ANAT 200 Questions and Answers
1. 4 tissue types: epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
2. 8 types of epithelial tissue: simple squamous, simple cuboidal, simple colum- nar, pseudostratified columnar,
stratified squamous, stratified cuboidal, stratified columnar, transitional
3. exocrine vs endocrine: endocrine doesn't have ducts, exocrine does
exocrine secretes onto epithelial surface endocrine secretes
into vessel
4. Describe Merocrine, Apocrine and Holocrine secretion: Merocrine: normal exocytosis
Apocrine: Apical surface gets pinched off (armpit sweat glands)
Holocrine: whole cell is released, contents released to duct etc.
5. 3 types of connective tissue (with subtypes for each): Proper - Loose, Dense Fluid - Blood, Lpmph
Supporting - Bone, Cartilage
6. What makes up connective tissue matrix?: Ground substance and Fibres
7. 3 types of fibres in connective tissue, and their traits.: Collagen - bundles giving tensile strength
Reticular - branching support network
Elastic - thin branching fibres which function like rubber bands
8. 4 cell types in connective tissue and their functions.: Fibroblasts - secrete ground substance and fibres
Fibrocyte - differentiates from fibroblast and maintains fibres Macrophages - eat debris and have immune
function
Adipocytes - lipid reserves
9. How do we classify connective tissue?: Density of fibres Types of fibres
Preponderance of a specific cell type
10.What does connective tissue come from?: mesenchyme
11.Describe loose connective tissue: It is a loose weave of fibers that functions as a packing material between
organs. Gives cushion and support.
Lots of ground substance and relatively few fibres.
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12.Name and describe the three types of loose connective tissue: areolar - most common, least specialized. GS
and elastic fibres
adipose - fat deposits
reticular - not described in notes? just branching support network
13.Describe dense connective tissue: Lots of fibres and little ground substance.
14.Name and describe the two types of dense connective tissue.: regular - fibres all go in one direction - makes
tendons and ligaments.
irregular -
15.What are membranes made of? What do they do? 4 types?: Epithelium
and connective tissue.
Line surfaces, cavities, and hollow organs
Mucous membranes, serous membranes, cutaneous membranes, and synovial membranes.
16.Name and describe the types of muscle.: Skeletal - attaches to bone, striated, multinucleated, cross banding
pattern, under voluntary control.
Smooth - short spindles, single nucleus, NOT striated, involuntary control.
Cardiac - short, branched, striated, involuntary control, single nuclei.
17.name and describe the 3 properties of bone: 1. It's a composite material - 70% calcium phosphate crystals
that are strong but inflexible.
30% collagen fibres - tough and flexible & can resist stretch bending and twisting.
2. Bone remodels under influence of stress - Tennis player's elbows.
3. Bone is anisotropic - strength and hardness differ based on orientation - like wood.
18.Name and describe the 4 types of bone cells: osteoprogenitor cells - stem cells that differentiate into other
cells. important in fracture repair
osteoblasts - come from osteoprogenitor. secrete osteoid that mineralizes later.
osteocytes - trapped osteocytes that maintain and monitor protein and mineral in the bony matrix
osteoclasts - break down bony matrix w secreted acid.
1. 4 tissue types: epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
2. 8 types of epithelial tissue: simple squamous, simple cuboidal, simple colum- nar, pseudostratified columnar,
stratified squamous, stratified cuboidal, stratified columnar, transitional
3. exocrine vs endocrine: endocrine doesn't have ducts, exocrine does
exocrine secretes onto epithelial surface endocrine secretes
into vessel
4. Describe Merocrine, Apocrine and Holocrine secretion: Merocrine: normal exocytosis
Apocrine: Apical surface gets pinched off (armpit sweat glands)
Holocrine: whole cell is released, contents released to duct etc.
5. 3 types of connective tissue (with subtypes for each): Proper - Loose, Dense Fluid - Blood, Lpmph
Supporting - Bone, Cartilage
6. What makes up connective tissue matrix?: Ground substance and Fibres
7. 3 types of fibres in connective tissue, and their traits.: Collagen - bundles giving tensile strength
Reticular - branching support network
Elastic - thin branching fibres which function like rubber bands
8. 4 cell types in connective tissue and their functions.: Fibroblasts - secrete ground substance and fibres
Fibrocyte - differentiates from fibroblast and maintains fibres Macrophages - eat debris and have immune
function
Adipocytes - lipid reserves
9. How do we classify connective tissue?: Density of fibres Types of fibres
Preponderance of a specific cell type
10.What does connective tissue come from?: mesenchyme
11.Describe loose connective tissue: It is a loose weave of fibers that functions as a packing material between
organs. Gives cushion and support.
Lots of ground substance and relatively few fibres.
, ANAT 200 Questions and Answers
12.Name and describe the three types of loose connective tissue: areolar - most common, least specialized. GS
and elastic fibres
adipose - fat deposits
reticular - not described in notes? just branching support network
13.Describe dense connective tissue: Lots of fibres and little ground substance.
14.Name and describe the two types of dense connective tissue.: regular - fibres all go in one direction - makes
tendons and ligaments.
irregular -
15.What are membranes made of? What do they do? 4 types?: Epithelium
and connective tissue.
Line surfaces, cavities, and hollow organs
Mucous membranes, serous membranes, cutaneous membranes, and synovial membranes.
16.Name and describe the types of muscle.: Skeletal - attaches to bone, striated, multinucleated, cross banding
pattern, under voluntary control.
Smooth - short spindles, single nucleus, NOT striated, involuntary control.
Cardiac - short, branched, striated, involuntary control, single nuclei.
17.name and describe the 3 properties of bone: 1. It's a composite material - 70% calcium phosphate crystals
that are strong but inflexible.
30% collagen fibres - tough and flexible & can resist stretch bending and twisting.
2. Bone remodels under influence of stress - Tennis player's elbows.
3. Bone is anisotropic - strength and hardness differ based on orientation - like wood.
18.Name and describe the 4 types of bone cells: osteoprogenitor cells - stem cells that differentiate into other
cells. important in fracture repair
osteoblasts - come from osteoprogenitor. secrete osteoid that mineralizes later.
osteocytes - trapped osteocytes that maintain and monitor protein and mineral in the bony matrix
osteoclasts - break down bony matrix w secreted acid.
