Ultrastructure of the Cell (Electron Micrographs)
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1. nuclear morphologies
2. nucleus and cytoplasm
3. cytoplasmic organelles
4. simple columnar epithelium
5. microvillous border
6. microvillous border and Junctional Complex
7. tight junctions (freeze fracture)
8. fibroblast
9. macrophage and eosinophil
10. plasma cell
11. terminal arteriole
12. myelinated and unmyelinated axons
13. myelinated axon and Schwann cell
14. arteriole and peripheral nerve
15. neuromuscular junction
16. sarcoplasm of skeletal muscle
17. smooth muscle
18. ciliated epithelium
19. microvilli and basal enfoldings
20. microvilli and cilia (SEM)
21. hepatocytes and sinusoids
22. chief cells and enteroendocrine cell
24. podocytes and glomerular capillaries
25. cardiac muscle
26. mast cell
28. peripheral myelin
30. continuous capillaries
Know the structure, function, and location of:
nucleus
nuclear envelope
perinuclear cistern
nuclear pore
nuclear lamin
chromatin
euchromatin
heterochromatin
nucleolus
nucleolonema
nucleolar-organizer region
organelles
mitochondrion(-a)
cristae
inner mitochondrial membrane
outer mitochondrial membrane
matrix granules
smooth endoplasmic reticulum (smooth ER)
rough endoplasmic reticulum (rough ER)
Golgi apparatus (Golgi complex)
cis-face
trans-face
transitional vesicles
transport vesicles
lysosome
multivesicular body
endosome
ribosome
polyribosome (polysome)
centriole
basal body
plasmalemma (plasma membrane)
unit membrane
transmembrane particles
glycocalyx
cytoskeleton
microtubule
microfilament (actin)
intermediate filaments
keratins
neurofilaments
nuclear lamina
cellular inclusions
secretion granules
secretory vesicles
lipid droplets
glycogen
residual body (waste)
lipofuscin (residual body of neuron, cardiac m.)
caveolae
pinocytotic vesicle
coated vesicle
phagosome
Epithelial Tissue
terminal web
Surface Specializations
Junctional Complex (terminal bar of light microscopy)
zonula(-ae) occludens( -tes) (tight junction)
zonula(-ae) adherens(-tes)
macula(-ae) adherens(-tes) (desmosome)
gap junction
microvillus (-i)
microvillous border
cilium(-a)
axoneme
microtubules: subunits A and B, central pair
dynein arm, radial spoke, central sheath
basal infoldings (basal striations of light microscopy)
lateral and basolateral interdigitation
basal lamina
lamina lucida (rara)
lamina densa
lamina reticularis
Connective Tissue
fibroblast
mast cell
macrophage (histiocyte)
eosinophil (PME)
specific granules of eosinophil
azurophilic granules
plasma cell
cytocentrum
extracellular matrix (ECM)
collagen fibril
collagen fiber
reticular fiber
elastin
Muscle Tissue
endomysium
sarcolemma
sarcoplasm
myofibril
sarcomere
myofilaments (thin and thick filaments)
T-tubule (transverse tubule)
sarcoplasmic reticulum
terminal cistern of sarcoplasmic reticulum
A-band, I-band, Z-line, H-band, M-line
skeletal muscle fiber
triad
cardiac muscle cell
intercalated disc
smooth muscle cell (myocyte)
caveolae
dense bodies and dense plaques
nexus (gap junction)
Nervous Tissue and Neuromuscular Junction
neuropil
perikaryal cytoplasm
Nissl substance
peripheral nerve
axolemma
axoplasm
Schwann cell
external lamina
unmyelinated axons
myelinated axon
myelin sheath
myelin lamellae
internal mesaxon
external mesaxon
major dense line
intraperiod line
Schmidt-Lanterman cleft
endoneurium
perineurium
Neuromuscular (myoneural) junction
axon terminal
synaptic vesicle
active zone
membranous cisterns
motor end plate
primary synaptic cleft
secondary synaptic clefts (junctional folds)
Circulatory System
endothelial cell, endothelium
interendothelial junction
arteriole
continuous (somatic) capillary
caveolae
fenestrated (visceral) capillary
fenestration
sinusoid (discontinuous capillary)
tunica intima
tunica media
Digestive System and Associated Glands
enterocyte (absorptive cell )
goblet cell
theca
mucinogen droplets
chief cell
enteroendocrine cell (APUD)
microvillous border (striated border of light microscopy)
Auerbach's myenteric plexus
hepatocyte
bile canaliculus
space of Disse
Urinary System
proximal tubule cell
apical canaliculus(-i)
renal interstitium
podocyte (of visceral layer of Bowman's capsule)
primary process
secondary process (pedicel)
filtration slit and diaphragm
urinary space (Bowman's space)
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