Fundamentals of Biology - Lecture Outline: Chapter 33 - Animal Tissues

Every animal is adapted to:

- maintain

- perform

- protect

- reproduce

4 Basic Tissue Types:

 

 

EPITHELIAL TISSUE

- free

- basement

- named by:

 

- Simple

- Stratified

 

- Squamous

- Cuboidal

- Columnar

 

Simple squamous - line blood vessels

- Diffusion

Simple cuboidal - glands + kidneys

- Secretion and absorption

Simple columnar - lining gut

- Secretion and absorption

 

High regenerative capacity

What are the most common cancers?

Cell-to-cell contacts:

1. Tight junction

 

2. Adhering junction

 

3. Gap junction

 

Glandular epithelium:

Exocrine glands

 

 

Endocrine glands

 

 

CONNECTIVE TISSUE

- cells (fibroblasts)

- ground substance

- 2 main categories

 

Connective Tissue Proper:

Loose c.t.

- contain fibroblasts

- semi-fluid

- under skin

- Elasticity

 

Dense irregular c.t.

- collagen fibers

- less ground substance

- in skin

- Support

Dense regular c.t.

- collagen fibers

- parallel bundles

 

- tendons + ligaments

- Strength

Specialized Connective Tissue:

Cartilage

- cells in ground substance

 

- ends of long bones, nose, trachea

- Support

Bone

- collagen fibers

 

- osteocytes

- Movement

 

Adipose

- packed with fat

- under skin

- Energy reserves,

 

Blood

- plasma

Transport gases

Immune

Clotting

Transport hormones

 

MUSCLE TISSUE

- contracts

- 3 types:

1. Skeletal muscle

- long

- striated

- multi-nucleated

- voluntary

 

2. Smooth muscle

- spindle-shaped

- involuntary

 

3. Cardiac muscle

- short, striated cells

- branched

- intercalated discs

NERVOUS TISSUE

- Neurons

- Neuroglia

 

 

3 Primary Tissue Layers:

Ectoderm

 

Mesoderm

 

Endoderm

 

 

Review

Review questions 1-9

Self quiz 1-13

Critical thinking #2