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Tissues Flashcards

1
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What is a tissue

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Groups or layers of similar specialised cells with common function

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What are organs

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2 or more tissues combined

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What do organs consist of

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a. Parenchyma: the functional element

b. Stroma: supportive framework

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Epithelial tissue definition

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Forms outer layer of a body, lines alimentary canal and other hollow structures and makes up glands

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Epithelial tissue functions

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Secretion, barrier, absorption, protection, transcellular transport, sensing

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Epithelial tissue characteristics

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Have polarity: portion of the cell exposed to the lumen
One or many sheets
Highlight cellular
Cell to cell contacts
Avascular
Nerve supply
Cells resting on basement membrane
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Basement membrane

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Made of collagen fibres and glycoproteins
Sits on a bed of loose connective tissue
Anchors epithelium to loose connective tissue
Forms organised scaffold to provide structural support

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Fast absorption
Diffusion
Make thin membranes

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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Absorb nutrients
Produce secretions
Nucleus very circular and central

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Simple columnar epithelium

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Absorb nutrients
Produce secretions
Nuclei elliptical

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Simple epithelium

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Simple = one layer thick

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Stratified epithelium

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Stratified = many stacked layers

Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium

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Special features of epithelial tissue

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Keratin:
Fibrous structural protein that protects epithelial cells from damage or stress
Extremely insoluble in water and organic solvents
Key structural material making up the outer layer of human skin

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Keratin function

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Adheres cells to each other

Forms a protective layer on the outside of the skin

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Psuedostratified epithelium

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Looks like several layers, but is one

Cells connect to the basement membrane

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Muscle tissue types and general function

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Smooth, skeletal, cardiac

Can contract, highly cellular, highly vascular, contains myofilaments

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Skeletal muscle

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Striations, nuclei near cell membrane, multiple nuclei per cell, voluntary contraction

18
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Cardiac muscle

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striations, intercalated discs, branched, involuntary contraction, uninucleated

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Smooth muscle types

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Often presents in two different planes

  1. inner layer of smooth muscle= circular in tranverse section
  2. outer layer of smooth muscle tissue = longitudinal cut
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Smooth muscle function

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Fusiform, nucleus central, involuntary contraction, lack striations

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Connective tissue characteristics

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Very variable type of tissue
Can be vascular or not
Extracellular matrix between cells

22
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Extracellular matrix

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Fibres embedded in ground substance
Ground substance mainly tissue fluid
Scaffold between cells
Biochemical support to the surrounding cells

23
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Cell proliferation and differentiation: the two main stages

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Immature: blast, undifferentiated, actively mitotic divisions, secretes fibres and ground substance
Mature cell type: cyst, mainly differentiated, less cell divisions

24
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Chondroblast

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secrete extracellular matrix in cartilage, differentiate into chondrocytes

25
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Chondrocytes

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Function mainly in diffusion of nutrients and other substances and in repair of matrix

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Connective tissue functions

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Support
Protection
Insulation
Transport
Storage
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Connective tissue proper

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Loose: areolar, adipose, reticular
Dense: regular, irregular

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Cartilage

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Type of connective
Hyaline
Elastic
Fibrocartilage

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Bone

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Type of connective
Spongy
Compact

30
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Nervous tissue characteristics

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Found in the nervous system:
CNS - brain and spinal cord
PNS = ganglia 
Important for communication and control
Highly cellular
31
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Neurons

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Excitable cells that transmit electrical signals

32
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Glial cells

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Supporting cells:
Oligodendrocyte
Astrocyte

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