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Human Anatomy, First Edition
McKinley & O'Loughlin
  • Chapter 4 Lecture Outline:
  • Tissue Level
  • of Organization
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Tissue Level of Organization
  • Tissues are groups of similar cells and extracellular products that carry out a common function.
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4 Types of Tissues
    • epithelial tissue
    • connective tissue
    • muscle tissue
    • nervous tissue

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Epithelial Tissue
  • Lines every body surface and all body cavities.
  • Forms both the external and internal lining of many organs.
  • Constitutes the majority of glands.
  • Composed of one or more layers of closely packed cells that form a barrier between two compartments having different components.
  • Little to no extracellular matrix.
  • No blood vessels penetrate an epithelium.


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Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue: Cellularity
  • Composed almost entirely of cells bound closely together by different types of cell junctions.
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Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue: Polarity
  • Apical surface (free, or top, surface)
  • Intercellular junctions
  • Basal surface (fixed, or bottom, surface)


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Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue: Attachment
  • The basal surface of an epithelium is bound to a thin basement membrane.


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Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue: Avascularity
  • Lack blood vessels.
  • Nutrients obtained either directly across the apical surface or by diffusion across the basal surface.


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Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue: Innervation
  • Some epithelia are richly innervated to detect changes in the environment at that body or organ surface.
  • Most nervous tissue is in the underlying connective tissue.


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Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue: Regeneration Capacity
  • Frequently damaged or lost by abrasion and is replaced via high regeneration capacity.
  • Continual replacement occurs through the divisions of the deepest epithelial cells (called stem cells) near its base.


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Functions of Epithelial Tissue
  • Protection
  • Regulation of materials into and out of the organ or tissue
  • Produce secretions
    • Endocrine glands
    • Exocrine glands
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Functions of Epithelial Tissue
  • Nerve endings detect changes in the external environment at their surface.
  • Continuously supply information to the nervous system concerning touch, pressure, temperature, and pain.
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Junctions
    • There are four types of cell junctions:
      • tight junctions
      • adhering junctions
      • desmosomes
      • gap junctions
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Endocrine Glands
  • Lack ducts and secrete their products directly into the interstitial fluid and bloodstream.
  • Hormones act as chemical messengers to influence cell activities elsewhere in the body.
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Exocrine Glands
    • Usually maintain their contact with the epithelial surface by means of a duct.
    • Duct secretes materials onto the surface of the skin or onto an epithelial surface lining an internal passageway.


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Classification of Exocrine Glands
    • Form and structure (morphology)
      • simple glands vs. compound glands
    • Type of secretion
        • tubular vs. acinar ducts
    • Method of secretion
        • tubuloacinar gland



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Secretion Types
    • Serous glands produce and secrete a nonviscous, watery fluid, such as sweat, milk, tears, or digestive juices.
    • Mucus glands secrete mucin, which forms mucus when mixed with water.
    • Mixed glands, such as the two pairs of salivary glands inferior to the oral cavity, contain both serous and mucus cells, and produce a mixture of the two types of secretions.
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Merocrine Glands
    • Also called eccrine glands, package their secretions in structures called secretory vesicles which travel to the apical surface of the glandular cell and release their secretion by exocytosis.
    • The glandular cells remain intact and are not damaged in any way by producing the secretion.



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Holocrine Gland
  • Secretion is produced through the destruction of the secretory cell.
    • Lost cells are replaced by cell division at the base of the gland.
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Apocrine Gland
  • Secretion occurs with the “decapitation” of the apical surface of the cell and the subsequent release of secretory product and some cellular fragments.
    • Examples:  the mammary glands and some sweat glands in the axillary and pubic regions


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Connective Tissue
  • Most diverse, abundant, widely distributed, and microscopically variable of the tissues.
  • Designed to support, protect, and bind organs.
  • Binds body structures together.
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Basic Components of CT
  • All CT share three basic components:
    • cells
    • protein fibers
    • ground substance

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Components of CT: Cells
  • connective tissue proper contains fibroblasts,
  • fat contains adipocytes,
  • cartilage contains chondrocytes, and
  • bone contains osteocytes.
    • Many CT’s contain white blood cells such as macrophages, which phagocytize foreign materials.


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Components of CT: Protein Fibers
  • Most contains protein fibers throughout the tissue.
  • Strengthen and support connective tissue.
  • Type and abundance of these fibers varies depending on function.



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Components of CT: Protein Fibers
  • Three basic types of protein fibers:
    • collagen fibers are strong and stretch-resistant
    • elastic fibers are flexible and resilient
    • reticular fibers form an interwoven framework



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Components of CT: Ground Substance
  • Cells and the protein fibers reside within a material called ground substance.
  • Nonliving material produced by the connective tissue cells.
  • Primarily consists of molecules composed of protein and carbohydrate and variable amounts of water.
  • May be viscous (blood), semisolid (cartilage), or solid (bone).





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Functions of Connective Tissue
  • Physical protection
  • Support and structural framework
  • Binding of structures
  • Storage
  • Transport



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Development of Connective Tissue
  • The primary germ layer mesoderm forms all connective tissues.
  • There are two types of embryonic connective tissue:
    • mesenchyme
    • mucous connective tissue
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Classification of Connective Tissue
  • The connective tissue types present after birth are classified into three broad categories:
    • connective tissue proper
    • supporting connective tissue
    • fluid connective tissue
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The Resident Cells of the Connective Tissue Proper
  • Fibroblasts
  • Adipocytes
  • Fixed macrophages
  • Mesenchymal cells



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The Wandering Cells of the Connective Tissue Proper
    • Mast cells
    • Plasma cells
      • B-lymphocytes
    • Macrophages
    • Leukocytes



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2 Broad Categories of CT
  • Loose connective tissue
  • Dense connective tissue
    • based on the relative proportions of cells, fibers, and ground substance

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Supporting Connective Tissue
  • Cartilage and bone
  • Form a strong, durable framework that protects and supports the soft body tissues.
  • Extracellular matrix contains many protein fibers and a ground substance that ranges from semisolid to solid.



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Fluid Connective Tissue
  • Blood is a fluid connective tissue composed of cells called formed elements.
    • erythrocytes (red blood cells)
    • leukocytes (white blood cells)
    • platelets
      • erythrocytes transport oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and the body tissues
      • leukocytes mount an immune response
      • platelets are involved with blood clotting

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Muscle Tissue
  • Responds to stimulation from the nervous system causing them to shorten.
  • Produce voluntary and involuntary movement.
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Nervous Tissue
  • Sometimes termed neural tissue.
  • Consists of neurons, or nerve cells, and glial cells that support, protect, and provide a framework for neurons.


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Neurons
  • Detect stimuli, process information quickly, and rapidly transmit electrical impulses from one region of the body to another.
  • Prominent cell body functions in control; information processing, storage, and retrieval; internal communication.


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Neurons
  • Processes extend from the nerve cell body.
    • Dendrite
    • Axon


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