KIN 2500 Chapter : KIN 2500 CH THREE NOTES
15 Mar 2019
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Pathologists: are the ones that study the tissue to determine whether or not something is malignant or benign. Epithelial: skin, lines our organs, body cavities and ducts. Connective: protect and support our body and organs, helps bind other organs together, storage site for fat and provides our immunity. 70% of your immunity comes from your intestines. Muscular: generates visceral force and moment which generates heat. Nervous: detect changes in stimuli both external and internal, coordinates our body activities. 1. tight junctions: water tight seals, found in the stomach in the intestines, urinary bladder, where you don"t want leakage tight junctions occlude substances from entering/leaving the cells. 2. adherens: help epithelial tissue resist separation, plaque barring junction, found in stratified squamous. 3. desmosomes: fasten cells to each other, found in places where there might be more tension like cardiac muscle, resist cellular disruption, plaque barring junction, has keratin (spider looking tentacles)
