Shelf Review Flashcards
Which stain: nuclei, ribosomes blue, mitochondria red
H&E
Which stain: collagen -blue
Trichrome
Which stain: glycoproteins magenta
PAS
Which stain: blood
Wright’s Stain
Which stain: stains elastic fibers
Elastic stain
Which stain: stains antibodies to specific molecules
Immunohistochemistry
Where is energy produced?
mitochondria
Where are proteins produced?
Rough ER
Where are lipids produced?
Smooth ER
Where do packaging and transport of proteins occur?
gogli apparatus
Where is rRNA?
nucleolus
Where is Desmin found?
muscle
Where are tonofilaments or cytokeratins found?
epithelium
Where is vimentin found?
mesnchymal cells
Where are neurofilaments found?
neurons
Where are glial filaments found?
glial cells
What do tight/occluding junctions do?
prevent passage
What is this? What happens here?
mitochondria; energy storage
What is this? What happens here?
rER; protein formation
What is this? What happens here?
lipid synthesis
What is this? What happens here?
Golgi apparatus; packaging and transport of proteins
What is the dark circle? What is found here?
Nucleolus; rRNA
Know each zone in this picture!
What do gap/communicating jxns do?
permit transfer of molecules
spot weld, plaque, insertion of filaments
Desmosomes
anchor to basement membrane via integrins
Hemidesmosomes-
What type of cell are mast cells unique to?
basophils
What type of cell is this?
- Respond to IgE
- Trigger inflammatory responses
- Increases capillary permeability
- Causes swelling
- Facilitates migration of immune cells into the area
Mast cell
Know this picture!
Sarcomere- Z discs to Z disc is one
I band appears to shrink – light - actin only
A (actin and myosin) stays same and H band smaller
M line holds myosine fibers together
Basophilic staining regions around the cell body composed of RER
Nissl bodies
What 4 types of glial cells compose the CNS?
- Astrocytes
- Oligodendrocytes
- Microglia
- Ependymal cells
What 2 types of cells compose the PNS?
- Schwann cells
- Satellite cells
What do Astrocytes do?
Regulate the environment
What do Oligodendrocytes do?
Provide myelination
What do Microglia do?
immune cells
What do Ependymal cells do?
line ventricular system
What do Schwann cells do?
provide myelination
What do Satellite cells do?
regulate the enviornment
What is the purpose of the blood-brain barrier?
It is essential for protecting the brain from the effects of circulating neurotransmitters
What type of molecules cross the blood-brain barrier easily? What is an example of them?
•Hydrophobic molecules cross more easily –E.g. steroid hormones
What are the components of the blood-brain barrier?
–Tight junctions between endothelial cells
–Basement membrane
–Astroglial foot processes
What hormone initiaties secretion of milk in the mammary gland?
prolactin
What hormome ejects milk from the mammary gland?
oxytocin
What role does igA play between a mother and infant
it confers passive immunity to the infant
where is igA produced?
plasma cells
Where is lactose produced and released?
produced in the Golgi and released into the alveolar lumen
Which class of antibody is carried in the blood?
igG
Which class of antibodies is in secretions?
IgA
Which class of antibodies does not cross the placenta?
igM
What class if antibodies triggers mast cell degranulation, inflammation
IgE
What class of antibodies are surface receptor on immature B cells, indicates specificity?
IgD
Where are self-reactive T cells eliminated?
The thymus
CD8+ binds to what?
CD4+ binds to what?
CD8+ binds to MHC1 (cytotoxic)
CD4+ binds to MHC2 (helper)
What type of fibers does the thymus not have?
reticular fibers - epithelial cells
What three parts make up the thymus?
Capsule -
•Encapsulated organ in the mediastinum subdivided by connective tissue septa into lobes
Cortex -
•Lobes have cortex, where basophilic lymphocytes are dense and medulla with fewer lymphocytes
Medulla -
•Medulla characterized by the scattered presence of distinct thymic (Hassel’s)corpuscles
What type of epithelium makes up the respiratory epithelium?
Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
What types of cells are found in respiratory epithelium?
ciliated columnar cells
goblet cells
stem cells
What does the respiratory epithelium rest on?
basement membrane
What type of epithelium is this?
Respiratory epithelium
- it is pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium
What type od respiratory epithelial cell is this?
- Regulate bronchial secretion, SM contraction, ciliary activity, chemoreception
- More common in fetal lung, decrease in # at birth
Small granule cell/neuroendocrine
What type of respiratory epithelial cell is this?
•Most numerous cells in conductive respiratory epithelium
Ciliated cell
What type of respiratory epithelial cell is this?
prodouces mucous
goblet cells
What type of respiratory epithelial cell is this?
•Mitotic stem cells for other types •Most frequent in large passages •90% of lung cancers involve this cell
basal cells
What do Clara cells do? Where are they found?
–Produce surfactant
–Produce enzymes that break down mucus
–Detoxify the air
–Secrete IgA and lysozyme
–Regulate inflammatory responses
found in terminal bronchioles
What do Type 1 alveolar cells do?
They allow gas exchange
What do type 2 alveolar cells do?
they produce surfactant to decrease surface tension