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PREPARATION OF TISSUES FOR STUDY Fixation Embedding & Sectioning Staining LIGHT MICROSCOPY Bright-Field Microscopy Fluorescence Microscopy Phase-Contrast Microscopy Confocal Microscopy Polarizing Microscopy ELECTRON MICROSCOPY Transmission electron Microscopy Scanning electron Microscopy…

SKELETAL MUSCLE Organization of a Skeletal Muscle Organization Within Muscle Fibers Sarcoplasmic reticulum & Transverse Tubule System Mechanism of Contraction innervation Muscle Spindles & Tendon Organs Muscle Fiber Types CARDIAC…

CHAPTER 21 The Male Reproductive System TESTES Interstitial Tissue Seminiferous Tubules Spermatogenesis The Clonal Nature of Male Germ Cells Spermiogenesis Sertoli Cells INTRATESTICULAR DUCTS EXCRETORY GENITAL DUCTS Epididymis Ductus or…

COMPOSITION OF PLASMA BLOOD CELLS Erythrocytes Leukocytes Platelets SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS Blood is a specialized connective tissue in which cells are suspended in fluid extracellular material called plasma. Propelled…

STEM CELLS, GROWTH FACTORS, & DIFFERENTIATION Hemopoietic Stem Cells Progenitor & Precursor Cells BONE MARROW MATURATION OF ERYTHROCYTES MATURATION OF GRANULOCYTES MATURATION OF AGRANULOCYTES Monocytes Lymphocytes ORIGIN OF PLATELETS SUMMARY…

HYALINE CARTILAGE Matrix Chondrocytes Perichondrium ELASTIC CARTILAGE FIBROCARTILAGE CARTILAGE FORMATION, GROWTH, & REPAIR SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS Cartilage is a tough, flexible form of connective tissue, characterized by an extracellular…

WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE Storage & Mobilization of Lipids Histogenesis of White Adipose Tissue BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE Function of Brown Adipocytes Histogenesis of Brown Adipose Tissue SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS Connective…