Tissue Flashcards
Tissue
A collection of similar cells grouped together to perform a common function
Connective tissue
Cells are further apart
Supports and connects the body’s tissues and organs.
*Most abundant and diverse tissue in body
Includes connective tissue propper (adipose tissue,ligaments, tendons, cartilage, Osseo tissue (bone) and hemoietid tissue (blood)
Epithelial tissue
Cells are packed densely together
Cells are arranged in layers
Covers Protects, absorbs and secretes
Found: in skin, lines tubes and organs of body
Flat(squamous)
Square( cuboidal)
Columnar
Single layer (simple) Multilayer (stratified)
Muscle tissue
Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth
Muscle generates heat and is special for voluntary or involuntary movement (contraction)
Skeletal muscle tissue
Moves the skeleton
Cardiac muscle tissue
Found in the heart. Inventory movement
Smooth/Visceral muscle tissue
Found in organs and vessels that move food and bodily fluids
Nervous tissue
Found in the brain, spinal cord and nerves and is responsible for transduction and transmission of information to, from and without the central nervous system
Vascular
Having blood supply within it
3 main components of connective tissue
Protein fibers that provide the structure of the tissue,
cells that live and function among the fibers and
The ground substance where cells and fibers exist.
Extracellular matrix
The fibers and ground substance of the tissue that supports, protects and connects the living cells.
The specific nature of the matrix and the kinds of ces in it determine the specific classification of connective tissue
Protein fibers
Make up the structural framework of connective tissue.
Collagen
Reticulin
Elastin
Collagen
The most abundant protein fiber in the body (CT is the most abundant tissue in body)
Thick, white, cable-like protein fiber high in tensile strength
Reticulin
Thin, threadlike and arranged in a delicate web-like pattern resembling the veins of a leaf.
Forms the scaffolding for cells of liver, spleen etc
Elastin
Thin, yellowish fiber whose most notable characteristic is elasticity
Useful in tissues that must be able to expand and contract (ex- lung tissue, different than muscles)
Ground substance
The non-living substance within which the protein fibers and cells of connective tissue exist
Ex- hyaluronic acid
Transitional epithelium
Stratified epithelial constructed of cells that appear to change shape as the tissue is stretched
Ex- urinary bladder
Thixotropy
A property of hyaluronic acid referring to its ability to become more fluid with stimulation.
Stratified epithelium
Epithelium constructed of multiple layers of cells adapted for protection
Ex- Epithelium of the skin
Simple epithelium
Epithelium constructed of a single layer of cells adapted for filtration or absorption.
Serous membrane
Epithelial membrane that lines organs and cavities exposed to the intern environment
Ex- blood vessels
Pseudostratified epithelium
Simple epithelium that appears to be more than one layer due to a difference in cell size and location of nuclei: may possess cilia or microvilli
Osteoblasts
Cells that live in and create the extracellular matrix of bone
Nervous tissue
Tissue specialed for transduction and transmission of information to, from and within the central nervous system; found in the brain, spinal cord and nerves
Nonconductile (glial cells) supports, protects and insulates
Conductive (neurons) conduct electric impulses
Muscle tissue
Tissue that is specialized for contraction: includes skeletal, cardiac and smooth/visceral muscle
Striped (striated)
Smooth (nonstriated)
Mucous membrane
Epithelial membrane that lines the organs exposed to the external environment
Ex- the digestive tract
Macrophages
White blood cells that patrol connective tissue, engulfing bacteria and other foreign. Pathogens and disposing of damaged tissue in the case of injury
Loose connective tissue proper
CT proper composed of a spacious arrangement of cells and protein fibers; the areolar, adipose and reticular
Hyaluronic acid
The thixotropic ground substance of connective tissue proper
Hyaline cartilage
Articular cartilage. Most common type of cartilage. Provides support