MEDIVEERSETHE PRACTICAL HUBHistology
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01Core tissues6
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Browse this group →03Epithelia6
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Epithelial tissue
Provides protective, absorptive and secretory surfaces.
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Areolar connective tissue
Binds and supports surrounding tissues and permits diffusion.
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Adipose tissue
Stores energy and contributes to cushioning, insulation and endocrine signalling.
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Dense connective tissue
Resists tensile forces; fibre arrangement reflects the direction of mechanical loading.
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Cartilage: three patterns
Provides flexible support and, in articular cartilage, a low-friction bearing surface.
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Skeletal, smooth & cardiac muscle
Produces movement, organ-wall contraction and cardiac pumping.
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Nervous tissue
Receives, processes and transmits information.
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Simple squamous epithelium
Permits rapid exchange and provides low-friction lining at suitable sites.
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Simple cuboidal epithelium
Supports absorption and secretion in ducts and tubules.
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Simple columnar epithelium
Supports absorption and secretion, particularly in digestive lining.
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Stratified squamous epithelium
Protects surfaces exposed to friction; keratinisation varies by site.
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Pseudostratified ciliated epithelium
Typical conducting-airway lining supports mucociliary clearance.
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Transitional epithelium (urothelium)
Forms a distensible urine-resistant barrier in much of the urinary tract.
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Reticular connective tissue
Provides a supporting framework in several lymphoid and haematopoietic organs.
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Hyaline cartilage
Provides resilient support and smooth articular surfaces; its collagen is mostly type II.
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Maintains flexible shape, for example in auricle and epiglottis.
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Combines tensile resistance and compressive support at heavily loaded sites.
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Compact bone: osteon
Provides rigid load-bearing support while maintaining living cells through vascular canal systems.
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Thick skin
Protects high-friction palmar and plantar surfaces.
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Covers most body surfaces with regional variation in appendages and thickness.
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Lymph node
Filters lymph and supports adaptive immune-cell interactions.
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Thymus
Supports T-cell development and selection.
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Spleen
Filters blood and participates in immune surveillance and removal of ageing blood cells.
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Thyroid gland
Follicular architecture stores thyroid-hormone precursors extracellularly in colloid.
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Adrenal gland
Cortex makes steroid hormones; medullary chromaffin cells secrete catecholamines.
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Pancreas
Combines exocrine digestive secretion with endocrine hormone release.
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Stomach: gastric mucosa
Produces protective mucus, acid, intrinsic factor and digestive precursors according to region.
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Small intestine
Provides a large absorptive surface for nutrients.
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Large intestine
Absorbs water and electrolytes and lubricates luminal contents.
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Renal corpuscle
Forms the initial plasma ultrafiltrate through the glomerular filtration barrier.
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Ureter
Transports urine by smooth-muscle peristalsis while maintaining a protective lining.
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Urinary bladder
Stores urine with a distensible barrier and muscular emptying mechanism.
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