Tissues Flashcards
The study of tissues
Histology
Main types of tissues
Epithelial, connective, muscle, neural
Layer of filament and fibers
Basement membrane
Short processes extending from the surface of cells
Cilia
Threadlike appendages of certain cells
Flagella
Tissue appears to be muiltilayered but is really only one
Pseudostratefied
Single layer cells
Simple
Two or more layers
Stratified
Covers all surfaces of the body
Epithelial tissue
Two main categories of epithelial tissue
Simple and stratified
Epithelial tissues
Squamous, cuboidal, columnar, transitional, and goblet
Serves to bind or support the organs and is most wildly distributed
Connective tissue
Connective tissues
Loose connective Adipose Dense connective Elastic connective Blood Cartilage Bone
Characterized by irritability, excitability, elasticity, and contractility
Muscle tissue
Muscle types
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Transverse bands
Striation
Cell junctions between heart muscle cells that facilitate passing an impulse from heart cell to the other
Intercalated disc
Serves to coordinate systems in te body
Nervous tissue
Neural tissue
Neuron (nerve cell)
Neuroglia (supporting cell)
Types of neurons
Sensory
Motor
Interneurons
