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-Group of cells w/ common origin that function together to carry out specialized activities
-Various types?
-Tissues
-Hard (bone)
Semihard (cartilage
Liquid (blood)
-Science that deals with the study of tissues
-Histology
-Specialize in laboratory studies of cells & tissues for diagnoses
-Pathologists
What type of tissue covers body surfaces, lines systems & forms glands (no blood vessels)
-Epithelial Tissue
-Consists of closely packed cells w/ little extracellular material between them; arranged in continous sheets, single or multiple
-Epithelial Tissue
-Protects, supports & binds organs
-Connective Tissue
-Generates physical force needed to make body structures move & generate body heat
-Muscular Tissue
-Detects body changes & responds by generating nerve impulses
-Nervous Tissue
What are the 5 most common types of contact points between the plasma membranes of tissue cells
-Tight junctions
-Adherens junctions
-Desmosomes
-Hemidesomosomes
-Gap Junctions
-Fuse cells together & seals off passageways between adjacent cells
-Common in stomach, intestines & urinary bladder
-Prevents passage of substances between cells
-Tight Junctions
-Between epithelium & connective tissue layer; point of attachment for overlying epithelial tissue
-Basement membrane
Has:
-Apical (free/top) surface: faces body surface cavity or duct
-Lateral (side) surface
-Basal (bottom) Surface
-Basement membrane
-Epithelial Cell Features
-Blood vessels in underlying connective tissue deliver nutrients & eliminate waste to this tissue
-Epithelial Tissue
-Has:
Nerve supply
Avascular
High rate of cell division for renewal & repair
-Epithelial Tissue
-Covering & lining epithelium

-Glandular epithelium
-Outercovering of skin & lines systems

-form sells that secrete products
-Covering & Lining Epithelium are classified according to ?
-Number of cell layers
-Shapes of cells
-Single layer of cells; same heights
-Simple Epithelium
-Single layer but appears to have multiple layers; tall & short cells
-Pseudostratified epithelium
-Two or more layers of cells; protect underlying tissues in areas of wear & tear
-Stratified epithelium
Cell Shapes:
-Flat cells
-Cube-shaped
-Tall column shaped
-Cells change shapes
-Squamous
-Cuboidal
-Columnar
-Transtitional
-Single layer of flat cells
-Types:
_________ lines heart & blood vessels
_________ Forms organ coverings
-Simple Squamous Epithelium
-Endothelium
-Mesothelium
-Single layer of cube-shaped cells
-Found in thyroid gland & kidneys
-Performs the functions of secretion & absorption
-Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
-Single layer column shaped cells
-Noncoiliated (contains absorptive & goblet cells)
-Ciliated: Utering tubes & Respiratory
-Simple columnar Epithelium
-Single layer but appears tohave multiple layers; tall & short cells
-Psedostratified Columnar Epithelium
-Multiple (2 or more) layers of cells
-Type depends on shape of cells @ apical (top) layer
-Stratified Epithelium
-Multiple layers of cells w/ flate cells @ apical layer
-New cells pushed toward surface further from blood supply; dehydrate & die
-Stratified Squamous Epithelium
types of Stratified Squamous Epithelium

-Top layer of skin protects & _________ waterproofs skin

-____________ cells found in the lining of the mouth
-Keratinized
Keratin

-Nonkeratinized
-Rare type of epithelium
-Cube-shaped cells
-Main function is protective
-Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium
-Located in the urinary system
-Cells change shape upon stretching; become flattened (squamous)
-Permits distention (stretching)
-Transitional Epithelium
-Hormone Secretions released directly into bloodstream
(Gland - anything that releases a product)
-Glandular Epithelium:
Endocrine Glands
-Products released into ducts
-Sweat & salivary glands
-Glandular Epithelium
Exocrine Glands
functional Classification of Exocrine Glands:
-Secretion by exocytosis
Most common; sweat & salivary
-Merocrine
Functional Classification Exocrine Glands:
-Apical portion of cell secreted
-Apocrine
Functional Classification Exocrine Glands:
-Entire cell secreted:sebaceous (oil) glands
-Holocrine
-Most abundant & widely distributed tissue
Functions:
-Binds tissues together
-Supports & strengthens tissue
-Protects & insulates internal organs
-Transports materials:blood
-Energy reserves & immune responses
-Connective Tissue
Two parts of connective tissue?
-Extracellular Matrix: material between cells: fibers & ground substance
-Cells
What are the two parts of connective tissue extracellular matrix?
-Ground substance: Between cells & fibers
-Hard, semi-hard or fluid
-Medium that permits exchange of materials between blood & cells

