Download Tissues Exam I. Cells

Tissues Exam
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Cells
a. Characteristics of cells and organelles
Epithelial Tissues
a. General characteristics (polarity-apical surface), basement membrane, specialized contacts,
avascularity, locations and functions
i. Most cancers originate in epithelium
b. Simple squamous
c. Simple cuboidal
d. Simple columnar
e. Psedudostratified columnar
f. Stratified squamous
g. Transitional
h. Glandular (types of secretion: mesocrine, apocrine, holocrine)
Connective Tissue
a. Structural elements
i. Ground substance:
ii. Types of fibers: Collogen fibers, elastic fibers, reticular fibers,
iii. 3 cell types.
b. 3 major cell types: fibroblast, macrophages, mast cells
c. 3 cateogories: connective tissue proper, fluid, supporting CT
d. Connective Tissue Proper (loose tissues)
i. Loose fibrous CT (areolar)
ii. Adipose
iii. Reticular
iv. Dense
v. Elastic
e. fluid connective tissues
i. blood
f. supportive CT
i. bone
ii. cartilage
1. hyaline
2. elastic
3. fibro
Muscle Tissue
a. General characteristics
i. Muscle cells are elongated=muscle fibers
ii. Contractile
iii. Voluntary or involuntary (which muscles are which)
iv. Injury: inflammation
b. Types of muscle tissue (characteristics, specialized for what function, location)
i. Skeletal
ii. Cardiac
iii. Smooth
Neural Tissue
a. Structure
b. Locations
c. Functions
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