The tissue level of organization

Question 1

What is a tissue?

Question 2

What is histology?

Question 3

What is a pathologist?

Question 4

List the 4 basic types of tissue

Question 5

Describe epithelial tissue

Question 6

Describe connective tissue

Question 7

Describe muscular tissue

Question 8

Describe nervous tissue

Question 9

What is a biopsy

Question 10

What are cell junctions?

Question 11

List the 5 most important parts of cell junctions:

Question 12

What are tight junctions?

Question 13

What are Adherens junctions?

Question 14

What are cadherins?

Question 15

What are adhesion belts?

Question 16

What are Desmosomes?

Question 17

What are hemidesmosomes?

Question 18

What are integrins?

Question 19

What are gap junctions?

Question 20

State the main differences between epithelial and connective tissue

Question 21

Describe the structure and function of epithelial tissue.

Question 22

What two general patterns is epithelial tissue arranged in?

Question 23

What are the various surfaces covering and lining epithelial cells?

Question 24

Describe the structure and function of the apical surface.

Question 25

Describe the structure and function of the lateral surfaces

Question 26

Describe the structure and function of the basal surface

Question 27

What is the basement membrane?

Question 28

Describe the two layers of the basement membrane

Question 29

What is avascular and how is the epithelial tissue related to it.

Question 30

Describe the many different roles of epithelial tissue in the body

Question 31

What are the two types of epithelial tissue?

Question 32

Describe surface epithelium

Question 33

Describe glandular epithelium

Question 34

How are the types of covering and lining epithelial tissues classified?

Question 35

What are the three arrangements of cells in laye?

Question 36

What are the cell shapes of epithelal tissues