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TYPES OF TISSUES
EPITHELIAL
CONNECTIVE
MUSCULAR
NERVOUS
EPITHELIAL TISSUE
SHEETS OF CELL THAT COVER EXPOSED SURFACES, LINE BODY CAVITIES, DUCSTS, AND VESSELS
PROPERTIES OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE
CELLULARITY
ATTACHMENT TO BASEMENT MEMBRANE
POLARITY
AVASCULARITY
REGENERATION
CELLULARITY
CELLS ARE CLOSELY BOUND TO EACH OTHER BY CELL JUNCTIONS BY MAKING A WIDE SHEET
ATTACHMENT
THE DEEPEST (BASAL) LAYER IS ATTACHED TO THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE
POLARITY
OPPOSITE ENDS (SUPERFICIAL/DEEP) OF THE CELLS HAVE DISTINCT FEATURES
BASAL END OF A CELL IS CLOSER TO THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE (DEEP SIDE)
APICAL END OF THE CELL IS CLOSER TO THE SUPERFICIAL
AVASCULARITY
LACKING BLOOD VESSELS.
REGENERATION
DAMAGED TISSUE IS RE-GROWN
LAYERS OF EPITHELIAL CELLS
SIMPLE LAYER
STRATIFIED LAYER
PSEUDOSTRATIFIED
SIMPLE LAYER
1 LAYER OF CELLS @ BASEMENT MEMBRANE
STRATIFIED LAYER
2 OR MORE CELL LAYERS DEEP, ONLY THE DEEPEST TOUCHES THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE
PSEUDOSTRATIFIED
1 CELL LAYER (LAYERING APPEARS TO BE STRATIFIED DUE TO IRREGULAR SHAPE)
CELL SHAPE
SQUAMOUS
CUBOIDAL
COLUMNAR
SQUAMOUS
FLAT, IRREGULAR-SHAPED CELLS (EGGS SUNNY SIDE UP)
CUBOIDAL
CUBE-SHAPED CELLS
COLUMNAR
TALL, THIN CELLS (COLUMN-LIKE)
GLANDULAR EPITHELIA
EXOCRINE GLANDS - RELEASE SECRETIONS ONTO THE SURFACE OF EPITHELIA
SEROUS GLANDS
SECRETE A SEROUS SOLUTION-WATERY
MUCOUS GLANS
SECRETE A MUCOUS SECRETION - MUCUS
MIXED EXOCRINE GLANDS
SECRETE BOTH SEROUS AND MUCOUS
MECHANISMS OF EXOCRINE RELEASE
MEROCRINE
APOCRINE
HOLOCRINE
MEROCRINE - EXOCYTOSIS
MOVING MOLECULES OUT OF THE CELL
A VESICLE FUSES TO THE INSIDE OF THE MEMBRANE RELEASING CONTENT TO THE EXTRACELLULAR FLUID
APOCRINE
SECRETIONS ARE RELEASES WHEN THE APICAL END OF THE CELL IS SHED, I.E. MAMMARY GLANDS
HOLOCRINE
SECRETIONS RELEASED WHEN THE CELL MEMBRANE RUPTURES. I.E. SEBACEOUS GLANDS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE FIBERS PRODUCED BY FIBROBLASTS
COLLAGEN
RETICULAR
ELASTIC
COLLAGEN FIBERS
LONG THICK FIBERS ACT LIKE A TOUGH ROPE TO PROVIDE STRENGTH. I.E. TENDONS
RETICULAR FIBERS
THIN BRANCHING FIBERS THAT FORM A FRAMEWORK OF AN ORGAN. I.E. LIVER
ELASTIC FIBERS
ACT LIKE RUBBER BANDS FOUND IN THE AREA OF STRETCHING. I.E. ELASTIC LIGAMENTS
CELL OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE PROPER
FIXED CELLS - STATIONARY
WANDERING CELLS - MOVE THROUGH CIRCULATION
LOOSE CT-PROVIDES CUSHIONING
AREOLAR CT - SUPERFICIAL REGION OF THE DERMIS, AROUND BLOOD VESSELS, NERVES & JOINTS
ADIPOSE CT - HYPODERMIS POSTERIOR TO THE EYES, SURROUNDING THE KIDNEYS
RETICULAR - LIVER, KIDNEY, SPLEE
DENSE CT
DENSE IRREGULAR - DERMIS & JOINT CAPSULES
DENSE REGULAR CT - TENDON APONEUROSES, ELASTIC TISSUE & LIGAMENTS
FLUID CT
FLUID WITH MANY CELLS WITHIN
BLOOD-FLUID IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
LYMPH-FLUID IN THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
SUPPORTING CT
CARTILAGE - FIRM AVASCULAR GEL
-HYALINE CARTILAGE - BETWEEN RIBS AND STERNUM, TRACHEA, CARTILAGE COVERING BONES AT JOINTS (DRUMSTICKS)
-FIBROCARTILAGE - SYMPHYSIS PUBIS, INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS
-ELASTIC CARTILAGE - OTIC REGION, NOSE
BONE - MIX OF COLLAGE AND CALCIUM SALTS
MUSCULAR TISSUE
SKELETAL - ATTACHED TO THE SKELETON
CARDIAC - HEART
SMOOTH - BLOOD VESSELS, HOLLOW ORGANS (URINARY BLADDER, UTERUS, IRIS INVOLUNTARY
NERVOUS TISSUE
TRANSMITTING ELECTRICAL IMPULSES
LOCATED IN THE BRAIN & SPINAL CORD (98%)

TWO TYPES OF CELLS:
NEURONS - TRANSFER AND PROCESS INFORMATION
NEUROGLIA - SUPPORTING CELLS

5 NEUROGLIA CELLS TO 1 NEURON