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Capillaries
1. diameter
2. what kind of junction
3. fast or slow movement?
1. one red blood cell
2. tight junction
3. slow...allows for transport of materials
Functions of endothelium: (5)
semipermeable
regulate clotting process
modulate immune response
Metabolic processes
Production of nitric acid
Functions of endothelium:
semipermeable
Diffuse
active transport, facilitated transport
transcytosis (pinocytosis and exocytosis)
Functions of endothelium:
clotting process regulation
damage
secrete van Willebrand factor
factor 8 and other platelet activating
Functions of endothelium:
Immune response modulation
Inflammation
Surface protein on cell surface
WBC's bind to that protein
WBC's cross into cell (called diapedesis)
Functions of endothelium:
metabolic processes
organs
Functions of endothelium:
production of nitric oxide
regulates blood vessel diameter
Types of endothelium
1. Continuous
2. Fenestrated
3. Discontinuous
1. Makes up the bulk, applies to all of the above.
2. contains fenestrations, separated by a diaphragm
3. aka sinusoidal. Gaps between endothelial calls; gaps in basal lamina. Lots of macrophages. Hematopoietic tissues. Liver.
3 concentric layers of veins & arteries and the like
1. tunica intima
2. tunica media
3. tunica adventitia
1. endothelium
2. smooth muscle arranged in concentric layers
3. Connective tissue
Vasa vasorum
"vessels of the vessels"
from capillaries to the heart, vein size wise
capillaries, venules, small veins, med veins, large veins, heart
Types of veins:
1. venules
2. small veins
3. medium veins
4. large veins
5. valves
1. similar to a capillary; endothelium
diameter > 1 RBC
2. 1-2 layers of smooth muscle in tunica media
3. multiple layers of smooth muscle. Not tightly packed. separated by layers of collagen.
4. same as medium vein, but smooth muscle is in T adventitia. Organized longitudinal wise.
5. made of extensions of externae
Types of arteries
1. arterioles
2. small artery
3. medium artery
4. large artery
1. neither internal elastic lamina or external elastic lamina. 1-2 layers of smooth muscle in T. media.
2. internal elastic lamina, no external elastic lamina.
3. both IEL and EEL
4. similar to medium artery, but numberous elastic rings in T media.
Arteriole vs. small vein
Arteriole is a small caliber vessel.
Small vein is a fairly large caliber vessel.
Heart
1. endocardium
2. myocardium
3. epicardium
1. endothelial layer of the 4 chambers.
valves - fibroelastic CT; ensure flow in one direction
purkinje fibers - modified cardiac muscle cells, transmission of electric impulses
2. bulk; cardic muscle
3. CT capsule
Lymphatic Vascular System:
order
Lymph
lymph nodes
Lymph capillaries
lymph nodes
lymph vessels
lymph ducts
lymphatic vascular system:
types of vessels
1. capillaries and vessels
2. L. ducts
1. T. intima and T. adventitia
2. look like L. veins; long muscle in T media.
Albumin
1. definition
2. where is it made
Protein that creates drive for osmotic pressure. Oncotic pressure.

the liver
Components of blood
1. Plasma
2. Formed elements
3. Fibrin
1. ground substance
2. cells and platelets
3. fibers seen during clotting

