OVARIES Early Development of the Ovary Ovarian Follicles Follicular Growth & Development Follicular Atresia Ovulation & Its Hormonal Regulation Corpus Luteum UTERINE TUBES MAJOR EVENTS OF FERTILIZATION UTERUS Myometrium Endometrium…
GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT ORAL CAVITY Tongue Teeth ESOPHAGUS STOMACH Mucosa Other Layers SMALL INTESTINE Mucosa Other Layers LARGE INTESTINE SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS The digestive system consists…
INNATE & ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY CYTOKINES ANTIGENS & ANTIBODIES Classes of Antibodies Actions of Antibodies ANTIGEN PRESENTATION CELLS OF ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY Antigen-Presenting Cells Lymphocytes THYMUS Role of the Thymus in T-Cell…
DEVELOPMENT OF NERVE TISSUE NEURONS Cell Body (Perikaryon) Dendrites Axons Nerve Impulses Synaptic Communication GLIAL CELLS & NEURONAL ACTIVITY Oligodendrocytes Astrocytes Ependymal Cells Microglia Schwann Cells Satellite Cells of Ganglia…
COMPONENTS OF THE NUCLEUS Nuclear Envelope Chromatin Nucleolus THE CELL CYCLE MITOSIS STEM CELLS & TISSUE RENEWAL MEIOSIS APOPTOSIS SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS Containing the code for all of a…
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF EPITHELIAL CELLS Basement Membranes Intercellular Adhesion & Other Junctions SPECIALIZATIONS OF THE APICAL CELL SURFACE Microvilli Stereocilia Cilia TYPES OF EPITHELIA Covering or lining Epithelia Secretory Epithelia…
KIDNEYS BLOOD CIRCULATION RENAL FUNCTION: FILTRATION, SECRETION, & REABSORPTION Renal Corpuscles & Blood Filtration Proximal Convoluted Tubule Loop of Henle Distal Convoluted Tubule & Juxtaglomerular Apparatus Collecting Ducts URETERS, BLADDER,…
CELLS OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE Fibroblasts Adipocytes Macrophages & the Mononuclear Phagocyte System Mast Cells Plasma Cells Leukocytes FIBERS Collagen Reticular Fibers Elastic Fibers GROUND SUBSTANCE TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE Connective…
