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Types of tissues (Basics of Histo) Flashcards

Scope: a) Types of germ layers b) Categories of tissues b.1) Epithelium -Covering epithelia -Glandular epithelia b.2. Connective tissues -General connective tissues -Special connective tissues -Deposits found in connective tissues b.3. Muscle tissues b.4. Nervous tissues

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Support
Framework
Cells are widely separated

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Connective tissue

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Categories of tissues and the germ layer from where they were formed.

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  1. Epithelial = 3 germ layers
  2. Nervous = endoderm
  3. Muscular = mesoderm
  4. Connective = mesoderm
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3 germ layers

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  1. Ectoderm
  2. Mesoderm
  3. Endoderm
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What type of epithelial are Bowman’s, endothelium, alveoli and loop of Henle?

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Simple squamous epithelium

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What type of epithelium are ducts of glands and walls of thyroid follicles?

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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What type of epithelium are gallbladder (nonciliated) and uterine tube (ciliated)?

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Simple columnar epithelium

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Give body areas where stratified squamous epithelium are found.

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skin (keratinized),
vagina,
esophagus, and
cervix (non-keratinized)
Give body areas where stratified squamous epithelium are found.

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What type of epithelium is male urethra?

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stratified columnar epithelium

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The following are what type of epithelium?
•Female reproductive tract (nonciliated)
•Trachea (ciliated)
•Epididymis

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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Types of covering epithelia

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  1. Simple squamous
  2. Simple cuboidal
  3. Simple columnar
  4. Stratified squamous
  5. Stratified columnar
  6. Pseudostratified columnar
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with ducts
Tubular = stomach, uterus
Acinar/ alveolar = pancreas, salivary glands
Tubuloacinar = prostate

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Exocrine glands

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ductless glands

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Endocrine glands

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Exocrine = enzymes
Endocrine = hormones

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Pancreas

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No loss of cytoplasm
Goblet cells, sweat glands

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Merocrine

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with loss of cytoplasm
Distal portion is pinched off
Mammary glands

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Apocrine

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Disintegrating cell and its constituents released
Complete breakdown of cell
Sebaceous glands

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Holocrine

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Types of Glandular epithelia

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  1. Endocrine glands
  2. Exocrine glands
18
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Based on their secretion method, glands are classified as:

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  1. Merocrine
  2. Apocrine
  3. Holocrine
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Major ingredient of connective tissues
Stains: ACRONYM “VgMMAK”
1. Van Gieson
2. Mallory’s aniline blue
3. Masson’s trichrome
4. Alcian Blue
5. Krajian’s aniline blue

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Stains used for collagen

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“VgMMAK”

  1. Van Gieson
  2. Mallory’s aniline blue
  3. Masson’s trichrome
  4. Alcian Blue
  5. Krajian’s aniline blue
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Connective tissue can further be broken down into three categories:

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  1. Loose connective tissue
  2. Dense connective tissue
  3. Specialized connective tissues
22
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The following are which type of connective tissue?
1) Wharton’s jelly (acid MPS)
2) Bone marrow (reticular)
3) Lymph node (reticular)
4) Embryo (mesenchyme)
5) Hypodermis

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Loose connective tissue

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The following are which type of connective tissue?
1) Dermis
2) capsule
3) Tendons
4) Stroma of cornea

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Dense connective tissue

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Examples of special connective tissue

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*Cartilage
*Bone
*Blood, lymph, hematopoietic tissues

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1) Fixative and
2) Stain for acid mucopolysaccharides

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1) Lead fixatives
2) Alcian blue

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Brittle bone disease
Defective production of collagen

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Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)

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is a deposit found in connective tissues that appears:
Early: yellow
Old: blue

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Stains used for fibrin

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1) Mallory’s PTAH (Phosphotungstic Acid-Hematoxylin)
2) Lendrum MSB (Martius yellow, Scarlet, Blue)

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Necrotizing vasculitis
Staining reactions identical to fibrin
Mixture of exudates & altered cytoplasmic constituents

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Degenerated collagen
Refers to deposits found in connective tissues of patients with:
-hypertension
-atheroma
-diabetic kidney

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Stain for hyaline

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Periodic acid-Schiff (PAS)

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Stains for amyloid
“CoMT”

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-Congo red
-Metachromatic stain
-Thioflavine

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refers to deposits found in connective tissues of patients with TB, leprosy, osteomyelitis

are a group of proteins that share the common characteristic of the ability to form beta-pleated sheets, which are resistant to proteolysis.

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Types of muscle tissues

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  1. Smooth
  2. Cardiac
  3. Skeletal
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ex. Involuntary intestines, blood vessels

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Smooth muscle

36
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Striated, voluntary muscles

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Skeletal muscle

37
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Striated, involuntary

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Cardiac (heart) muscle

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CNS includes:

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Brain and spinal cord

39
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PNS includes

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Peripheral nerves

40
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Special receptors are located in:

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Ears, eye, nose

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