University of Texas Medical Branch

Cell Biology Graduate Program

Introduction:

Welcome!!!  Most of the photos on the web atlas were taken by Dr. Childs with the use of slides from your UTMB Microanatomy class slide set and Nomarski optics.

 We hope that this will guide you in your study of the histological structures and help you with the laboratory material in the Molecules, Cells and Tissues course.

We also hope they provide a source of photos for reference as you study clinical cases and future systems courses.

• Histology topics covered:

  • epithelia 
  • connective tissue
  • bone, cartilage
  • blood
  • muscle
  • nerve
  • eye
  • ear
  • lymphoid/immune system
  • digestive system
  • cardiovascular system
  • respiratory system
  • skin
  • mammary glands
  • endocrine system
  • urinary system
  • Male reproductive system
  • Female reproductive system

  Stay tuned for:

• Practice exams on this web site:
  • Epithelia
  • Connective tissue 
  • Bone and Cartilage
  • Blood
  • Muscle
    
• More photos of slides relevant to cases and Pathobiology topics or the Systems courses.

For independent study:

• Cell Biology Topics

• Epithelia slide show

• Epithelia study guide

• Practice Exams 

Table of Contents:

Epithelia

• Simple Columnar Epithelium
  • Colon
  • Duodenum
  • Jejunum
    
    
• Simple cuboidal epithelium
  • thyroid
  • kidney tubules
    
    
• Simple squamous epithelium
  • spinal cord (capillaries)
  • kidney glomerulus
    
    
• Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
  • olfactory
  • trachea
    
    
• Stratified squamous epithelium
  • esophagus
  • skin
    
    
• Stratified columnar/cuboidal epithelium
  • salivary gland ducts (excretory)
  • sweat gland ducts
    
    
• Transitional epithelium
  • major calyx
  • bladder
    
    
• Practice Practical exam over epithelia
• Epithelia slide show
• Epithelia lecture study guide

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Connective Tissue

• Loose, areolar
  • intestine
  • skin
  • adipose tissue
  • reticular fibers, spleen
    
    
• Dense
  • Irregular
  • regular
    
    
• Specialized cells in connective tissue
  • mast cells
  • macrophages
  • plasma cells
  • eosinophils
    
    
• Practice practical exam (connective tissue)

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Blood

• Red blood cells
• Neutrophils
• Eosinophils
• Basophils
• Monocytes
• Lymphocytes
• Platelets
• Practice practical exam (blood)

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Cartilage and Bone

• Cartilage
  • Hyaline: trachea
  • Elastic: ear
  • fibrocartilage: intervertebral disk
    
    

• Endochondral bone development
  
  
• Intramembranous bone development
  
  
• Compact Bone histology
  • ground bone--demineralized
  • Compact bone: rib
  • Spongy Bone histology
    
    

• Cartilage and Bone cells
  • Chondrocytes
  • Chondroblasts
  • Osteoblasts
  • Osteoclasts
  • Osteocytes
    
• Practice exam for cartilage and bone

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Muscle

• Striated (Cardiac) Muscle
  • Purkinje fibers
    
    
• Smooth Muscle
  • Intestine
  • Arrector Pili Muscle
  • Muscular Artery
    
    
• Striated skeletal muscle
  • Cross Section
  • Longitudinal Section
  • Muscle Spindle
    
    
• Practice practical (muscle)
  

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Nerve, Ear, Eye

• Peripheral Nerve histology
• Touch/Position/Vibration Receptors 
• Stretch receptors in skeletal muscle
• Spinal Cord Histology
  • Organization
  • Motor Neurons
  • Glial Cells
• Eye
  • Eyelids and Lacrimal Glands
  • Cornea, Iris, and Lens
  • Retina, Choroid, and Sclera
  • Retina proper
  • Central Fovea
• Ear
  • Organization of the inner ear

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Lymphoid system/ Immune system

• Lymph nodes
• Tonsil
• Thymus
• Spleen

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Digestive system

• Oral cavity/teeth
• Tongue
• Salivary glands
• Esophagus
  • Mucosa
  • Submucosa
  • Muscularis externa
  • Auerbach's plexus
  • Gastroesophageal junction

• Stomach
  • Cardiac region
    • Gastric Pits
    • Surface mucous cells
    • Parietal cells
    • Chief cells
    • Enteroendocrine cells
  • Submucosa
  • Muscularis externa
  • Adventitia
  • Auerbach's plexus
  • Pyloric region
• Intestine
  • Duodenum
    • Mucosa
    • Lamina Propria
    • Crypts of Lieberkuhn
    • Brunner's glands
    • Muscularis Externa
    • Auerbach's plexus
    • Pancreatic duct
    • Common Bile duct
  • Jejunum and Ileum
    • Paneth cells
    • Enteroendocrine cells
  • Colon
  • Appendix
  • More Enteroendocrine cells
• Liver
  • Hepatic Lobule
  • Kuppfer cells
  • Sinusoids
  • Bile canaliculi and bile duct
  • The portal lobule
  • Gall bladder
• Pancreas

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Cardiovascular System

• Muscular artery
• Elastic Artery
• Arteriole
• Capillary
• Vein
• Heart

Respiratory System

• Olfactory epithelium
• Larynx
• Trachea
• Lung
  • Bronchus
  • Bronchiole
  • Alveolus
    

Skin

• Epidermis
• Dermis
• Hypodermis
• Thick skin
• Thin skin
• Meissner's corpuscles
• Pacinian corpuscles
• Sweat glands
• Hair

Mammary Glands

• Lactating
• Nonlactating

Kidney/Urinary system

• Glomerulus
• Nephron
• Blood supply
• Juxtaglomerular Apparatus

• Calyces
• Ureter
• Bladder

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Endocrine System

• Pituitary
• Thyroid
• Parathyroid
• Adrenal
• Pineal
• Pancreas

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Male Reproductive System

• Testes
  • Seminiferous Tubules
  • Leydig Cells
    
• Efferent ducts
• Epididymus
• Ductus Deferens
• Prostatic Urethra
• Penis and Penile urethra
• Prostate
• Seminal Vesicle
  

Female Reproductive System

• Ovary--preovulation
• Ovary--postovulation

• Ovulation events
• Oviducts
• Corpus Luteum
• Corpus Albicans

• Uterus
  • Proliferative Stage
  • Secretory Stage
  • Menstral Stage
  • Cervix and Vagina

• Placenta
  • Cytotrophoblast
  • Mature placenta
  • Syncytiotrophoblast