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HISTOLOGY OF
EPITHELIAL
TISSUE
Rowena F. Genuino, MD
Department of Anatomy
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EPITHELIUM
Sheet of closely
adherent cells
covering a
naturally occurring
surface
CT
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FUNCTIONS OF
EPITHELIUM
SELECTIVE BARRIER
ABSORPTION
SECRETION
PROTECTION
OTHERS - Sensation, Contractility,
Transport
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EPITHELIUM
EXTERNAL COVERING
Skin
INTERNAL LINING
CLOSED CAVITIES
Peritoneal, Pleural, Pericardial
cavities
Blood vessels
OPEN-ENDED TUBES
Dig, GU, Resp
SECRETORY UNITS
Glands
'epithelioid
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CHARACTERISTICS
OF EPITHELIUM
HIGHLY CELLULAR
(scanty ECM)
+ IC JUNCTIONS
POLAR
Apical (e.g. microvilli)
Lateral (IC jxns)
Basal (BM)
SELF-RENEWING
Stem cells
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EPITHELIUM (Light
microscope)
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CLASSIFICATION
OF EPITHELIUM
Based on No. of layers
SIMPLE vs STRATIFIED
Absorption Protection
Exchange Barrier
Secretion
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Based on cell shape
SQUAMOUS CUBOIDAL
COLUMNAR
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SIMPLE EPITHELIA
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Endothelium
SURFACE VIEW, SEM SIDE VIEW
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MESOTHELIUM
SURFACE VIEW
SIDE VIEW
MESOTHELIUM + some CT =
SEROSA
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SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
Kidney tubule
SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM
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SIMPLE COLUMNAR
Lining of galbladder
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PSEUDOSTRATIFIED
EPITHELIUM
Single layer but
"appears stratified due
to different levels of
nuclei
Some cells do not reach
the apical surface
(=basal cells), their
nuclei are in lower layers
Limited distribution: resp
& male reproductive tract
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PSEUDOSTRATIFIED
BRONCHUS
TRACHEA
Others:
Vas deferens
Epididymis
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STRATIFIED EPITHELIUM
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STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS NON-KERATINIZING
Uterine cervix
Skin
STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS
KERATINIZING
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STR. SQ. NON-KER EPITH (Vagina)
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STRATIFIED CUBOIDAL
Larger excretory duct of salivary gland
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TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM
Barrier
Distensible due to
ability to change
number of layers
Urinary tract
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TRANSITIONAL
Urinary bladder (contracted)
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TRANSITIONAL EPITH
(Urinary bladder)
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SURFACE
MODIFICATIONS
APICAL
LATERAL
BASAL
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APICAL MODIFICATIONS
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CILIA
MICRO
VILLI
STEREO
CILIA
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MICROVILLI
Closely packed --
increases absorptive
surface (small
intestine, kidney)
Finger-like
evaginations of PM ---
Upright parallel array
due to core of actin
filaments
Anchored to terminal
web for rigidity
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MICROVILLI (=Brush/Striated
border under LM)
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MICROVILLI
KIDNEY TUBULE
SMALL INTESTINE
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STEREOCILIA
Non-motile
=Elongated microvilli
Absorptive (seminal
fluid in male
reproductive tract);
Sensory (ear)
Long, thin, clumped
at ends
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STEREOCILIA
'PAINTBRUSH APPEARANCE
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CILIA
Motile
Move mucus/ovum
across surface (resp
tract/oviduct)
Core of
microtubules
(=axoneme)
Attached to basal
body
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CILIA
Axoneme = 9 + 2
pattern
9 peripheral doublets
2 central singlets
Basal body = 9 + 0
pattern
9 peripheral triplets
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CILIA
DYNEIN ARMS
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CILIA
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'Crewcut hair
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CILIA
OVIDUCT
TRACHEA
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JUNCTIONAL
COMPLEX
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Occluding jxn
Tight jxn
Anchoring jxns
Intermediate jxn
Desmosome
Hemidesmosome
Communicating
Gap jxn
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ZONULA
OCCLUDENS
Unique to epith
Narrow gap where PM
of adj cells come in
contact in many fusion
sites
Occludins (transmemb
proteins)
Seals the IC space/
Maintains polarity
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ZONULA OCCLUDENS
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ZONULA
OCCLUDENS
Anastomosing network of
ridges+grooves= fusion
sites
Urinary bladder ("tight)
vs. kidney ("leaky)
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ZONULA
ADHERENS
Wider IC space
(+) IC filaments
cytoplasmic dense
plaques to which actin
filaments are anchored
Actin filaments attached
to terminal web
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ZONULA ADHERENS
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MACULA ADHERENS
(DESMOSOMES)
Discontinuous spot
welds/buttons
Wider IC space than ZA
w/ intercellular linked
filaments
Cytoplasmic attachment
plaque
Attached to Interm.
