Osteoblast generating Osteocytes

Matrix vesicles
 Osteoclasts Wheater’s 5th ed., p. 190

Howship’s lacuna
 Osteoclast and Bone Resorption

Junqueira & Carneiro, 10th ed., p.143

Kierszenbaum, p. 124
Blood Tissue

Figure 4.12k
 PART 3
Histology
Fixing , Colouring and documenting techniques

Tissue classification:
• Epithelial Cells
• Connective tissue
• Muscle tissue
• Nervous tissue
 Muscle Tissue
• Characteristics
– Cells are referred to as fibers
– Contracts or shortens with force when stimulated
– Moves entire body and pumps blood
• Types
– Skeletal:attached to bones
– Cardiac: muscle of the heart.
– Smooth: muscle associated with tubular
structures and with the skin. Nonstriated and
involuntary.
Skeletal Muscle Tissue

Figure 4.14a
Cardiac Muscle Tissue

Figure 4.14b
Smooth Muscle Tissue

Figure 4.14c
Structure of
Muscle fiber
 PART 4
Histology
Fixing , Colouring and documenting techniques

Tissue classification:
• Epithelial Cells
• Connective tissue
• Muscle tissue
• Nervous tissue
Nervous Tissue

Figure 4.15
Nerve cell
 Motor neuron with Nissl bodies

D
NU N
D
NB
NB

AH
V
A
D

A-axon D-dendrite N-nucleus NB-Nissl body

AH-axon hillock V-blood vessel NU-nucleolus
 Cellular Components of the Nervous System : GLIA CELLS

Glia cells: Neurons

maintain
homeostasis, form
myelin, and
provide support
and protection for
neurons.

Glia
(support cells)
 SYNAPSE
The neuromuscular
junction (motor endplate)
Conduction velocity in
the axon is enhanced
by myelination

axons in the CNS are

myelinated by
oligodendrocytes

axons in the PNS are

myelinated by
Schwann cells
 Myelinated Nerve Fiber
The increased lipid content of the
myelin sheath provides electrical
insulation for the underlying axon.
Myelin
Sheath
Nodes of Ranvier in a longitudinal nerve section
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