The Nucleus
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…
Epithelial Tissue
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…
The Urinary System
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,…
Connective Tissue
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…
The Respiratory System
NASAL CAVITIES Respiratory Epithelium Olfactory Epithelium Paranasal Sinuses NASOPHARYNX LARYNX TRACHEA BRONCHIAL TREE & LUNG Bronchi Bronchioles Respiratory Bronchioles Alveolar Ducts Alveoli Regeneration in the Alveolar Lining LUNG VASCULATURE &…
Organs Associated with the Digestive Tract
SALIVARY GLANDS PANCREAS LIVER Hepatocytes & Hepatic Lobules Structure & Function in the Liver BILIARY TRACT & GALLBLADDER SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS The organs associated with the digestive tract include…
The Circulatory System
HEART TISSUES OF THE VASCULAR WALL VASCULATURE Elastic Arteries Arterial Sensory Structures Muscular Arteries Arterioles Capillary Beds Venules Veins LYMPHATIC VASCULAR SYSTEM SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS The circulatory system pumps…
Endocrine Glands
PITUITARY GLAND (HYPOPHYSIS) The Hypothalamic-Hypophyseal Tract & Blood Supply Adenohypophysis (Anterior Pituitary) Control of Hormone Secretion in the Anterior Pituitary Neurohypophysis (Posterior Pituitary) ADRENAL GLANDS Adrenal Cortex Adrenal Medulla PANCREATIC…
