1. Neurons - generate & conduct nerve impulses
    - cell body - nucleus & other organelles
    - dendrites - recieve signals
    - axons - conduction over long distance
  2. Neuroglia - non-conducting
    Insulate, support & protect neurons
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What are the 3 different types of neuronal cells?

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  1. Multipolar neuron - has many processes extending from cell body
  2. Bipolar neuron- has 2 processes extending from cell body
  3. Unipolar neuron - has 1 process extending from cell body
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14
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What can the central nervous system (CNS) be divided into?

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Motor output ( somatic & autonomic)

Sensory input

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15
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What is the human brain responsible for? (4)

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  • Cognition
  • learning
  • memory
  • somehow enables us to be ‘self-aware’
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16
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Function of muscle tissue

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Generates physical force for movement

17
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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

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  1. Skeletal muscle
  2. Smooth muscle
  3. Cardiac muscle
18
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Structure of skeleton muscle (5)

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  1. Long, cylindrical cells containing peripheral nuclei
  2. Myofilament arrangement give tissue a striated appearance
  3. Attached to bones of skeleton
  4. Parallel fibres
  5. Voluntary - conscious control (somatic nervous system)
19
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Structure of Cardiac muscle (4)

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  1. Found only in cell walls of heart
  2. Central nuclei
  3. Cells joined end-to-end intercalated discs
  4. Striated and involuntary
20
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Structure of Smooth muscle (4)

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  1. No striations
  2. Cells thick in middle & taper at each end
  3. Central nucleus
  4. Found in walls of hollow structures (blood vessels, lung airways, intestines…)
21
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Epithelial tissue general points (5)

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  1. Forms continuous sheets
  2. Functions: covers body surfaces, lines hollow organs, forms glands…
  3. Avascular (few or no blood vessels)
  4. Innervated (nerves between epithelium tissue)
  5. Generally has a high proliferation potential (high rate of cell division)
22
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Function & location of Simple squamous

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Function: includes filtration or exchange via diffusion

Location:
includes kidney,
capillaries,
alveoli,
lymphatic vessels

23
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Function & location of Simple Cuboidal

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Function: secretion & absorption

Location:
includes kidney tubules,
small glands

24
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Function & location of Non-Ciliated Simple Columnar

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Function: absorption & secretion

Location:
digestive tract,
gall bladder,
some excretory glands

25
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Function & location of Ciliated Simple Columnar epithelium

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Function: moves mucous in lungs also eggs down fallopian tubules

Location:
Upper respiratory tract
Fallopian tubes…

26
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Function & location of Stratified Squamous epithelium

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Function: protection from abrasion

Location:
Oesophagus (non-keratinised)
Epidermis (keratinised)

27
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Function & location of stratified cuboidal epithelium

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Function: protection, secretion absorption

Location:
Large ducts of glands

28
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Function & location of stratified columnar epithelium

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Function: protection, secretion

Location: examples include
Urethra
Ducts of some glands e.g. salivary gland

29
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Function & location of Transitional Epithelium

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Function: permits distension

Location: urinary bladder
Ureters

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