Histology practical exam

Adipose

Adipose

(connective) looks like popped bubbles

Anterior

toward the front of the body ex: the breast is (blank) to the spine

Areolar

(connective) looks like loosely organized fibers

blood

(connective) many red dots

Cardiac Muscle

spaced out striations (nuclei spread throughout)

Compact bone

(connective) looks like tree rings

deep

away from the body surface ex: the lungs are (blank) to the skin

Dense Irregular

(connective) prettyy wavy

Dense Regular

(connective)

Distal

farther from the origin of the body ex: the knee is (blank) to the thigh

Elastic Cartilage

(connective) looks like when u cut open the sweet tart ropes

Frontal

divides front and back

hyaline

(connective) scattered clumps of cells

inferior

away from the end toward the lower part of a structure or the body (below) ex: the navel is (blank) to the chin

lateral

away from the midline of the body; on the outer side ex: the arms are (blank) to the chest

medial

toward the middle of the body; on the inner side ex: the heart is (blank) to the arms

mesenchyme

(connective) doesn’t really resemble anything

Nervous tissue

Posterior

toward or at the back of the body ex: the heart is (blank) to the breast

Proximal

closer to the origin of the body ex: the elbow is (blank) to the wrist

Psuedostratified Ciliated Columnar

(epithellial) different height rectangular shapes with nuclei that are NOT lined up

Reticular

connective) looks like blood cells with little veins/dark branches

Saggital Plane

divides left and right

Simple Columnar

(epithellial) rectanlgular, long cells with nuclei lined up

Simple Cuboidal

(epithellial) single layer of cube shaped cells

Simple Squamous

(epithellial) single layer of flat cells

Skeletal Muscle

lots of little bands and striations

Smooth Muscle

no striations, nuclei spread throughout in lines

Stratified Squamous

(epithellial) looks like several layers of flat, scale-like, fish eggs

Superficial

toward or at the body surface ex: the skin is (blank) to the skeletal muscle

Superior

toward the head end or upper end of a structure or the body (above) ex: the head is (blank) to the abdomen

Transitional Epithellium

(epithellium) looks like a sea anemone

Transverse plane

divides top and bottom