these are the three elements of a connective tissue
definitions:
1. CBC
2. Hemoglobin
3. Hematocrit
4. Differential white cell count
1. complete blood count
2. protein involved in oxygen transport - content measured in CBC
3. % of erythrocytes in total blood
4. counts different WBCs, like lymphocytes and granulocytes
Romanovsky stain
1. mixture of...
2. basic dye...
3. acidic dye
4. plus some...
1. methylene blue and eosin
2. positive charge (blue)
3. negative charge (red)
4. azures thrown in for good measure
Blood smear preparation
1. get blood
2. place drop on slide
3. using second slide, pull drop of blood across slide surface. capillary action!
4. stain and view under microscope
Reticulocytes
1. definition
2. % of circulating erythrocytes
3. Cytoplasmic polyribosomes?
4. mature erythrocytes in...
1. immature erythrocytes
2. 1%
3. (RNA)
4. 24 to 48 hours
Mature erythrocytes
1. energy source
2. mitochondria?
3. protein synthesis?
4. survive for...
5. how removed?
1. glucose
2. no
3. no
4. 120 days
5. by bone marrow and spleen
Neutrophil characteristics
1. % of circulating leukocytes
2. how many lobes in nucleus
3. specific granules
4. azurophilic granules
5. surface markers
6. life span
7. functions
1. 60 to 70 %
2. 3-5 lobes
3. neutral stain collagenase, phospholipase A2, lactoferrin, lysozyme, alkaline phosphatase
4. lysosomes
5. Fc receptor, adhesion mols., chemotaxic receptors
6. 7 days in blood, 4 days in CT
7. phagocytosis, microbial killing
Steps of bacterial phagocytosis
1. recognition
2. endocytosis
3. respiratory burst
4. bacterial killing
Eosinophil characteristics
1. % of circulating blood
2. nucleus shape
3. specific granules
4. surface markers
5. life span
6. functions
1. 2-4 %
2. bi lobed
3. red stain histaminase, major basic protein, eosinophilic cationic protein, peroxidase etc. azurophillic - tertiary granules
4. IgE receptor, adhesion receptors, chemotaxic receptors
5. very long
6. phagocytosis of Ag-Ab complex
destruction of parasites?
Basophil characteristics
1. % of circulating leukocytes
2. shape of nucleus
3. specific granules
4. azurophilic, like eosinophils.
5. surface markers
6. life span
7. function
1. 1%
2. s shaped
3. large blue histamine, heparin, eosinophil chemotatic factor, preoxidase, etc
4. tertiary granules
5. IgE receptor
6. 1-2 years
7. similar to mast cells to mediate inflammatory response
vascular control, immunomodulator secretion
Monocytes: characteristics
1. % of circulating wbc's
2. shape of nucleus
3. specific granules
4. azurophilic granules
5. surface markers
6. life span
7. functions
8. contains this organelle
1. 3-5 %
2. kidney
3. NONE
4. lysosomes
5. class II HLA, Fc receptor
6. day in blood, month in tissues
7. differentiate into macrophage, antigen presenting cell, phagocytosis
8. vacuoles
Lymphocyte characteristics
1. % of circulating leukocytes
2. nucleus shape
3. specific granules
4. azurophilic granules
5. surface markers
6. life span
7. function
1. 20-25%
2. round, 90% of cell volume
3. none
4. lysosomes
5. T cell receptor, CDs, IL receptors; B cells surface IgG
6. months to years
7. t-cell - cell mediated immunity
b-cell - humoral immunity
NK cell - innate immunity
Platelets:
1. granule types:
2. surface markers:
3. life span
4. function
1. sigma, alpha, lambda
2. adhesion mols. FcR's
3. around 10 days
4. blood clotting system
Platelets:
1. ultrastructure
2. granule characteristics
1. hyalomere - outer clear zone
granulomere - central granules
2. sigma granule - calcium, adp, atp, serotonin, histamine, pyrophosphatase
alpha granule - fibrinogen, pdgf, thromboplastin, coagulation factors
lambda granule - hydrolytic enzymes (lysosomes)
what is the hallmark of acute inflammation?
neutrophils
Tag for destruction of blood cell
P-serine flipped out
what form is CO2 in inside the blood cell?
bicarbonate ion
what repairs connective tissue after damage?
eosinophil
Lymphoid tissues:
1. Primary
2. Secondary or Peripheral
1. bone marrow
thymus
2. diffuse lymphoid tissue
lymph nodes
spleen
tonsils
Lymph Organs
1. Thymus
2. Lymph node
3. spleen
4. Mucosal associated lymph tissue
1. t cell college
2. connective tissue filter
3. blood system filter
4. protects moist surface
Thymus
1. how many lobes?
2. what divides lobes into lobules?
3. lobules have which two areas?
4. resident cells
1. two
2. CT septa
3. cortex, medulla
4. T cells (varying levels of maturity)
ERC's
Macrophages
ERC's: types
1. these types are found in the cortex
2. this forms the blood-thymic barrier
3. these are at the corticomedularry junction
4. these make up Hassall's corpuscles
1. 1, 2, and 3
2. ERC 1
3. ERC 3 and 4
4. ERC 6
ERC's:
1. comprises the _____ component of thymus
2. expresses...
1. stromal
2. MHC class I and II Ag's.
Blood supply of thymus
1. distributes in...
2. enters at...
3. capillary loops to...
4. what surrounds capillary walls?
5. bone marrow cells enter at
6. maturation from...
1. capsule
2. corticomedullary junction
3. cortex
4. ERCs to make blood-thymus barrier
5. C-T junction
6. superficial to deep
Diffuse lymphatic tissue
1. found subjacent to...
2. protection against...
3. acronym
4. rich in...
1. moist epithelia
2. invasive pathogens
3. MALT - Mucosal associated lymphoid tissue
4. plasma cells - sIgA
Properties of peripheral lymphoid structures
1. what makes the scaffolding of lymphoid tissues?
2. B cell collections are aka
3. corona
4. germinal center
5. do lymphocytes recirculate?
1. reticular fibers
2. lymphoid follicles
3. outer portion of nodule
4. inner portion of nodule, where B cells divide actively. pale.
5. ye-ah
what is the name of the structure right before artery becomes a vein in the cortex of a lymph node?
postcapillary high endothelial venule
T cells specifically:
M'phages specifically:
B cells specifically:
anti-cd3 - hrp

