General histological organisation of cells and tissues found in the body.
(Suzanne Ollerenshaw)
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| 312785195 | histology | The study of the body's tissues and how they are arranged | |
| 312785197 | pathology | The study of abnormal or diseased tissue | |
| 312785199 | dark blue | In an H&E stain, the cell nucleus appears this colour | |
| 312785200 | pink | In an H&E stain, the cell cytoplasm appears this colour | |
| 312785202 | haematoxylin | In a H&E stain, the cell nucleus is blue because it is stained with this substance | |
| 312785204 | eosin | In a H&E stain, the cell cytoplasm is pink because it is stained with this substance | |
| 312785206 | tissue | An orderly arrangement and distinctive pattern of cells which together perform a function | |
| 312785208 | epithelial, connective | Of the four basic tissue types, name two that are described by their morphology | |
| 312785210 | muscular, nervous | Of the four basic tissue types, name two that are described by their function | |
| 312785212 | free surface | Epithelium is always on a... | |
| 312785214 | barrier | The main function of epithelial tissue is to act as a... | |
| 312785216 | support | The main function of connective tissue is to act as... | |
| 312785218 | fibroblast | The main cell type of true connective tissue | |
| 312785220 | simple | Epithelial tissue with only one cell layer is described as... | |
| 312785222 | stratified | Epithelial tissue with multiple cell layers is described as... | |
| 312785224 | columnar | Epithelial tissue with tall, thin cells is described as... | |
| 312785226 | cuboidal | Epithelial tissue with cube-like cells is described as... | |
| 312785228 | squamous | Epithelial tissue with flattened cells is described as... | |
| 312785230 | loose | Connective tissue with a smaller number of fibres is described as... | |
| 312785232 | dense | Connective tissue with a greater number of fibres is described as... | |
| 312785233 | regular | Connective tissue with the fibres arranged in a pattern is described as... | |
| 312785234 | irregular | Connective tissue with no apparent pattern of fibres is described as... | |
| 312785236 | muscle fibre | A muscle cell | |
| 312785237 | bundles | Muscle fibres are arranged in... | |
| 312785240 | smooth | Muscle tissue involved in slow, involuntary contraction, as in peristalsis | |
| 312785242 | striated | Muscle tissue in which faint bands can be seen | |
| 312785244 | skeletal | Muscle tissue involved in voluntary movement | |
| 312785246 | cardiac | Muscle tissue involved in the contraction of the heart | |
| 312785248 | neuron | A nerve cell | |
| 312785250 | soma | The main body of a neuron | |
| 312785252 | dendrite | A long neuronal process that receives inputs | |
| 312785254 | axon | A long neuronal process that outputs a signal | |
| 312785256 | peripheral | Once neural tissue leaves the spinal cord, it is described as... | |
| 312785258 | central | Neural tissue of the spinal cord and brain is described as... | |
| 312785260 | nerves | Axons in the peripheral nervous system | |
| 312785262 | ganglia | Nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system reside here | |
| 312785265 | white matter | Axons in the central nervous system | |
| 312785266 | grey matter | Nerve cell bodies in the central nervous system | |
| 312785268 | plasma membrane | A trilaminar structure that surrounds the cell | |
| 312785270 | 9nm | The thickness of the plasma membrane | |
| 312785273 | cytoskeleton | The internal framework of filaments and tubules within the cell | |
| 312785275 | microtubules | Part of the cytoskeleton, made of tubulin | |
| 312785277 | tubulin | The protein that makes up microtubules | |
| 312785279 | cilia | Microtubules are involved in the movement of these cellular appendages | |
| 312785281 | microvilli | Microfilaments are involved in the movement of these cellular appendages | |
| 312785283 | actin | The protein that makes up microfilaments | |
| 312785285 | microfilaments | Part of the cytoskeleton, made of actin | |
| 312798115 | rough endoplasmic reticulum | The function of this organelle is protein synthesis | |
| 312798116 | ribosomes | The rough ER has these embedded in its plasma membrane | |
| 312798117 | cisternae | The spaces in the rough ER within its plasma membrane | |
| 312798118 | smooth endoplasmic reticulum | One of the functions of this organelle is steroid synthesis | |
| 312798119 | glycogen | This molecule is always associated with the smooth ER | |
| 312798120 | Golgi apparatus | The function of this organelle is protein sorting and packaging | |
| 312798121 | lysosome | The function of this organelle is digestion of unwanted molecules | |
| 312798122 | mitochondria | The function of this organelle is energy generation | |
| 312798123 | cristae | The inner membrane of the mitochondria forms these | |
| 312798124 | pale | A cell that is very active in protein synthesis has a ___ nucleus | |
| 312798125 | heterochromatin | Within the nucleus, ____ appears dark in colour | |
| 312798126 | euchromatin | Within the nucleus, ____ appears light in colour | |
| 312798127 | condensed | Heterochromatin appears dark because it is... | |
| 312798128 | extended | Euchromatin appears light because it is... | |
| 312798129 | nucleolus | A structure within the nucleus that is involved with ribosome formation | |
| 312798130 | necrosis | A process of cell death that involves lysis and inflammation | |
| 312798131 | apoptosis | A process of cell death that involves cell volume loss | |
| 312798132 | apoptotic bodies | These are formed by apoptosis |