Filaments
anchor/loop back to
dissipate physical forces
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MACULA ADHERENS
Only jxn present in
stratified squamous
epith
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HEMIDESMOSOME
Between basal epith.
cells and underlying
BM
where (+) abrasion &
shearing forces
Cornea, skin, mucosa
of oral cavity,
esophagus, vagina
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TERMINAL BAR
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NEXUS (=GAP JUNCTION)
Closely apposed PM
but no fusions
Connexons
IC communication
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BASAL SURFACE
MODIFICATIONS
BASAL LAMINA
50-100 nm thick
EM: 2 layers (l. lucida + l. densa)
=EXTERNAL LAMINA (when it surrounds nerve-
supporting cells & muscle cells)
=BASEMENT MEMBRANE (when very thick, seen
under LM, BL +underlying CT fibers)
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FUNCTIONS OF BASAL
LAMINA
Attachment
Selective barrier
Polarity
Tissue scaffolding - wound healing,
repair
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BASEMENT
MEMBRANE
BASAL LAMINA
LAMINA LUCIDA
laminin
LAMINA DENSA
Type IV collagen
Proteoglycans
Fibronectin
SUB-LAMINA
DENSA
Anchoring fibrils
(Type VII coll)
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BASEMENT MEMBRANE
GLOMERULUS
TRACHEA
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GLANDS
Groups of epithelial
cells specialized for
secretion
Varied
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GLANDULAR
EPITHELIAL
TISSUE
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+/- DUCTS
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EXOCRINE
GLANDS
UNICELLULAR
GOBLET CELL
(resp/int)
MULTICELLULAR
SECRETORY
EPITHELIAL SHEET
(gastric)
TRUE
INVAGINATION
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CLASSIFICATION OF
EXOCRINE GLANDS
BASED ON
BRANCHING
SIMPLE
COMPOUND
BASED ON SHAPE
OF SECRETORY
PORTION
TUBULAR
ACINAR
TUBULO-ACINAR
SACCULAR
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SIMPLE
TUBULAR
GLAND
Colon
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SIMPLE TUBULAR GLAND
(Colon)
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SIMPLE
COILED
TUBULAR
Sweat gland
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SIMPLE
BRANCHED
ACINAR
Sebaceous gland
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COMPOUND
BRANCHED
TUBULAR
Duodenal glands
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COMPOUND
TUBULO-
ACINAR
Pancreas
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Pancreas
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COMPOUND TUBULO-ACINAR
GLAND
Submandibular gland
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COMPOUND SACCULAR
MAMMARY GLAND PROSTATE GLAND
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TYPE OF
SECRETION
MUCOUS
mucin - viscous fluid
rich in mucopolys
protective or lubricating
function
pale cytoplasm (mucin-
filled)
flattened nucleus
SEROUS
watery secretion
Enzyme-rich
spherical nuclei
dark staining cytoplasm
(secretory granules)
Esophageal
Mucous gland
Pancreas
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SEROUS-SECRETING CELL
(PANCREATIC ACINAR CELL)
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MIXED SEROMUCOUS
ACINI (Submandibular gland)
SEROUS DEMILUNE
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MODE OF
SECRETION
MEROCRINE
Pancreas, etc
APOCRINE
Mammary gld
HOLOCRINE
Sebaceous gland
APOCRINE
HOLOCRINE
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ORGANIZATION OF LARGE
EXOCRINE GLANDS
Example: pancreas
Capsule - condensation of
CT
Septa - extend inward from
capsule to divide gland into
lobes
Thinner septa - further
divide into lobules
Reticular fibers - delicate
network which surrounds
acini
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EXOCRINE GLANDS
CT component --
STROMA
Epithelial
component --
PARENCHYMA
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DUCTAL SYSTEM OF
EXOCRINE GLANDS
Intercalated duct
Striated duct
Intralobular duct
Interlobular duct
Lobar duct
Main duct
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ENDOCRINE GLANDS
Ductless, less
organized, cells
arranged in cords &
columns
except for thyroid
gland (rounded units
enclosing stored
hormone precursors)
Highly vascular
Hormones - distant
target organs
PITUITARY GLAND
THYROID GLAND
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ORGANIZATION OF
ENDOCRINE
GLANDS
DISCRETE ORGANS
Cords
Adrenal, Hypophysis
Follicles
Thyroid
SMALL ISLANDS within
an Exocrine gland
Leydig cells in testis
Islets of Langerhans in
pancreas
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