cathepsin rxn

anti-Ig - HRP
functions:
1. corona
2. germinal center
3. paracortex
1. resting B cells
2. activated B cells (immunoblasts)
antigen presenting cells
memory B cells
3. T cells (CD4 + Th cells)
high endothelial venules
Afferent lymphatics
brings lymph and lymphocytes into subcapsular sinus
Subcapsular and paratrabecular sinus
reticular fiber scaffolding covered with macrophages: phagocytosis and Ag-presentation
Subcap, paratravecular sinus, and medularry sinuses all continuous
lymphoid follice
site of..
antigen initiated immune response
2 entry sites for lymphocyte entrance

1 exit site
1. tissues via afferent lymphatics
2. blood via HEV's

efferents, stay in system until they reach thoracic duct
HEV
1. location
2. vunules lined by...
3. cells express .... and .... specific for recirculating lymphocytes
high endothelial venule
1. paracortex
2. cuboidal endothelial cells
3. selectins and integrins
Medulla components
1. sinus
2. cords
1. lymph w/ Ab
plasma cells
recirculating lymphocytes
2. plasma cells
dendritic cells
Organization of the spleen
1. filters what?
2. islands of...in sea of...
3. PALS is....... dependent
4. Follicle is ...... dependent
5. key to identification?
1. blood
2. white pulp, red pulp
3. T
pals is periarteriolar lymphatic sheath
4. B
5. central artery
Red pulp: splenic cord and sinusoid
Elements of red pulp
(3)
1. sinusoidal capillaries
2. Extracellular spaces between sinusoidal capillaries - called splenic cords
3. cords are rich in phagocytic macrophages
Splenic functions:
1. white pulp
2. red pulp
1. follicle is B cell structure
Marginal zone similar to subcap. sinus
PALS is T cell rich and site of activation

2. Removal of Senescent RBCs
Recycle Fe from Hbg
Hemopoiesis (fetal)
phagocytosis of pathogens
Gut associated lymphoid tissue
GALT
1. appendix
2. Peyer's patches
1. encircle lumen. no villi present. has nodules all the way around
2. half way around lumen, anti-mesenteric, villi present. nodules on half circumference.
lingual tonsil on tongue
characteristics:
1. palatine
2. pharyng
3. lingual
1. 10-20 crypts, nk strat squam epithelium, thick capusle
2. no crypts, respiratory epithelium, thin capsule
3. 1 crypt per, nk strat squam, no capulse
Histological features of lymphoid organs
1. thymus
2. lymph node
3. spleen
4. tonsils
1. cortex and promiscuous medulla
Hassall's corpuscle

