Exercise 6 Tissues
Organization of Tissues Types There are four major tissue types: 1.Epithelium 2.Connective 3.Muscle 4.Nervous
Characteristics of Epithelial tissue High cellularity - lots of densely packed cells with … Specialized intercellular contacts - such as tight junctions, desmosomes and gap junctions. Basement membranes & other c.t. support - anchors to connective tissue. Polarity - it has an apical side and a basal side (a free edge and a fixed edge). Avascular - no blood supply. Receive oxygen and nutrients by diffusion Highly mitotic - cells readily regenerate.
Subcategories of epithelial tissue i.Simple 1.squamous 2.cuboidal 3.columnar ii.Stratified 1.squamous 2.cuboidal 3.columnar iii.Special (doesn’t fall neatly into either of the above) 1.Pseudostratified columnar 2.Transitional
Simple Squamous Top view Nucleus
Simple Cuboidal Nuclei
Simple Columnar Basement membrane Goblet cells
Pseudostratified columnar a.
Pseudostratified columnar b. Cilia
Stratified squamous
Keratinizing Stratified Squamous Keratin layer of dead cells
Stratified Cuboidal
Stratified Columnar Rare, found in the male urethra and few other places.
Transitional Found only in the urinary tract
Characteristics of Connective Tissue Common developmental origin - it is all from mesoderm Mostly well vascularized (except cartilages, tendons and ligaments) Low cellularity - the general arrangement is a variable (often scant) number of cells in a non-living matrix. The matrix: fibers of protein (collagen, elastic & reticular) ground substance (proteoglycans, cell adhesion molecules & interstial fluid
Connective tissue
Subcategories of Connective tissue i.Embryonic 1.Mesenchyme ii.Connective tissue proper 1.Loose a.Areolar b.Adipose c.Reticular 2.Dense a.Irregular (elastic or yellow) b.Regular (white fibrous) 3.Cartilage a.Hyaline b.Elastic c.Fibrocartilage 4.Bone (osseous) 5.Blood
Mesenchyme
Embryonic mesenchyme
Loose c.t.: areolar
Loose c.t.: reticular
Loose c.t.: adipose
Dense irregular c.t.
More dense irregular c.t.
Dense regular c.t.
Dense regular c.t.: tendon
Hyaline Cartilage
Elastic Cartilage
Bone: compact
Bone
Blood
Skeletal muscle l.sc.s.
Smooth muscle
Cardiac muscle
Nervous tissue