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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Structure of five layers of the skinDescription: The epidermis is made up of epithelial cells depending on their location in the body. The skin that has four layers is…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted an update in the group
MT30-Histology Art AB 3 years, 9 months agoINTEGUMENTARY SYSTEMDescription: The integumentary system is the body’s largest organ that forms a physical barrier between the external and internal environment. It…
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Structure of five layers of the skin
Description: The epidermis is made up of epithelial cells depending on their location in the body. The skin that has four layers is…
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Structure of the nail
Description: The nail is a horny plate that grows on the back of each finger and toe at its outer end. Its structure includes the nail bed, nail…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Four chambers of the heartDescription: Each side of the heart has a small collecting chamber called an “atrium” that connects to a large pumping chamber called the…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Structure of three layers of the heartDescription: The walls of the heart are composed of 3 layers: Epicardium (outer layer), Myocardium (middle muscular layer), and…
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Four chambers of the heart
Description: Each side of the heart has a small collecting chamber called an “atrium” that connects to a large pumping chamber called the…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted an update in the group
MT30-Histology Art AB 3 years, 9 months agoCIRCULATORY SYSTEMDescription: It is a system of organs that contains the heart and the blood vessels and moves blood throughout the entire body.
Function: This…
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Structure of three layers of the heart
Description: The walls of the heart are composed of 3 layers: Epicardium (outer layer), Myocardium (middle muscular layer), and…
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Four chambers of the heart
Description: Each side of the heart has a small collecting chamber called an “atrium” that connects to a large pumping chamber called the…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Two types of Neuroglia in PNS– Neuroglia in the PNS includes Schwann cells & satellite cells.
Schwann cell
Description: It is also known as neurilemma cells,…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Five types of NeuronsDescription: There are many different types of neurons, and they all have special functions in the brain, spinal cord & muscles that control our…
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Two types of Neuroglia in PNS
– Neuroglia in the PNS includes Schwann cells & satellite cells.
Schwann cell
Description: It is also known as neurilemma cells,…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Structure of a NeuronDescription: Neurons (nerve cells) are the cells considered to be the basis of nervous tissue. It consists of a cell body, dendrites, and axons….
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Five types of Neurons
Description: There are many different types of neurons, and they all have special functions in the brain, spinal cord & muscles that control our…
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Two types of Neuroglia in PNS
– Neuroglia in the PNS includes Schwann cells & satellite cells.
Schwann cell
Description: It is also known as neurilemma cells,…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted an update in the group
MT30-Histology Art AB 3 years, 9 months agoNERVOUS TISSUESDescription: It is the main tissue of our nervous system, and it consists of two cells: nerve cells or neurons and glial cells.
Function: It is…
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Structure of a Neuron
Description: Neurons (nerve cells) are the cells considered to be the basis of nervous tissue. It consists of a cell body, dendrites, and axons….
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Five types of Neurons
Description: There are many different types of neurons, and they all have special functions in the brain, spinal cord & muscles that control our…
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Two types of Neuroglia in PNS
– Neuroglia in the PNS includes Schwann cells & satellite cells.
Schwann cell
Description: It is also known as neurilemma cells,…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Smooth Muscle TissueDescription: It has short spindle-shaped cells with single, centrally located nuclei. Its cells are arranged closely to form sheets, with no…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Cardiac Muscle TissueDescription: It has short, branching, striated, generally uninucleated cells that interdigitate at specialized junctions (intercalated discs).
Function: It propels blood into the circulation as it contracts. It also keeps your heart pumping through involuntary movements.
Location: It is found in the walls of the heart.
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Smooth Muscle Tissue
Description: It has short spindle-shaped cells with single, centrally located nuclei. Its cells are arranged closely to form sheets, with no…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted a new activity comment 3 years, 9 months ago
Skeletal Muscle TissueDescription: It has long, cylindrical & multinucleated cells with obvious striations.
Function: Voluntary movement, locomotion, manipulation of…
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Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Description: It has short, branching, striated, generally uninucleated cells that interdigitate at specialized junctions (intercalated discs).
Function: It propels blood into the circulation as it contracts. It also keeps your heart pumping through involuntary movements.
Location: It is found in the walls of the heart.
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Smooth Muscle Tissue
Description: It has short spindle-shaped cells with single, centrally located nuclei. Its cells are arranged closely to form sheets, with no…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted an update in the group
MT30-Histology Art AB 3 years, 9 months agoMUSCLE TISSUESDescription: Muscle tissues are soft tissues that make up the different types of muscles in most animals. It contains special contractile proteins called actin and myosin, which contract and relax to cause movement. The three types of muscle tissue are cardiac, smooth, and skeletal.
