BONE CELLS Osteoblasts Osteocytes Osteoclasts BONE MATRIX PERIOSTEUM & ENDOSTEUM TYPES OF BONE Lamellar Bone Woven Bone OSTEOGENESIS Intramembranous Ossification Endochondral Ossification BONE GROWTH, REMODELING, & REPAIR METABOLIC ROLE OF…

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…

EPIDERMIS Melanocytes Langerhans Cells Merkel Cells DERMIS SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE SENSORY RECEPTORS HAIR NAILS SKIN GLANDS Sebaceous Glands Sweat Glands SKIN REPAIR SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS The skin is the largest…

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 &…

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…

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…

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…

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…