Medicine Principles - Histology

What are the four main tissue types?

Where do you find Epithelium?

How is epithelium found?

Why do epithelium form sheets of cells?

What are characteristics of all epithelium?

What is an organ made of Epithelium?

What are some functions of epithelium?

What are the three epithelial cell shapes?

What are the terms for:
One Layer
Two or more Layers
Appears to have multiple layers but all are in contact with basal lamina?

What is produced by glandular epithelia?

What are Endocrine glands and what is an example?

What are exocrine glands and what is an example?

Which of Endocrine and Exocrine are 'ductless' and which is 'ducted'?

What are the two* types of connective tissue and an example of each?

What types of cells are found in connective tissue?

What are the two types of soft connective tissue?

Name the properties of cartilage and the most common types.

Where is hyaline cartilage found?

Describe the anatomy of bone.

What are the three main types of Muscle tissue?

How do muscle cells produce force?

What are two other names for smooth muscle and why is it called this?

What are the characteristics of a smooth muscle cell?

What are two other names for skeletal muscle and why is it called this?

What are the characteristics of a skeletal muscle cell?

What are the characteristics of cardiac muscle cells?

What does nervous tissue consist of?

What is the ratio of glia to neurons in the CNS?

What other tissue surrounds nervous tissue?

What are the three types of Neurons?

What are the four principal Glia of the CNS?

What is the proportion of white blood cells?

What are the characteristic of a neutrophil?

What are the characteristic of an Eosinophil?

What are the characteristic of a Basophil?

What are the characteristic of a Monocyte?

What are the characteristic of a Lymphocyte?