Function: Each type of muscle tissue in the…
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Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Description: It has long, cylindrical & multinucleated cells with obvious striations.
Function: Voluntary movement, locomotion, manipulation of…
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Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Description: It has short, branching, striated, generally uninucleated cells that interdigitate at specialized junctions (intercalated discs).
Function: It propels blood into the circulation as it contracts. It also keeps your heart pumping through involuntary movements.
Location: It is found in the walls of the heart.
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Smooth Muscle Tissue
Description: It has short spindle-shaped cells with single, centrally located nuclei. Its cells are arranged closely to form sheets, with no…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted an update in the group
MT30-Histology Art AB 3 years, 9 months agoCONNECTIVE TISSUESDescription: Connective tissue is the most abundant and widely distributed primary tissue. It has three main components: cells, fibers, and ground substance. It includes loose connective tissue, dense fibrous connective tissue, adipose tissue, elastic connective tissue, cartilage, osseous tissue, and blood.
Function: It binds…
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Collagen Fiber
Description: It is a fibrous protein secreted into the extracellular space. It is also the most abundant protein fiber type and is predominantly made of…
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Elastic Fiber
Description: It is made from the protein elastin. This fiber is also long and thin and forms branching networks in the extracellular matrix.
Function: It…
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Reticular Fiber
Description: It consists of collagen type III and is short, thin, and delicate collagenous fibers that form mesh-like networks in organs.
Function: It acts as a supporting mesh in soft tissues
Location: It is found in kidneys, liver, spleen, kidney, lymph nodes, Peyer’s patches, and bone marrow.
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Loose (Areolar) Connective Tissue
Description: It is the most widely distributed type of connective tissue and serves as a universal packing material between other…
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Dense Regular Connective Tissue
Description: This tissue consist of closely packaged bundles of collagen fibers aligned parallel to each other. These fibers are also…
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Dense Irregular Connective Tissue
Description: It has collagen fibers randomly interwoven, forming a three-dimensional network resistant to distension in all…
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Adipose Tissue
Description: It is an energy-storing loose connective tissue. It consists of adipocytes, cells filled with lipids (fats) composed of roughly 80% fat….
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Bone
Description: Bone, or osseous tissue, is a mineralized and viscous-elastic connective tissue with a large amount of two different matrix materials.
Function: It…
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Blood
Description: It is a specialized connective tissue within the circulatory system. It is a vital liquid that usually conveys blood cells, nutrients, and oxygen…
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Mucous Connective Tissue
Description: It is a primitive (embryonic) and gelatinous type of connective tissue that persist in the umbilical cord. It is also composed of…
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Ysandra Prille A. Tabilon posted an update in the group
MT30-Histology Art AB 3 years, 9 months agoEPITHELIAL TISSUESDescription: The epithelium is a type of body tissue covering all internal and external body surfaces, lines body cavities, and hollow organs. It is also the primary tissue found in glands. It is composed of cells laid together in sheets with cells tightly connected. It consists of four types of tissue: epithelial, connective,…
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Simple Squamous Epithelium
Description: Simple squamous epithelium cells are flat in shape and arranged in a single layer. This type of epithelium forms thin, delicate…
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium
Description: Simple cuboidal epithelium consists of single-layer cells that are as tall as they are wide (resembles a box-like cube). This…
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Simple Columnar Epithelium
Description: Simple columnar epithelium is a single row of tall, closely packed cells aligned in a row. This epithelium often includes apical…
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Stratified Squamous Epithelium
Description: It consists of flattened epithelial cells arranged in many layers. This type is further divided into keratinized and…
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Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium
Description: It is a rare type of Epithelium composed of cells that are as tall as they are wide and are arranged in many layers.
Function: It acts as a protective tissue layer.
Location: It lines the excretory ducts of sweat glands, salivary glands & mammary glands.
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Stratified Columnar Epithelium
Description: It is composed of column-shaped cells arranged in many layers. It is less common than the other stratified types.
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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium
Description: It is a tissue composed of a single layer of simple columnar epithelial cells whose nuclei appear at different…
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Transitional Epithelium
Description: It is a stratified epithelium, also called urothelium, found in organs that can distend. When the tissue is not stretched, it…
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Description: The nail is a horny plate that grows on the back of each finger and toe at its outer end. Its structure includes the nail bed, nail…
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