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Histology
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Histology
• The study of tissues within body organs
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1. Connective Tissue
• FUNCTION– protects and supports the body and its organs• Binds organs together• Stores energy reserves as fat• Help provide immunity to disease-causing organisms• Fills space• Provides support, protection, framework• Helps repair tissue
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Types of C.T. cells
• Mast cells – prevent clots• Macrophages – consumers• Fibroblasts – produce fibers– Collagen: bones, ligaments, tendons– Elastic: respiratory
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Fibroblasts
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Main Types of Fibers
• Collagenous fibers – strong and flexible (bones, tendons, ligaments)
• Elastic fibers – very flexible (ears and vocal cords)
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Main Categories of C. T.
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Loose C. T. or Areolar tissue
• Found underneath dermis
• Surrounds blood vessels
• Empty spaces
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Adipose tissue (fat)
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Fibrous C. T.
• Ligaments – bone to bone
• Tendons – muscle to bone
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Hyaline Cartilage
• Covers end of nose, joints, and respiratory passages
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Elastic cartilage
• External ear and larynx
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Fibrocartilage
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Osteocytes (Compact Bone)
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Blood Tissue
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#2 Muscle Tissue
• FUNCTION– generates the physical force needed to make body
structures move
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Cardiac Muscle
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Smooth Muscle
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Skeletal Muscle
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#3 Nervous Tissue
• FUNCTION– detects changes in a
variety of conditions inside and outside the body
– Responds by generating action potentials that help maintain homeostasis
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Nervous Tissue (spinal cord)
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Multipolar Motor Neuron
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#4 Epithelial Tissue
• FUNCTION– Covers body surfaces (inside and out)– Lines hollow organs, body cavities, and ducts– Forms glands
• Characteristics– Attaches to basement membrane– Usually has no blood supply– Cells divide rapidly– Cells tightly packed together
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Epithelium• Epithelial tissue functions to:– Protect surfaces (skin)– Secrete material (glands)– Absorb material (intestines)
• Consists of cells that line body surfaces, both internal (lining of gut) and external (skin)
• Epithelium lines the mouth, esophagus, uterus and vagina, ducts of the pancreas and liver, blood vessels (called endothelium), urethra and ureters, tubules of the kidney, air sacs (alveoli) of the lungs and many other sites.
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Classification
• Classified and named according to– Shape of outermost cell layer• Squamous – flat• Cuboidal - square• Columnar - rectangular• Transitional
– Whether or not tissue is one layer thick (simple) or has multiple (stratified)layers
– Whether or not the cells are ciliated or secrete mucous
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Simple Squamous
• Air sacs in lungs• Walls of capillaries• Function: allow
diffusion
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
• Function: secretion and absorption
• Found in kidney tubules, ducts, and ovaries
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Simple Cuboidal
• Cross sections – cube shaped cells line edge of ducts
• The white spaces are lumen (opening/duct) and would normally be filled with fluid
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Simple Cuboidal
• Many tubules are seen in this kidney cross section
• The cells have a cube shape and surround the empty white lumens
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Simple Columnar
• Function: secretion and absorption
• Found in digestive tract and uterus
• Contain goblet cells to secrete mucus
• Can have microvilli
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Transitional Epithelium
• Cells that are flattened and cuboidal
• Usually found in the bladder
• Has the ability to stretch
• Blocks diffusion
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Ciliated Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium
• Goblet cells produce mucus
• Same as columnar except has different nuclear layers (some in center, some near edge)
• Found in lining of passages and reproductive system
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Stratified Squamous Epithelium
• Mouth and skin• Cells are scale-
like• Function –
protect from abrasions
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Keratizined Strataified Squamous
• Skin• Outer layers of cells are
filled with keratin– Protein for
waterproofing
• Dead cells, no nucleus
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Stratified Cuboidal
• Sweat gland ducts• Only two layers of
cells• Found in the dermis
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Stratified Columnar• Rare• Found in the largest
ducts of salivary glands
• Basal (bottom) layers are cuboidal and top (apical) layer is columnar
• Large droplets are mucus in Goblet cells
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• A – basement membrane
• B – simple squamous
• C – simple cuboidal
• D – simple columnar
• E – pseudostratified columnar
• F – stratified squamous
• G – stratified columnar
• H – stratified cuboidal
• I – transitional
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Key for Histology
• Single layer or more than 1 layer? (simple, stratified)
• Shape – square, rectangle, mix, flat? (cuboidal, columnar, squamous, transitional)
• Look closely to determine if pseudo-