-Fibers: All proteins - Amino acids
-Collagen fibers: strengthens tissue
-Elastic fibers: elasticity
-Reticular fibers
Active, immuture connective tissue cell that secrete fibers & ground substance
-Fibroblasts
Connective tissue cells that store triclycerides (fat)
-Adipocytes (fat cells)
Connective tissue cells that produce histamine; vasodilator
-Mast cells
Connective tissue cells that help immune response (lycocites)
-White blood cells
Conncective tissue cells that engulf debris by phagocytosis
-Macrophages
(large) (eaters)
Connective tissue cells that are important in the production & secretion of antibodies
-Plasma cells
What are the 2 types of embryonic connective tissues?
-Mesenchyme: forms all other connective tissues-Original

-Mucous - Umbilical cord
Areolar, Adipose and Reticular are what type of tissue?
-Loose Connective Tissue
A loose connective tissue that contains several types of cells and all theree fiber types
-Areolar
A loose connective tissue that contains adipocytes and iinsulation & energy reserves
-Adipose tissue
A loose connective tissue that forms framework of liver, spleen & lymph nodes
Reticular fibers
-Reticular
-Bundles of collagen fibers arranged in parallel(regular) patterns:strenghtens tissue
-Tendons & ligaments
-Dense regular
Dense Connective Tissue
-Collagen fibers arranged randomly (irregularly)
-Located in tissues pulled in many directions
-Skin & heart
-Irregular -
Dense Connective Tissue
-Elastic fibers stretch & recoil to original shape
-Lungs & blood vessels
-Elastic
Dense Connective Tissue
-Connective tissue exception
-No blood vessels (avascular) or nerves
-Semi-hard matrix surrounding chrondrocytes (cartilage cells)
-Cartilage
Mature Connective Tissue
-Three types of Cartilage
-Hyaline
-Fibrocartilage
-Elastic
-Most abundant type of cartilage
-Provides flexibility, support & reduces friction; joints
-Hyaline Cartilage
-Strongest type of Cartilage
-Intervertebral disc
-Fibrocartilage
-Chondrocytes located within elastic fibers
-Provides elasticity; external ear
-Elastic Cartilage
-Two patterns of growth of cartilage
-Interstitial growth - length
-Appositional growth - width
Cartilage grows & repairs slowly because it is __________.
-Avascular (no blood supply)
-Oseocytes (bone cells) are surrounded by ___________ _________.
-What are the two types?
Bone (osseous) tissue
-Extracellular matrix
-Compact & Spongy
-Blood & Lymph contain what 4 items?

-They are considered what type of tissue?
-Platelet
-White blood cells (leukocyte)
-Red blood cells (erythrocyte)
-Blood plasma

Liquid connective tissue
-Sheets of tissue that cover or line structures

-Two types of membranes
-Membranes

-Epithelium (3 types)
-Synovial
-Combination of epithelium & underlying connective tissue layer

-Name the 3 types
-Epithelium Membranes

-Mucous
-Serous
-Cutaneous
-Type of membrane that lines joints; contains connective tissue but not epithelium
-Synovial Membranes
-Type of epithelial membrane that:
Lines systems that open directly to exterior; digextive
Produces mucus
-Mucous Membranes

Layers- Mucus
Epithelium Cells
Areolare Connective tissue
-A epithelial membrane that:
*Organ coverings; do not open directly to exterior; pleura
*Two layers - Visceral layer; inner layer covers organ
-Parietal layer; outer layer attaches to cavity wall
-Serous Membranes (Serosa)

