Terms Unit 1-4 Flashcards
4 Basic Tissue Types
Epithelium
Connective Tissue
Nervous Tissue
Muscle
Tissue (def)
Collection of cells & intercellular substances organized to perform particular function
Dog (scientific name)
Canis familiaris
Cat (scientific name)
Felis catus
Pig (scientific name)
Sus scrofa domestica
Sheep (scientific name)
Ovis aries
Goat (scientific name)
Capra hircus
Horse (scientific name)
Equus caballus
Ox (scientific name)
Bos taurus
Chicken (scientific name)
Gallus gallus
How does nucleus stain and why?
Darker since more acidic
“basophilic”
Chromatin (types & structure)
Heterochromatin: condensed, inactive
Euchromatin: dispersed, active
Nucleolus function & structure
F: making ribosomal RNAs
S: nuclear organized=lighter stain, central
Cell membrane (plasmalemma) function & structure
Function: selective barrier, selective transport, sensor
Structure: lipids- barrier to water, messengers
proteins- enzymes, channel proteins, receptors
carbohydrate- glycocalyx
Endocytosis Types
Pinocytosis: non-selective, takes in volume from outside (“cell drinking”)
Receptor-mediated: selective, binding to receptors=transport
Phagocytosis: membrane surrounds & enclosed in cyto
Exocytosis
secretion
Autophagy
cell rids of own debris/components
“recycling”
Rough ER
Function: synthesize proteins via ribosomes
Abundant in secretory cells
Smooth ER
proteins transported here, detoxification, metabolism
Ca2+
Lysosomes (primary & secondary)
Function: cellular digestion
Primary: before fusion of material
Secondary: digestive material present/fused
Mitochondria
Function: make ATP (oxidation cycles)
Structure: inner/outer membrane, matrix (citric acid & fatty acid oxid), cristae (folds)
3 Types of Cytoskeleton Filaments
Microfilaments
Microtubules
Intermediate filaments
Microfilaments
Actin
Function for endo/exocytosis, microvilli movement, cell migration, structural framework
Microtubules
Tubulin protein subunits
Function: cell shape, intracell support, motility (cilia, flagella), organizing centers (basal bodies, centrioles), bending (axoneme)
Intermediate filaments
Function: mechanical strength, nuclear structure
specific to cell-type
Mark for tumor if metastasizes
(example- lamins)
Cytoplasmic Inclusions
less active than organelles
Lipid droplets
Carbohydrate accumulations
Melanin
Residual bodies
Lipid droplets
Material deposits for later use (inactive)
throughout cyto
Used for synthesis of steroid hormones
Many in SER!
Carbohydrate accumulations
Glycogen release energy during exercise
Melanin
Pigment that partly shades nuclei
Residual bodies
cells active at breaking down accumulated materials
Create lipfusin granules
Golgi complex (+ how it stains)
Package/send proteins
Lighter/less stained because more active in cell
Which cell structures are basophilic?
Nucleus
Neuron
Epithelium Function
Protection
Absorption
Secretory
Epithelium structure
tightly fit, sealed apical ends, little intercell space, avascular, free surface, attached to BM
Epithelium derivation & location
Ectoderm –> skin, nervous tissue
Endoderm –> GI, respiratory
Mesoderm –> circulatory, muscle