2. follicles and SUBCAPSULAR sinus

3. islands of white pulp in Sea of Red pulp
Central artery near germinal center

4. epithelium on one side
palatine - ss
pharyngeal - respiratory
lingual - ss
Esophagus
1. lined by what kind of cell
2. where are the glands
3. what are the regions of muscularis externa, and are the muscles smooth or skeletal
1. stratified squamous epithelial cells
2. in the submucosa
3. upper - skeletal
middle - skeletal and smooth
lower - smooth only
Stomach
which pairs of stomach layers look the same?
cardiac and pyloric

fundic and body
Stomach
1. surface area increased by...
2. epithelium
3. glands of fundic/body
4. what does intrinsic factor do
1. pits
2. tall columnar epithelium, called thecal cells - secrete mucous
3. Cardiac/pyloric glands
body/fundic glands
a) parietal cells - secrete HCl
intrinsic factor
b) chief cells - pepsin, lipase
c) mucous cells - mucous
d) enteroendocrine cells - secrete gastrin that stimulates parietal cell to secrete HCl, and secretes somatostatin that controls smooth muscle contraction in gut wall
4. necessary for absorption of vitamin B12
Small intestine
1. epithelium
2. types of cells in epithelium
1. simple columnar epithelium
2. goblet cells, unicellular glands
Small intestine: modification for absorption
(3)
1. lots of microvilli, called brush border
2. mucosa exists as extensions into lumen called villi
3. entire intestinal wall projects into lumen, called plicae circularis

these increase SA by more than 500x
cells in crypts
1. absorptive cells
2. goblet cells
3. paneth cells - large secretory granules
lysozyme - antibacterial
4. enteroendocrine cells
(cck and secretin)
Regional specializations with small intestine
a. duodenum
b. jujunum
c. ileum
a. brinner's glands
b. neither brinners nor payer's patches
c. payers patches
Large intestine
1. function
2. histo (two kinds of cells)
3. appendix - all histo features of colon, but surrounded by...
1. absorb water, form residue into feces
2. absorptive cells, goblet cells
3. lymphoid nodules
peyers patches
aggregations of lymphoid tissue found in lowest portion of small intestine ileum.
Liver
1. how many lobes
2. capsule made of what?
3. where do utilities enter?
4. components of utility entrance
1. 4
2. dense irregular connective tissue
3. porta hepatis (hilus of liver)
4. Right and left hepatic Aa
portal vein
hepatic vein
right and left hepatic ducts
is liver exocrine or endocrine?
both.
hepatocyte is an exocrine cell. bile is exocrine secretory product.
hepatocyte is also endocrine cell.
Dual blood supply of liver
hepatic artery - 02 rich blood
hepatic portal vein - nutrient rich blood
the liver is a major sensor of...
blood quality.
storage products can adjust content
cells of liver:
4
hepatocytes
hepatic macrophages (kupffer cells)
endothelial cells
stellate (fat storage) cells (of ito)
what is the functional liver unit?
sinusoids and plates
hepatocyte plates or cords
1. how thick
2. radiate in what direction
3. do they contact blood cells in the sinusoids?
1. 2 cells thick
2. centrifugally from cv
3. NO
sinusoids
1. lined by...
2. gaps are how big?
3. lined cells have...
1. discontinuous endothelium (sinusoidal lining cells)
2. .5 micrometers
3. clustered fenestrae, known as sieve plates
Lateral Hepatocyte Domain
1. contain ___ canaliculi
2. microvilli project into...
3. walls contain enzymes:
4. gap junctions present for...
5. sealed by...
1. bile
2. lumen
3. Na+ K+ ATPase
adenylate cyclase
4. cell cell communication
5. tight junctions
In the space of disse,
1. endocrine secretions are
2. blood borne substances
3. same enzymes as lateral hepatocyte domain, plus
1. exocytosed
2. endocytosed
3. mannose 6-PO4ase
Space of disse
1. located between
2. contains _____ but no ______
3. hepatocyte microvilli project into it...two features
4. Perisinusoidal cells
5. major complication of vitamin A deficiency
6. major complication of vitamin K deficiency
1. hepatocytes and contravascular surface of sinusoidal lining cells
2. reticular fibers, basal lamina
3. site of contact with fluid phase
blood cells are excluded by pore size
4. pit cells - (large granules) may be large granule lymphocute which is equivalent to Natural Killer cell
Fat storing cell (of Ito): fat soluble vitamin storage.
5. night vision blindness, or blindness
6. hemophilia (functions in blood clotting)
Hepatocytes
1. how many of one nucleus
how many have two
2. ploidy ranges
3. what synthesizes proteins for internal use?
what synthesizes proteins for external use?
4. energy consumption
1. 75% have one nuceus
25% have two nuclei
2. 2N to 64N
3. free ribosomes
rER, golgi apparatus
4. around 2000 mitochondria per hepatocyte
zone 3 has 2x more than other zones
zone 1 mitochondria are larger
Organelles of detoxification
(4)
1. endosomes
2. lysosomes
3. peroxisomes
4. sER - very important. proliferate when taking barbiturates. need more drug for same effect.
Hepatocyte inclusions
(2)
ldl - very low density lipoprotein.
delivered by portal vein after eating fats.