Layers:
Serous fluid
-Mesothelium
-Areolar Connective Tissue
-Covers entire surface of body
-consists of epidermis (epithelium) & dermis (connective tissue)
-Cutaneous Membrane (Skin)
-Membranes that:
*Lines freely movable joints
*Lack epithelium; contain only connective tissue
-Synovial Membranes
-What are the three types of muscle tissue?
-Skeletal
-Cardiac
-Smooth
-What type of muscle tissue
*Usually attached to bones
*Long, cylindrical straited fibers (cells)
*Voluntary (conscious) control
-Skeletal
-What type of muscle tissue
*Heart Wall
*Branched striated fibers joined by intercalated discs
-Involuntary (without conscious) control
-Cardiac
-What type of muscle tissue
*Walls of hallow organs; stomach & intestines
*Spindle-shaped non-straited fibers
*Involuntary control
-Smooth
-Two types of cells in the nervous tissue
-Neurons (nerve cells): produce nerve impulses
-Neurogila: support nervous system
-Restoring Homeostasis
________ tissue: highest renewal capacity
________ tissue: poorest renewal capacity
________ scar tissue formation: __________ rapidly synthesize fiers in matrix
*Epithelial
*Nervous
*Fibrosis Fibroblast
3 things that contribute to aging process
*Excessive glucose
*changes in collagen
*Elastice fibers
-Protects structures from UV rays
-Decreases heat loss
-Protects eyes from foreign particles
-AKA - Pili
-Hair
Located on thin (hairy) skin
Hair Anatomy
-Consist of _______, ________ ______.
-Dead, karatinized cells
Hair Anatomy:
-Superficial portion above skin
-Deeper portion penetrates skin
-Oil Glands
-Smooth muscles raise hairs "goose bumps" when contracted
-Hair Shaft
-Hair Root
-Sebaceous Glands
-Arrector Pili Muscles
Hair Anatomy:
-External & internal root sheaths
-Base of hair follicle;contains hair matrix (stratum basale layer; site of cell division)
-Hair Follicle
-Bulb
What are the 4 stages of hair growth?
-Growth Stage
-Resting Stage
-Alopecia
-Hair Color
-Cells of hair matrix divid, keratinize, & die. New cells added at base of hair follicle pushing older cells towards surface; hair grows longer
-Growth Stage
-Hair growth stops

-Partial or complete hair loss due to aging, chemotherapy or genetics

-Primarily due to amount of melanin
-Resting stage

-Alopecia

-Hair Color
Name the 3 typs of exocrine glands in the skin.

Where do exocrine glands release their product?
-Sebaceous (oil) glands
-Sudoriferous (sweat) glands
-Ceruminous glands: Produce earwax

-Ducts
__________ Glands are:
-Associated with hair follicles in thin skin
-Absent in thick skin
-Secrete an oily substance called ________.
-Sebaceous

-Sebum
___________
-Prevents dryness
-Inhibits growth of certain bacteria
-Clogged oil clands may cause ______.
-Sebum

-Acne
Sweat Glands:
-3-4 million in the body
-REalease sweat onto sking surface through pores
-Sudoriferous
(Sudori = Sweat) (Ferous=Bearing)
2 main types of Sudoriferous Glands:
Based on structure, location & type of sectetion
-Eccrine

-Apocrine
_________ sweat gland is located mostly in deep dermis and terminates on surface of epidermis.
-Eccrine Sweat Glands
_________ sweat glands distribute their product throughout skin of most regions of the body, espicially in skin of forehead, plams & soles.
-Eccrine Sweat Glands
________ is less viscous; consists of water, ions (Na+, CI-), urea, uric acid, ammonia, amion acids, glucose, and lactic acid.
-Eccrine Sweat Glands
__________ sweat glands onset of function is soon after birth and has no order.
-Eccrine Sweat Glands
__________ sweat glands are located mostly in subcutaneous layer and terminates in the hair follicle.
-Apocrine Swerat Glands
__________ sweat glands distribute their product in the skin of the axilla (armpit), groin, areloae, bearded regions of the face, clitoris, and labia minora.
-Apocrine Swerat Glands
_________ sweat glands are more visocous; additionally consists of lipids and proteins.
-Apocrine Swerat Glands
________ sweat glands onset of function is during puberty and does have an odor. Their functions are stimulated during emotional stress and sexual excitement.
-Apocrine Swerat Glands