GENERAL

1. Specialization -

2. Tissues -

3. Histology -

4. Tissue types -

-a. Epithelial -

-b. Connective -

-c. Muscle -

-d. Nervous –

Cellular junctions and other membrane specializations

1. Microvilli -

2. Membrane junctions -

3. Tight junctions -

-a. Digestive tract –

4. Desmosomes -

-a. Intermediate filaments –

-b. Plaque –

-c. Linker proteins –

-d. Mechanical tissue -

5. Gap junctions -

-a. Connexons -

-b. Excitable tissue -

EPITHELIAL TISSUE

General comments

1. Covering –

2. Glandular epithelium -

3. Functions -

Special characteristics

1. Cellularity -

2. Cell junctions –

-a. Tight junctions –

-b. Desmosomes –

3. Polarity -

-a. Apical surface -

-b. Basal surface -

4. Innervated -

5. Avascular -

6. Regeneration –

Basement membrane

1. Basal lamina -

2. Connective tissue support -

3. Reticulum lamina -

4. Basement membrane -

5. Lamina propria –

Epithelial classification

1. Cell layers –

-a. Simple epithelium -

-b. Stratified epithelium -

2. Cell shape -

-a. Squamous epithelium -

-b. Cuboidal epithelium -

-c. Columnar epithelium -

Types of Epithelial Tissue

Simple squamous epithelium

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Simple cuboidal epithelium

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Simple columnar epithelium

1. Description -

-a. Cilia -

-b. Goblet cell -

-c. Microvilli -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

1. Description -

-a. Cilia -

-b. Goblet cells -

2. Location –

-a. Cilated -

-b. Nonciliated -

3. Function -

Stratified squamous epithelium

1. Description -

2. Location -

-a. Keratinized -

-b. Nonkeratinized -

3. Function -

Stratified columnar epithelium

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Transitional epithelium

1. Description –

2. Location -

3. Function -

Glandular Epithelia

General comments

1. Gland -

2. Golgi apparatus -

3. Endocrine glands –

4. Exocrine glands –

Multicellular exocrine glands

1. Basic structure

-a. Secretory unit -

-b. Duct -

-c. Supporting connective tissue -

-d. Fibrous capsule –

2. Structural classification –

-a. Simple -

-b. Simple branched –

-c. Compound -

-d. Tubular -

-e. Alveolar (acinar) -

-f. Tubuloalveolar -

3. Functional classification –

-a. Merocrine gland -

-b. Holocrine gland -

-c. Apocrine gland -

Unicellular exocrine glands

1. Goblet cells -

2. Golgi apparatuses -

3. Mucin -

4. Mucus –

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

General

1. Distribution -

2. Functions -

Common characteristics

1. Common origin -

2. Vascularity -

3. Extracellular matrix -

Structural elements

1. Ground substance -

–a. Proteoglycans –

2. Fibers -

-a. Collagen fibers -

-b. Elastic fibers -

-c. Reticular fibers –

3. Fundamental cell types –

-a. Fibroblast / fibrocyte -

-b. Chondroblast / chondrocyte -

-c. Osteoblast / osteocyte -

-d. Hemocytoblast (hemopoeitic stem cell) -

4. Other cell types -

Connective tissue overview

1. Mesenchyme –

2. Connective tissue proper –

-a. Loose connective tissue –

-b. Dense connective tissue –

3. Cartilage –

-a. Perichondrium -

-b. Avascular -

-c. Chondroblast -

-d. Extracellular matrix -

-e. Lacunae -

4. Bone –

5. Blood –

Types of Connective Tissue

Mesenchyme -

1. Description -

2. Location –

3. Function –

Areolar connective tissue

1. Description -

2. Location –

-a. Lamina propria –

3. Function -

Adipose tissue

1. Description -

-a. Adipocyte -

2. Location -

3. Functions -

Reticular connective tissue

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Dense regular connective tissue

1. Description –

-a. Vascularization -

-b. Elastic connective tissue –

2. Location -

3. Function -

Dense irregular connective tissue

1. Description –

-a. Vascularization –

2. Location -

3. Function -

Hyaline cartilage

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Elastic cartilage

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Fibrocartilage

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Bone (osseous tissue)

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Blood

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANES

General

1. Epithelial membranes –

2. Location –

Cutaneous membrane

1. Skin -

2. Epidermis -

3. Dermis -

Mucus membranes

1. Mucosae -

2. Epithelium -

3. Lamina propria -

Serous membrane

1. Serosae -

2. Double layered membrane -

-a. Parietal layer -

-b. Visceral layer -

3. Serous fluid -

4. Mesothelium -

5. Areolar connective tissue -

OTHER TISSUES

Nervous tissue

1. Description –

-a. Neurons -

-b. Supporting cells -

2. Location -

3. Function -

Muscle Tissue

General

1. Cellularity -

2. Vascularized -

3. Myofilaments -

Skeletal muscle

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

-a. Voluntary –

Cardiac muscle

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

-a. Involuntary –

Smooth muscle

1. Description -

2. Location -

3. Function -

-a. Involuntary –