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1006 1007 Epithelium 1 and 2 Dr Michaels
UC MED 2015 1006 1007 Epithelium 1 and 2 Dr Michaels
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10/06/2011

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Term
What are the four main types of tissues?
Definition
epithelium, connective tissue, muscle, nerve
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Where is epithelium found?
Definition
lines tubes and covers surfaces
Term
What are the three surfaces of epithelium?
Definition
apical (free or faces fluid), lateral, and basal surfaces
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What is metaplasia?
Definition
transformation of one type of epithelium to another due to abnormal conditions
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What are the functions of epithelium?
Definition
protection, secretion, selective absorption, selective ion transport, sensory perception, movement of substances across apical surface
Term
Classification of epithelium based on shape
Definition
Thin - Squamous
Square - Cuboidal
Rectangular - Columnar
Term
Classification of epithelium based on layers of cells
Definition
One layer - Simple
More than one layer - stratified
Some but not all layer reach apical surface but all touch basal membrane - Pseudostratified
Term
What does keratinized mean?
Definition
Containing dead cells (think outer layer of skin)
Term
How do you tell if epithelium is transitional?
Definition
Cobblestone appearance on apical surface
Term
Primary barrier for movement of fluid from surface of epithelium to the connective tissue below?
Definition
Zonula occludens
Term
Desomosome and gap junction appear as a "spot" junction or a "band" junction?
Definition
Spot
Term
Zonula occludens transmembrane proteins
Definition
Occludin, claudins, junctional adhesion molecule (JAM), and tricellulin
Term
Where is tricellulin present?
Definition
in regions where 3 cells join
Term
What is another word for zonula occludens
Definition
tight junction
Term
What is significant concerning zonula occludens and disease?
Definition
Zonula occludens is a common target for pathogens and toxins, which increases epithelial permeability
Term
The intermediate filament keratin is associated with what?
Definition
the macula adherens
Term
connexons are found in what?
Definition
gap junctions
Term
Integrins are associated with what?
Definition
hemidesmosomes
Term
What is the zonula adherens important for?
Definition
cell-to-cell adhesion
Term
what is another name for zonula adherens?
Definition
belt desmosome (because it goes all the way around the cell)
Term
Where are E-cadherins found?
Definition
zonula adherens
Term
What bind catenins in the zonula adherins?
Definition
E-cadherin and actin filaments
Term
What is another word for macula adherens
Definition
desmosome
Term
How are desmosomes (macula adherens) composed?
Definition
Cadherins bind to dense plaque (desmoplakin, plakoglobin), which ar ebond to keratin intermediate filaments
Term
What are gap junctions?
Definition
Pores (connexons made up of connexins) that allow for molecules and ions to pass between cells
Term
What is one main difference between desmosome and hemidesmosome
Definition
Desmosome connects adjacent cells. Hemidesmosome connects a cell to the basal lamina
Term
Bundles of what interact with focal adhesions?
Definition
Actin
Term
How does epithelium connect to connective tissue below?
Definition
Via basement membrane, which is a band of connective tissue.
Term
Basal lamina
Definition
Part of the basement membrane but only visible by EM. It is directly below the plasma membrane of the epithelium. It contains the lamina lucida and lamina densa.
Term
Type of collagen in lamina fibroreticularis (basement membrane)
Definition
Type III collagen
Term
basal bodies
Definition
barrel shaped structures formed of triplets of microtubules that originate from centrioles and serves as a base for cilia.
Term
organization of the axoneme in cilia
Definition
9 + 2 microtubles. Central microtubule pair encircled by 9 peripheral microtubule doublets
Term
Motor protein attached to microtubule dimers in the axoneme/cilia
Definition
dynein (ATP-dependent)
Term
Nexin
Definition
Protrudes from the A microtubule subunit that maintains the proper distance between microtubule doublets in the axoneme
Term
Average diameter of cilia and microvilli
Definition
cilia is 0.2 um and microvilli is 0.1 um
Term
primary cilia
Definition
lack dynein arms and the microtubule central pair. they are not motile
Term
parenchyma
Definition
epithelial components or working part of gland including secretory cells and cells that form ducts
Term
stroma
Definition
connective tissue components or all the supportive structure that holds the gland together, including capsule and walls or septa and reticular fibers that surround the epithelial parts
Term
single celled glands
Definition
unicellular
Term
multiple celled exocrine glands
Definition
multicellular
Term
classifications of exocrine glands based on shape of secretory region
Definition
tubular, alcinar (alveolar), tubuloalveolar
Term
classification of exocrine glands based on duct system
Definition
simple - does not branch
compound - branches
Term
classification of exocrine glands based on type of secretion and histological appearance of nucleus and cytoplasm
Definition
serous glands (serous acinus)
mucous glands
mixed glands
Term
serous glands
Definition
produce not heavily glycosylated glycoproteins, secrete enzymes, may have secretory granules. round nuclei. secreted product region is eosinophilic, cytoplasmic basophilia near the nuclei
Term
mucous glands
Definition
secrete heavily glycosylated glycoproteins. nuclei are flattened towards the basal surface. cytoplasm is very vacuolated and very eosinophilic.
Term
mixed glands (serous demilunes)
Definition
has a mucous portion and a serous portion.
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