ANAT 1551/1571 Unit 1 - Histology and the Integumentary System

Vocabulary flashcards for ANAT 1551/1571 Laboratory Objectives covering Unit 1: Histology, Integumentary System, Skin Models, and Nail Structure.

Simple epithelium (Squamous, Cuboidal, Columnar)

Epithelial tissue slide requiring identification of nucleus, cytoplasm, cell membrane, and for cuboidal tissue: apical, basal, and lateral surfaces.

Pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium

Epithelial tissue slide requiring identification of pseudostratified columnar cells and cilia.

Areolar connective tissue

Connective tissue slide requiring identification of collagen fibers, elastic fibers, and fibroblast (nuclei).

White fibrous tissue/Tendon (Dense regular connective tissue)

Connective tissue slide requiring identification of collagen fibers and fibroblasts.

Hyaline cartilage

Cartilage slide requiring identification of chondrocytes, matrix, and lacuna.

Ground bone

Bone tissue slide requiring identification of osteocytes and osteons.

Adipose tissue

Tissue slide requiring identification of adipose cells, oil vacuole, and nucleus.

Blood

Fluid tissue slide requiring identification of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

Smooth Muscle

Muscle tissue slide requiring identification of smooth muscle cell and nucleus.

Skeletal Muscle

Muscle tissue slide requiring identification of skeletal muscle fiber/cell, striations, and nuclei.

Cardiac Muscle

Muscle tissue slide requiring identification of intercalated discs, striations, and nucleus.

Nervous tissue

Tissue slide requiring identification of neuron, glial cell, cell body, nucleus, dendrite, and axon.

Skin (cornified)

Slide requiring identification of epidermis, dermis (papillary & reticular layers), dense irregular CT, hypodermis, and 5 strata.

Skin, scalp

Slide requiring identification of epidermis, dermis, hypodermis, hair follicle, hair shaft, and 5 strata.

Epidermis

Layer on skin models comprising stratum corneum, stratum lucidum, stratum granulosum, stratum spinosum, and stratum basale.

Dermis

Layer on skin models comprising papillary & reticular layers, dermal papilla, hair structures (follicle, root, shaft, medulla, cortex, cuticle, matrix, internal & external root sheath, arrector pili muscles), and glands (sebaceous & sweat [merocrine/apocrine]).

Hypodermis

Subcutaneous skin layer composed of adipose tissue.

Nail Model

Anatomy model requiring identification of nail body, bed, groove, fold, hyponychium, eponychium, lunula, root, and matrix.