Tissue characteristic Flashcards
What are the 2 characteristics of the simple squamous?
- single layer of flat cells
- centrally located nucleus
What are the 2 characteristics of the simple cuboidal?
- single layer of cubed cells
- centrally located nucleus
What are the 3 characteristics of the simple columnar?
- single layer of columnar shaped cells
- basally located nucleus
- ciliated or non-ciliated
What is the characteristic of the stratified cuboidal?
two or more layers of cubed shaped cells
What are the 2 characteristics of the stratified columnar?
- several layers of cells
- only the apical looks columnar shaped
What are the 3 characteristics of the ciliated pseudostratified columnar?
- only 1 layer thick
- nuclei of the cells lie at different levels
- ciliated
What are the 2 characteristics of the transitional tissue?
- layers of cuboidal to squamous cells
- dome shaped may be binucleated
What are the 3 characteristics of the areolar tissue?
- 3 fibers
- several kind cells
- predominant tissue in body
What are the 2 characteristics of adipose tissue?
- Adipocytes store lipids
- cytoplasm/nucleus pushed to periphery by lipid droplets
What is the characteristic of the reticular tissue?
reticular fibers and cells
What is the characteristic of dense regular tissue?
collagen fibers with fibroblasts
What are the 2 characteristics of dense irregular tissue?
- packed
- collagen fibers
What is the characteristic of the elastic tissue?
elastic fibers with fibroblasts
What are the 2 characteristics of the hyaline cartilage?
- chrondocytes in lacuna
- “glassy” look
What are the 3 characteristics of the elastic cartilage?
- chondrocytes in lacuna
- elastic fibers
- appears “dirty”