2. General Characteristics of
Epithelial Tissues
• Cellularity – densely packed – little extracellular matrix
• Forms Layers – has Polarity – Supported by
underlying Connective Tissue
• apical surface
• basal surface
• Innervated but avascular (no direct blood supply)
• Derived from embryonic ectoderm and endoderm
18. General Characteristics of
Connective Tissues
• Cellularity – fewer cells, rarely touching, surrounded
by considerable extracellular matrix
• ground substance (gelatinous glycoproteins)
• structural fibers (fibrous proteins, e.g., collagen, elastin, reticulin)
• Does not form layers – supports and fills in between
epithelial tissues
• Innervated and Vascular (direct blood supply)
• Cartilage is the exception with no capillary beds
• Derived from embryological mesoderm
42. Muscle Tissues
• Characteristics of muscle tissues
• High degree of cellularity
• Cells contain contractile proteins
• Well vascularized
• A highly specialized type of connective tissue
45. Classification of Muscle Tissues
• two types are striated:
• Skeletal muscle
• attached to bones
• multinucleate
• voluntary
• fibers are parallel and
cylindrical
• Cardiac muscle
• most of the heart wall
• single nucleus
• involuntary
• branched cylinders
connected by intercalated
discs
49. Nervous Tissue
• Highly specialized
epithelial cells
• Convert stimuli into
electro-chemical
signals for transfer of
information
• Structure
• cell body (soma) and
extensions
• dendrites (highly
branched) – carry
incoming signal
• axon (long, usually
single strand) – carry
outgoing signal
50. Take Advantage of Available
Histology Resources
http://www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/MedEd/Histo/frames/h_fram13.html
http://www.med.uiuc.edu/histo/small/atlas/slides.htm
http://www.pathguy.com/histo/000.htm