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Tissue

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A collection of similarly constructed cells which work together to perform a specific function

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4 categories of tissues found in vertebrates

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  1. Epithelial Tissues
  2. Connective Tissue
  3. Muscle Tissue
  4. Nervous Tissue
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  1. Epithelial Tissues
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  • cover body surfaces and like body cavities
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Functions of Epithelial Tissues

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  • absorption
  • secretion
  • protection from underlying tissues
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Epithelial Tissue form

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  • Separated from underlying connective tissue by a basement membrane
  • may be classified by cell shape and the number of cell layers
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Simple Epithelial Tissues

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Consists of a single layer of cells in which all of the cells are in contact with the basement membrane

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Stratified Epithelial Tissues

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  • Composed of two or more cell layers
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Basic cell shapes found in Epithelial Tissues are:

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  1. Squamous
  2. Cuboidal
  3. Columnar
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Squamous cells (in Epithelial Tissues)

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Extremely flat cells when viewed from the side, and resembles a fried egg when viewed from above

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Cuboidal Cells (in Epithelial Tissues)

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Are as tall as they are wide with nuclei in the center of the cells

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Columnar Cells (in Epithelial Tissues)

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Are taller than they are wide with nuclei lying in the lower third of the cells

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Connective Tissues

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  • Serve to bind structures together
  • Lend support to the body
  • Transport materials
  • provide protection
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Connective Tissue Examples

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  • Cartilage
  • Bone
  • Adipose Tissues
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Muscle Tissue is specialized for:

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• Contraction

- contraction is dependent on the interaction of the contractile proteins actin and myosin

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3 types of vertebrate muscle tissue

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  1. Skeletal
  2. Cardiac
  3. Smooth
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Neuron

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• The functional and structure unit of the nervous system

- the ONLY cells associated with the nervous system capable of generating and propagating nerve impulses

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Neurons are composed of 3 regions:

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  1. Cell Body
  2. Dendrites
  3. Axon
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  1. Cell Body (Soma) (In Neuron)
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• Region where most of the cytoplasm and nucleus are located

  • The nucleolus as visible in the nucleus
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  1. Dendrites (In Neuron)
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• Extensions of the cell body and function to transport impulses toward the cell body
- Tend to be short and multiple

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Axons (In Neuron)

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• Extensions of the cell body which conduct impulses away from the cell body
- Usually long and singular

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Nissle Bodies

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  • Stain intensely and represent the regions where tough endoplasmic reticulum is located
  • only found in the cells body and dendrites of neurons
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Glial Cells

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  • supportive cells
  • out number neurons
 function to: 
• manage the microenvironment of nervous tissue
• form scar tissue
• act as phagocytes
• form myelin
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Bowman’s Capsules

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  • Regions of nephrons

- located in the cortex (outer zone) of the kidney and appear as ball shaped structures

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Nephrons

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Microscopic structures that form urine from the blood

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Proximal / Distal Tubules

(regions of Nephrons)

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Lined by simple cuboidal epithelium

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Villus

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  • finger like projections of the surface

- each villus is lined by simple columnar epithelium

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Goblet Cells

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• secrete mucous

  • single cell glands
  • scattered throughout the tissue
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Trachea

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• lined by pseudostratified epithelium (type of simple epithelium)

  • “pseudostratified” because it appears to be composed of multiple cell layers
  • however, each cell is actually in contact with the basement membrane.
  • the cells are of varying heights and so the location of the cell nuclei impart a stratified appearance
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Epidermis

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  • outer layer of skin

- compose of stratified squamous epithelium

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Loose (Areolar) Connective Tissue

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  • composed of cells and fibers embedded in an extra cellular matrix
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The most common cell type of

Loose (Areolar) Connective Tissue

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Fibroblast

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Fibroblast

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Secretes the connective tissue fibers:

  • collagen (great tensile strength)
  • elastic (elastic)
  • reticular (a type of collagen)
  • oriented in different planes
  • this tissue is characterized by cells and fibers loosely arranged in the matrix
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Dense Connective Tissue

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  • contains thick bundles of collagen fibers oriented in different planes (dense irregular connective tissue) or in parallel bundles (dense regular connective tissue)
  • the densely packed collagen bundles impart great tensile strength to the tissue
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Tendons

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• Composed of dense regular collagenous connective tissue

- fibroblasts are located between the densely packed collagen fiber bundles

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Adipose Tissue (fat)

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  • Composed of aggregates of adipocytes • functions in the storage of:
    • triglycerides
    • insulates / protects organs
    • contributes to the contour of body
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White Fat (unilocular adipose tissue)

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  • adipocytes store fat in a single large droplet and the nucleus is pushed out toward the periphery of the cell
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Blood

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  • fluid connective tissue
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Functions of blood

