Module 2: Epithelial, Connective, Bone and Cartilage Flashcards
Characteristics / Properties of Epithelial Cells
> Formed by epithelial cells
Extremely cohesive
Avascular
Provided with basement membrane
Three germ layers of Epithelial Cells
- Ectoderm
- Endoderm
- Mesoderm
Surface covering and lines cavities
Epithelial Tissue
Functions of Epithelial Tissue
- Protection
- Secretion
- Absorption
- Excretion
- Sensory receptors
- Filtration
- Lubrication
- sheet-like arrangements of extra-cellular matrix proteins
- Interface between support tissues and parenchyma
- structural support
Basement membrane
- attachment of epithelial tissues
- control of epithelial growth and differentiation*
- permeable barrier
- Type IV collagen
- proteins: heparan SO4
Basement membrane
Layers of Basal Lamina
- Lamina lucida
- Lamina densa
- Lamina fibro-reticularis
Components of Basal Lamina
- Type IV ccollagen
- Heparan SO4
- Structural glycoprotein
Structural glycoprotein
- fibronectin
- laminin
- entactin
Membrane Specializations:
- Intercellular
- Lumina
- Basal
Epithelial Tissue Membrane Specializations: Intercellular
- Occluding junctions - tight, zonula occludens*
- Adhering junctions* - zonula adherens, macula adherens
(desmosomes)
** junctional complex - Gap junctions / nexus
Epithelial Tissue Membrane Specializations: Luminal
- cilia – axoneme (microtubules)* , basal body
* doublets (complete (dynein), incomplete - microvilli - microfilaments (ZA), intermediate filaments(MA)
* striated / brush borders - stereocilia
Epithelial Tissue Membrane Specializations: Basal
basement membrane - hemidesmosomes
- selective diffusion, absorption, secretion
- surface specializations (microvilli, cilia)
Simple Epithelium
- Simple epithelium
- Layering of nuclei
- Resting on basement membrane
- In respiratory passages, male uro-genital tracts, female excretory ducts
- Membrane specializations
Pseudostratified epithelium
- loose collagenous
- fibroblast , mast cells , macrophages
Papillary layer
- dense irregular c.t.
- blood and lymph vessels
- skin appendages
Reticular layer
Basal - cuboidal Intermediate - polygonal Surface – rounded / flat 1. large, pale, scalloped 2 . thickened 3. ½ nuclei, large, round, prominent nucleoli
Transitional Epithelium
Specialized to synthesize and secrete a specific product (Proteins, Lipids, CHO+CHON)
Glandular Epithelium
Glandular Epithelium: Number of cells
- Unicellular gland - Goblet cells- mucigen
2. Multicellular gland
Glandular Epithelium: Manner of secretion
- Endocrine – without ducts into blood / lymph
- Exocrine – with ducts
- Paracrine – paraneurons , into the ECS
Glandular Epithelium: Mechanism for release or fate of cell after secretion
- Merocrine – intact cell (Eccrine gland)
- Apocrine – loss of part of the cell
- Holocrine – total loss of the cell
Glandular Epithelium: Nature or Characteristic or Type of secretion
- Serous gland
- Mucous gland
- Mixed gland
- Cytogenic gland
Glandular Epithelium: Morphology or Structure:
- Simple
a. simple tubular
b. simple coiled tubular
c. simple branched tubular
d. simple acinar ( alveolar )
e. simple branched alveolar - Compound
a. compound tubular
b. compound tubulo-alveolar
c. compound alveolar
4 Fundamental Tissues
- Epithelial
- Connective
- Muscular
- Nervous
Functions of Connective Tissues
- Bind together, Support & Strengthen organs and soft tissues of the body
- Protect and insulate internal organs
- Repair of the body
- Transport system, Hematopoiesis (blood)
- Fat storage (adipose)
- Immune response (white blood cells)
- Protection against bacterial infection
Two Main Components of Connective Tissue
- Extra cellular matrix - Consist of protein fiber and ground substance
- Resident Cells -Fibroblast, Mesenchymal cells, Macrophage, Fat cells
- Cells not usually touching each other
- Lots of extracellular matrix
- Well vascularized
are relatively few and widely separated.
The intercellular substance is abundant, containing
- a portion of tissue fluids
- extracellular matrix ( protein fibers and ground substance)
Connective Tissue
Immature cells called
“-blasts”
Mature cells called
“-cytes”
Loose & dense CT
fibroblasts, fibrocytes
Cartilage
chondroblasts, chondrocytes
Bone
osteoblast, osteocytes
The character of \_\_\_\_\_ is determined from region to region by the abundance and proportion of Fluid Fibers Ground matrix molecule Mineral aggregates
Connective Tissue extracellular matrix
The embryonic origin of Connective Tissue develops from an embryonic tissue, the _____, which is characterized by branched cells embedded in an abundant amorphous intercellular substance.
