tissues Flashcards
histology
study of tissues
4 types of tissues
- epithelial
- connective
- muscular
- nervous
4 places epithelial tissue is located
- on the surface of organs
- lining organ cavities
- lining body cavities
- deep w/in glands
4 facts about epithelial tissue
- avascular (it doesn’t have blood vessels)
- innervated (wired to nerves/contains sensory receptors)
- it has the potential to regenerate
- its classified based on the number of cell layers and cell shape
4 types of epithelial tissue layers
- simple epithelium
- stratified epithelium
- pseudostratified epithelium
- transitional
simple epithelium
a single layer of cells where the nuclei of each cell line up w/ each other
stratified epithelium
multiple layers of cells
pseudostratified epithelium
a single layer of cells where the nuclei of each cell do not line up w/ each other giving it the appearance of being stratified
describe transitional epithelium and where is it found
stratified epithelium that ranges from squamos to cuboidal to columnar
in the lining of bladder, ureters and top portion of urethra
when those organs are filled w/ urine the epithelium is stretched thin becoming like stratified squamos
when those organs are empty the epithelium is less stretched becoming more like stratified cuboidal and columnar
3 types of epithelial tissue shapes and what they look like
- squamos cells-flat
- cuboidal cell-cube shaped
- columnar-column shaped
8 classifications of epithelial tissue
- simple squamos epithelium
- simple cuboidal epithelium
- simple columnar epithelium
- stratified sqaumos epithelium
- stratified cuboidal epithelium
- stratified columnar epithelium
- pseudostratified columnar epithelium
- transitional epithelium
simple squamos epithelium is found mainly in what 3 areas and has what kind of texture
in the walls of alveoli, on the surface of many internal organs and lining inside of blood vessels
texture is slick to reduce friction
simple cuboidal epithelium is found mainly where and what are its 2 functions
in the walls of kidney tubules
filter blood and form urine
simple columnar epithelium is found mainly in what 3 areas
lining most of the digestive tract, fallopian tubes and uterus
stratified squamos epithelium is found in what 7 areas and serves what purpose
found in epidermis, moist lining for nasal cavity/mouth/air ways/vagina/urethra/anus
serves as a protective lining or covering
stratified cuboidal epithelium is found where
very rare in body, found in ducts of some glands
stratified columnar epithelium is found where
very rare, in ducts of some glands
pseudostratified columnar epithelium is mainly found in what 2 areas
lines trachea, in testes
11 types of connective tissue
- areolar tissue
- adipose tissue
- reticular tissue
- dense irregular tissue
- dense irregular tissue
- elastic tissue
- hyaline cartilage
- fibrocartilage
- elastic cartilage
- bone tissue
- blood
4 facts about connective tissue
- most abundant type of tissue in the body
- its vascular (w/ the exception of cartilage and dense regular and irregular connective tissue)
- its innervated (w/ the exception of cartilage)
- has the potential to regenerate (w/ the exception of cartilage)
2 structural components of connective tissue
- connective tissue cells
- connective tissue matrix
2 types of connective tissue cells and what they are
- ones that end in the suffix “blast” are immature cells that produce new connective tissue matrix
- ones that end in “cyte” are gown up “blast” that became trapped in their own matrix and now maintain it
connective tissue matrix is what and made-up of what two things
it is extracellular material made-up of matrix ground subtance and matrix protien fibers
what is ground subtance
fluid, gel or crystals of the connective tissue matrix (only crystal in bones)
what role do protein fibers play in the connective tissue matrix
give rise to the connective tissue’s physical characteristics
3 types of protein fibers in the connective tissue matrix
- collagen protein fibers
- elsatic protein fibers “elastin”
- reticular protein fibers
2 facts about collagen protein fibers
- its the most abundant protien fiber in the body
- it allows connective tissue to bend but not stretch by forming microscopic ropes
describe elastic protein fibers
they are protein fibers that can bend, stretch and recoil after being stretched (like a bungy cord)
how are reticular protein fibers arranged and what’s their function
they’re like a fishing net that functions to filter out material flowing through the tissue
areolar connective tissue
- matrix ground substance
- three matrix protein fibers
- cells
- location
- function
- matrix ground substance: liquid
- matrix protein fibers: collagen protein fibers, elastic protein fibers, reticular protein fibers
- cells: fibroblasts/fibrocytes
- location: found beneath epitheal tissue
- function: bind epitheal tissue to organs
adipose connective tissue “fat tissue”
- matrix ground subtance
- three matrix protein fibers
- cells
- two locations
- function
- matrix ground substance: fluid
- matrix protein fibers: collagen protein fibers, elastic protein fibers and reticular protein fibers
- cells: mostly adipoblasts/adipocytes
- location: hypodermis and surrounding some internal organs (heart, liver, kidneys)
- function: cushion the body, insulate heat and store lipids
reticular connective tissue
- matrix ground subtance
- matrix protein fibers
- cells
- location
- function
- matrix ground subtance: liquid
- matrix protein fibers: reticular protein fibers
- fibroblasts/fibrocytes
- location: lymphatic organs (bone marrow, spleen, lymph nodes)
- function: filtration
dense regular connective tissue
- matrix ground substance
- matrix protein fibers and arranged how
- cells
- two locations
- matrix ground substance: little ground substance
- matrix protein fibers: collagen protein fibers in parallel lines
- cells: fibroblasts/fibrocytes
- location: tendons and ligaments
dense irregular connective tissue
- matrix ground substance
- matrix protein fibers and arranged how
- cells
- two locations
- matrix ground substance: little ground substance
- matrix protein fibers: collagen protein fibers randomly arranged
- cells: fibroblasts/fibrocytes
- location: dermis and synovial joint capsules
elastic connective tissue
- matrix ground substance
- matrix protein fibers
- cells
- two locations
- matrix ground substance: little ground substance
- matrix protein fibers: elastic protein fibers
- cells: fibroblasts/fibrocytes
- location: walls of alveoli and arteries