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transport of

  • gases
  • nutrients
  • hormones
  • metabolic waste
  • protection from disease causing agents
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Plasma

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Fluid matrix in which erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets are suspended

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Erythrocytes

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Transport oxygen gas in the blood

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Leukocytes

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Provide protection from pathogenic microorganisms

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Platelets

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Fragments of large bone marrow stem cells, function in hemostasis (blood clotting)

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Hyaline Cartilage

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  • may be found capping the articulation surfaces of long bones
    • functions as a great shock absorber
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Tracheal cartilages / some Larynx cartilages

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Also composed of hyaline cartilage

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Matrix

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  • Secreted by chondrocytes which are located in spaces called LACUNAE
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Bone

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  • calcified connective tissue

- hardness and rigidity of the tissue is imparted by the deposited minerals, primarily calcium and phosphorus salts

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Compact bone

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Organized into units called osteons

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Osteon

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  • In an osteon, bone matrix is deposited in concentric lamellae (rings) of osteoblasts (bone forming cells)
  • eventually osteoblasts become trapped in the matrix that they are secreting
  • at this point the cells are referred to as osteocytes
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Osteocytes

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  • located in spaces between the lamellar called the lacunae
  • collagen fibers are adjacent lamellae are oriented in different planes which greatly increases the strength of the tissue
  • in the center of the lamellae is an osteon if canal through which blood vessels, nerves, and lymphatic vessels pass
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Canaliculi

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When nutrients, gases, and waste products move from the osteonic canal to the osteocytes via microscopic channels (called canaliculi)

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Skeletal muscle

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  • contraction of skeletal muscle allows for the movement of the bones of the skelton
  • skeletal muscle is classified as Voluntary because it’s contraction is consciously controlled
  • the skeletal muscle fibers (cells) are long and unbranched
  • different muscle fibers also contain multiple nuclei
  • the nuclei are pushed out toward the periphery of the cell due to the large number of myofibrils it contains
  • skeletal muscle fibers are striated, meaning alternating light and dark bands are visible in viewing the cells with a microscope
  • the pattern is due to the arrangement of the actin and myosin filaments within the muscle fiber
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Cardiac Muscle

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  • located in the myocardium of the heart
  • Involuntary (because the contraction is not under our conscious control
  • striated
  • branch and have 1 to 2 centrally located nuclei
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Intercalated Disks

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• specialized junctional complexes that are found between adjacent cardiac muscle fibers
- contain numerous gap junctions and tight junctions

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Smooth Muscle

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  • located in the walls of glands and organs
  • involuntary
  • lack striations
  • have a single centrally located nucleus
  • muscle fibers are spindle shaped, and have a smooth, homogeneous appearance
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Subphylum Vertebrata

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  • Most advanced chordates
  • 50,000 species of vertebrates
  • characterized by the presence of a vertebral column partially or wholly replacing the notochord in adults which supports / protects the dorsal hollow nerve cord
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Class Myxini

Fish

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  • 43 species of hagfish
  • jawless
  • lack eyes
  • without vertebrae
  • persistent notochord in adult
  • cartilaginous skull
  • closely related to other jawless fish
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Class Cephalospidomorphi 
(Fish)
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  • 41 species of lampreys
  • jawless
  • notochord into adult
  • cartilaginous vertebral column
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Class Chondrichthyes

Fish

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  • 850 species (sharks, skates, rays)
  • jaws
  • cartilaginous skeleton
  • notochord into adulthood
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Class Osteichthyes

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  • bony fishes
  • 27,000 species
  • highest number of species in phylum Chordata
  • jaws
  • bony skeleton
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Class Amphibia

Terrestrial Tetrapods

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  • earliest group of Terrestrial Tetrapods vertebrates
  • 6,000 species
  • frogs, toads, salamanders, caecilians
  • exothermic
  • 3 chambered heart
  • moist skin
  • numerous glands
  • respire by skin, gills, and lungs
  • fertilization is external in most amphibians requires the return to water for reproductive purposes
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Class Reptilia

Terrestrial Tetrapods

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  • 7,000 species
  • crocodilians, turtles, lizards, & snakes
  • exothermic
  • 3 chambered heart (except crocodile)
  • skin is covered by scales
  • the shelled amniotic egg of reptiles requires internal fertilization and removed the necessity to return back to water for reproductive purposes
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Class Aves

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  • 10,000 species
  • birds
  • endothermic
  • 4 chambered heart
  • most are capable of flight
  • modifications for flight include:
    • lightweight
    • hollow bones
    • feathers
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Class Mammalia

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  • most advanced group of terrestrial tetrapods
  • 5,000 species
  • endothermic
  • hair
  • respire by lungs
  • females possess mammary glands
  • all but three species give birth to live young (viviparous)