Microscopic Anatomy (PP 1)

Histology

What is the study of the "upright tissue" in the body called?

Epithelium, Connective, Muscle, Nerve

What are the 4 types of tissues?

Epithelium

What tissue type is usually classified by cell shape?

Connective

What tissue type is classified according to the characteristics of their intercellular matrix?

Connective

What type of tissue makes up bones?

Connective

Blood and lymph are what type of tissues?

Muscle

What tissue type are specialized cells used for contraction?

Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac

What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

Nerve

What type of tissue conducts impulses and is made up of neurons?

Epithelial

What type of cells pack tightly together and form CONTINUOUS SHEETS that line different parts of the body?

Protect, Secretion, Absorption, Transportation

What are the functions of epithelial cells?

Epithelial

What type of cells make up the inside of your mouth?

Epithelial

What type of cells line organs, such as the stomach?

Epithelial

What type of cells make up the outer layer of skin?

Epithelial

What type of cells surround the outside of organs?

Stratified squamous epithelium

What is the thickest and toughest type of epithelial cells?

Stratum basale

What is the name of the basal layer within Stratified squamous epithelial cells?

Stratum spinosum

What is the name of the parabasal layer within Stratified squamous epithelial cells?

Stratum granulosum

What is the name of the intermediate layer within Stratified squamous epithelial cells?

Stratum corneum

What is the name of the superficial layer within Stratified squamous epithelial cells?

Stratified columnar epithelium

What type of epithelial cells make up the pharynx and the salivary ducts?

Transitional epithelium

What type of epithelium cells line the bladder?

Glandular epithelium

What type of epithelium cells are specialized for secretion and excretion/elimination?

Ductless

Do endocrine glands have ducts or are they ductless?

Have ducts

Do exocrine glands have ducts or are they ductless?

Binds together, Supports, Protects

What are the functions of connective tissue?

Skeletal, Smooth, Cardiac

What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

Voluntary

Is skeletal muscle involuntary or voluntary?

Involuntary

Is smooth muscle involuntary or voluntary?

Straited

What type of muscle cells are obviously straited, long, cylindrical, multinucleate cells?

In skeletal muscle attached to bones and sometimes skin

Where are striated muscle cells located within the body?

Smooth

What type of muscle cells are more elliptical in shape, have 1 nucleus, and are tubular?

Cardiac

What type of muscle cells are branching, mononuclear, intercalated discs?

Axons

What type of nerve tissue sends impulses AWAY from the cell body?

Dendrites

What type of nerve tissue sends impulses TOWARDS the cell body?

True

True or False. The right and left sides of the body are mirrored images.

Pericardial sac

What is the name of the sac that encases the heart called?

Simple squamous epithelium

What type of cells line the thoracic cavity?

Simple squamous epithelium

What type of epithelium cells form a membrane that allows selective diffusion of materials to pass through?

Cuboidal epithelium

What type of epithelium cells are cube-like in appearance, meaning they have equal width, height and depth?

Pseudostratified ciliated squamous columnar epithelium

What type of epithelium cells are the type of respiratory epithelium found in the linings of the trachea as well as other respiratory tract, which allows filtering and humidification of incoming air?

Serous membrane

What is a mesothelial tissue that lines the internal cavities and forms smooth, transparent, 2-layered membrane lubricated by a fluid derived from serum called?

Serous membrane

The peritoneum, pericardium, and pleura are considered to have what type of membrane?

Parietal serous membrane

What type of membrane covers the walls of the body cavity?

Visceral serous membrane

What type of membrane covers the viscera (intestines)?

Visceral pericardium

What envelopes the heart and forms epicardium – the most superficial layer of the heart?

Visceral pleura

What covers the lungs, blood vessels, nerves, and bronchi?

Visceral peritoneum

What wraps around your abdominal organs, particularly your stomach, liver, spleen and parts of your small and large intestines?

Parietal pericardium

What is the outer layer of the pericardium, which is a thin sac of tissue that surrounds the heart called?

Parietal pleura

What is the outside layer of the pleura called?

Parietal peritoneum

What are the layers of tissue that line the abdominal wall and the pelvic cavity called?