Tissues Flashcards
How is a tissue formed?
A collection of cells containing a predominant cell type that work together and perform the same function form a tissue.
Name the four primary tissues.
Epitherial, connective, muscle and nerve tissue.
Describe the structure of epitherial tissue.
Cell rich.
Cells bound tightl together.
List some of the functions of epitherial tissues.
Protection
Absorbtion
Diffusion
Forms glands
Describe the structure of connetive tissue.
Few cells.
Far apart from each other.
Spaces filled w fibres + ground substance + fluid = ?
Extracellular matrix
Function of connective tissue
Connects and supports
Describe the structure of muscle cells.
Elongated thin cells.
Cytoplasm packedw contracile apparatus.
Function of muscle tissue.
Shortens lengths by closing down spaces.
Name the three type of muscle lol for the fun of it
Smooth, skeletal, cardiac.
Describe the structure of nervous tissue
Angular shaped neurons w prominent nucloli and commuinication processes.
Surrounding small support cells (satellites).
Function of nerve tissue
Receives, generates and transmits electrical signals.
Integrates info.
Name the types of epithelium tissues in which their classification depends on shape of surface layer of the cell.
Squamous, cuboidal, columnar.
Name the types of epithelium tissues in which their classification depends on the number of layers.
Simple, stratified.
Name the types of epithelium tissues in which their classification depends on the cell surface specialisation.
Cilia, villi, microvilli, keratin.
What s the function of simple epithelium tissue?
Forms the lining of the body cavities, blood and lymph vessels, ducts, heart and lungs.
Simple epithelium has thin layers. Why is this beneficial?
Faster absorbtion, secretion and filtration.
What is the function of stratified epithelium?
Protective. Withstands abrasion.
What is the structure and function of junctional complexes?
Junctions between epitherial cells and helps to keep them close together. They stop molecules and fluid from getting in between the cells.
Involved in cell signalling.