glycogen (how glucose is stored)
polymer of d glucose
b subunits form a-rosettes
Liver produces plasma proteins
(4)
1. albumins
2. lipoproteins (vldl, ldl, hdl
3. glycoproteins (transferrin, haptoglobin, hemopexin)
4. coagulation proteins
(fibrinogen, prothrombin)
5. Non immune globulins
Macrophage of the liver
1. where do they scavenge?
2. what are they called?
3. surface receptors?
4. what do they phagocytose?
1. The sinusoid lumen
2. kupferr cells
3. fc receptors
4. enteric bacteria 99%
effete RBCs
Portal triad:
1. surrounds the triad
2. space between # 1 and triad
1. limiting plate
2. space of moll
Bile duct
1. this structure bridges the space of moll
2. what is this structure made of
1. canal of hering, aka cholangiole.
2. combo of hepatocytes and low cuboidal cells.
Gall bladder
1. epithelium
2. special type of cells
3. what type of granules in apex
4. nuclei located where?
5. surface folds look like glands. are they glands?
6. composition of coat
7. outermost layer
1. monotonous simple columnar epithelium (clear cells
2. brush cells
3. mucinogen granules in apex
4. basal part
5. no. no glands in bladder proper
6. loose irregular CT, smooth muscle
7. serous membrane, perimuscular connective tissue
gall bladder:
where are the ducts of rokitansky -aschoff?
in the neck and in the muscularis externa.
beware of...... in the gall bladder
false ducts
Oral cavity
what are the three regions of oral cavity?
1. masticatory mucosa
2. lining mucosa
3. specialized/sensory
Masticatory mucosa
1. epithelium
2. what kind of papillae?
3. submucosa has these...for snacks
1. parakeratinized
2. EXTREME papillae
3. fat pads! protection
lamina propria fuses directly to bone
lining mucosa
1. epithelium
2. salivary glands?
3. what comprises skeleton
4. vermillian border
1. nonkeratinized strat. squ.
2. Yes - minor
3. collagen and elastin
4. no salivary glands, not mucosal surface. so you lick your lips. less strat. squa. kerat. epith.
lingual papillae:
filiform
most numerous. no taste buds. spikey.
lingual papillae:
fungiform
like a shroom. has some taste buds
lingual papillae:
circumvallate
10-12 in the back. has many taste buds. has a moat. glands of von ebner secrete into it. serous glands. contains amylase and lipase.
lingual papillae:
foliate
lateral surface; decrease with age
what nerve innervates at the taste buds?
cranial nerve VII
periodontal ligament connect...
cementin to alveolar process
Serous acinus
1. describe secretions
2. what cells cause glands to secrete?
3. first the secretion is in acinus...then...then...
4. function of basal striations
1. watery, protein rich
2. myoepithelial cells
3. intercalated ducts, basal striations
4. Na+ and Cl- absorb
K+ and HCO3- excrete
buffer system
classification of glands
1. Parotid
2. submandibular
3. sublingual
1. Purely serous
2. serous mostly
3. serous leastly
Pancreas
1. what glands make up exocrine portion?
2. what part makes up endocrine portion?
3. striated ducts?
4. what does exocrine portion secrete?
1. serous glands
2. islets of langerhaans
3. no
4. bicarb, zymogen granules.
Regulation of stuff
Enteroendocrine cells secrete these, what do they act on in the gland?
1. cck
2. secretin
1. acinar cells
2. intercalated ducts
1. type of cells that secrete insulin
2. type of cells that secrete glucagon
3. how are these two enzymes related
1. beta cells
2. alpha cells
3. antagonists