mesenchyme
Embryonic Origin of Connective Tissue derived from the ___
Mesoderm
Connective Tissue can be categorized as:
- Fixed cells = more or less permanent resident population
e. g. Fibroblasts, mesenchymal cells, reticular cells, fat cells - Wandering = transient emigrants from the blood stream
e. g. WBC, mast cells, plasma cells
- Principal cells of connective tissue
- Responsible for the synthesis of fibers and ground matrix (glycosaminoglycans)
- Derived from mesenchymal cells
Fibroblast
- Contain abundant and irregularly branched cytoplasm
- The cytoplasm is basophilic due to the RER and Golgi complex
- Its nucleus is ovoid, large and pale staining, with fine chromatin and a prominent nucleolus
Young Fibroblast
- Mature fibroblast (quiescent)
- Tends to be spindle-shaped and has processes
- Its nucleus is darker and elongated
- Its cytoplasm is acidophilic
- Mature fibroblast can be stellate shaped with multiple processes
Fibrocyte
- Also known as multipotential or pluripotential cells because of their ability to become transformed into other types of cells
- Similar but smaller than fibroblasts
- Flattened or stellate shaped
Mesenchymal Cells
- Also known as histiocytes
- Monocular cells of varying appearance, with the ability to take particulate materials with their cytoplasm and degrade the ingested substance with hydrolytic enzymes by phagocytosis
Macrophages
- Derived mainly from precursor cells from the bone marrow that divide, producing monocytes
- These cells circulate in the blood and then migrate to the connective tissue
Macrophages
Tissue macrophages can proliferate locally, which are present in practically all organs, constituting a diffuse system called
“Mononuclear – phagocytic system”
Precursor of Macrophages
Monocyte
Production of Cytokines, chemotactic factors, several molecules that participate in Inflammation (defense), antigen processing and presentation
Macrophage
Antigen processing and presentation in the epidermis of the skin
Langerhans Cell
Localized digestion of Bone matrix
Osteoclast (from fusion of several macrophages)
Antigen processing and presentation in the lymph nodes and spleen
Dendritic Cell
Production of Cytokines, chemotactic factors, several molecules that participate in Inflammation (defense), antigen processing and presentation in the Liver (perisinusoidal)
Kuppfer Cell
Production of Cytokines, chemotactic factors, several molecules that participate in Inflammation (defense), antigen processing and presentation in the CNS
Microglial Cell
Segregation and digestion of foreign bodies in connective tissue under various pathological conditions
Multinuclear Giant Cell (several fused Macrophages)
- Also known as adipocytes
- Connective tissue cells that have become specialized for storage of neutral fats or heat production
- Found singly or in groups, widely distributed in loose connective tissue
Fat Cells
- Accumulate lipid globules to such an extent that the nucleus is flattened and displaced to one side with a rim of cytoplasm around, giving a “signet” ring appearance
- Large, oval or spherical shaped cells whose cytoplasm is displaced to the peripheral region of the cell by the presence of a single large fat droplet
Fat Cell
- Few or rare in connective tissue in most areas of the body
- Numerous in sites subject to penetration of bacteria and foreign proteins and in areas where there is chronic inflammation
Plasma Cells
Some of plasma cells contain unusually large masses of electron dense materials and these are called ____ which probably represent the abberent state of the cells or represent degenerative changes in the cells
“Russell bodies”
Responsible for the synthesis of the antibodies found in the blood stream
Plasma Cells
Precursor of the plasma cell is the
B-lymphocyte
- Characterized as a large ovoid cell whose cytoplasm is filled with abundant intensely basophilic staining granules
- The nucleus is spherical and centrally located; obscured by the cytoplasmic granules (basophilic secretory)
Mast Cell
are actively involved in anaphylactic reactions
Mast Cells
Mast cell’s granules contain:
Heparin = anticoagulant Histamine = increases vascular permeability Serotonin = produces vasoconstriction and contraction of the smooth muscle
- Enter connective tissue from blood vessels as the “first wave” in acute inflammatory responses
- Small cells with multi-lobed, heterochromatic nuclei (aka “polymorphonuclear neutrophils”, “PMNs”, “polys”)
Neutrophils
Primary function: anti-bacterial (are phagocytic like macrophages, but SHORT-lived and NOT antigen presenting)
Neutrophils
Extracellular fibers and Ground substance
Fibroblast (fibrocytes)
Antibodies
Plasma Cells
Various immune/defense functions
Lymphocytes
Modulate allergic/vasoactive reactions and defense against parasites
Eosinophilic Leukocytes
Phagocytosis of Bacteria
Neutrophilic Leukocytes
Phagocytosis of ECM components and debris; antigen processing and presentation to immune cells;secretion of growth factors,cytokinines and other agents
Macrophages
Pharmacologically active molecules(eg. Histamine)
Mast Cells and Basophilic Leukocytes
Storage of Neutral fats
Adipocytes
Connective Tissue Fibers
Collagen fibers
Elastic fibers
Reticular fibers
- Most numerous fibers in connective tissue
- Fresh collagen fibers are colorless, but when present in great number, they cause the tissue in which they lie to be “white”, (e.g. tendons and aponeurosis)
Collagen Fibers
- They are about 0.5 to 2 um in diameter and of indefinite length
- They run in all directions and if not under tension, they tend to have a slightly wavy course
- Due to the oriented disposition of the elongated tropocollagen fibers, these structures are birefringent
Collagen Fibers
- are elastic and because of their molecular configuration, have greater strength
When___ is denatured by boiling, it yields the familiar substance, gelatin
Collagen Fibers
- Seen in the light microscope, collagen fibers are acidophilic
- They stain pink with eosin
- is the most abundant protein of the human body presenting 30% of its dry weight
Collagen Fibers
Collagen Types
- Fibril-Forming Collagens
- Sheet-Forming Collagens
- Linking/Anchoring Collagens
- Fibril-forming Collagen that is for Resistance to TENSION
- found in Skin(dermis), Tendon, Bone, Dentine, fascia, sclera, organ capsule, fibrous cartilage
Type I