PARENCHYMA AND STROMA
ORGAN PARENCHYMA ARRANGEMENT SHAPE NO. OF NUCLEUS/LOCATION STROMA
SPINAL CORD NEURONS RANDOM STELLATE MONO/CENTRAL NEUROGLIAL, MENINGES
SKELETAL
MUSCLES SKELETAL MUSCLECELLS BUNDLES/FASCICLES CYLINDRICAL MULTI/PERIPHERAL EPIMYSIUM, PERIMYSIUM COMPACT
BONE OSTEOCYTES CONCENTRIC OVOID MONO/CENTRAL GROUND SUBSTANCES, PERIOSTEUM
LIVER HEPATOCYTES CORDS/ROWS POLYGONAL MONO OR BI/CENTRAL GLISSON’S CAPSULE
RETICULAR TISSUES, INTERLOBULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE SKIN
(EPIDERMIS) EPIDERMAL CELLS LAYER/SHEETS FLAT/SQUAMOUS MONO/CENTRAL DERMAL LAYER
TRACHEA CHONDROCYTES LAYER/SHEETS FLAT/SQUAMOUS MONO/CENTRAL DERMAL LAYER
FUNDAMENTAL: EPITHELIAL TISSUE
ORGAN SUBTYPE SPECIFIC SUBTYPE
KIDNEY (parietal layer of Bowman’s
Capsule) SIMPLE SIMPLE SQUAMOUS
KIDNEY (distal convoluted tubules) SIMPLE SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
KIDNEY (proximal convoluted tubules) SIMPLE SIMPLE CUBOIDAL WITH BRUSH BORDERS
THYROID SIMPLE SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
GALL BLADDER SIMPLE SIMPLE COLUMNAR
TRACHEA PSEUDOSTRATIFIED PSEUDOSTRATIFIED CILIATED COLUMNAR WITH GOBLET CELLS
SKIN (EPIDERMIS) STRATIFIED STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS KERATINIZED
ESOPHAGUS STRATIFIED STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS NON-KERATINIZED
URETER TRANSITIONAL TRANSITIONAL
LIVER COMPOUND COMPOUND TUBULAR
DUCTUS EPIDIDYMIS PSEUDOSTRATIFIED PSEUDOSTRATIFIED COLUMNAR WITH STEREOCILIA
URINARY BLADDER TRANSITIONAL TRANSITIONAL
FUNDAMENTAL: CONNECTIVE TISSUE
ORGAN STRUCTURE/LAYER SUBTYPE SPECIFIC SUBTYPE
STOMACH LAMINA PROPRIA FIBROUS LOOSE COLLAGENOUS
SUBMUCOSA FIBROUS DENSE IRREGULAR
SKIN DERMIS FIBROUS DENSE IRREGULAR
TENDON FIBROUS DENSE REGULAR
AORTA TUNICA MEDIA FIBROUS ELASTIC
LYMPH NODE FIBROUS RETICULAR
PIG EMBRYO MESENCHYMAL (EMBRYONAL) MESENCHYMAL
UMBILICAL CORD MUCOUS MUCOUS
NERVE ENDONEURIUM FIBROUS LOOSE COLLAGENOUS
PERINEURIUM
BONES AND CARTILAGE
ORGAN FUNDAMENTAL SUB. SS. TYPE PARENCHYMA STRUCTURE SHAPE ARRANGEMENT OTHERS INTERVERTEBRAL
DISC CONNECTIVE CARTILAGE FIBRO CARTILAGE CHONDROCYTES ROWS
SPONGY BONE CONNECTIVE BONE SPONGY BONE OSTEOCYTES
INTRATRABECULAR CAVITY
NO
HAVERSIAN CANAL COMPACT BONE CONNECTIVE BONE COMPACT BONE OSTEOCYTES
CONCENTRIC
LAMELLAE FLAT COBCNTRIC
W/ HAVERSAN CANAL LACUNA
VOLKMANN'S CANAL
EPIGLOTTIS CONNECTIVE CARTILAGE ELASTIC CHONDROCYTES FLAT
TRACHEA CONNECTIVE CARTILAGE HYALINE CHONDROCYTES FLAT ISOGENOUS
TERRITORIAL MATRIX LYMPHATIC TISSUE
ORGAN LINING EPI. FUNDAMENTAL SUB. SS. TYPE STRUCTURE OTHERS
TONSILS SSNK CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC
DIFFUSE LYMPHATIC
LYMHATIC NODULE THYMUS (CORTEX) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC DENSE LYMPHATIC
LYMHATIC
NODULE HASSAL'S CORPUSCLES (MEDULLA) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC LOOSE LYMPHATIC
LYMHATIC
NODULE (THYMUS) APPENDIX / GOBLET CELL CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC
DIFFUSE LYMPHATIC
LYMHATIC
NODULE INTESTINAL GLANDS ILEUM
S. CUBOID /
GOBLET CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC
NODULAR LYMPHATIC
LYMHATIC
NODULE INTESTINAL GLANDS
SPLEEN (WHITE) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC
DIFFUSE AND
NODULAR TRABECULAE T- LYMPHOCYTES ( RED PULP) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC
CENTRAL
ARTERY periarteriolar sheath LYMPH NODE (CORTEX) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC DENSE LYMPHATIC LYMHATIC NODULE
(MEDULLA) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC BLOOD & LYMPH
ORGAN SIZE AMOUNT
RBC 7-8 um 1-2 % IN PERIPHERAL
NEUTROPHILS 12- 15 um MOST NUMEROUS
EOSINOPHILS 12-15 um 2ND MOST NUMEROUS
BASOPHILS 12-15 um LEAST ENCOUNTERED
non-granular
MEDIUM 10% PERIPHERAL
LARGE NOT NORMALLY PRESENT
MONOCYTES 20um SLIGHTLY NUMEROUS IN EO
PLATELETS 2-4um ANUCLATED
DIGESTIVE
ORGAN EPITHELIUM LAMINA PROPRIA MUSCULARIS M. SUBMUCOSA
ESOPHAGUS STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS ESOPHAGEAL CARDIAC GLANDS LONGITUDINAL (ONE LAYER) COLLAGENOUS CT STOMACH SIMPLE COLUMNAR GASTRIC GLANDS INNER, OUTER LAYER COLLAGENOUS CT (NO GLANDS) SMALL
INTESTINES SIMPLE COLUMNAR W/ GOBLET VILLI, CRYPTS LIEBERKUHN INNERCIR, OUTER LONG FIBROELASTIC CT LARGE
INTESTINES SIMPLE COLUMNAR W/ GOBLET CRYPTS OF LIEBERKUHN INNER CIR., OUTER LONG FIBROELASTIC CT RECTUM SIMPLE COLUMNAR W/ GOBLET CRYPTS OF LIEBERKUHN INNER CIR., OUTER LONG FIBROELASTIC CT ANAL CANAL SIMPLE COLUMNAR CUBOIDAL SEBACEOUS GLANDS INNERCIR, OUTER LONG FIBROELASTIC CT APPENDIX SIMPLE COLUMNAR W/ GOBLET CRYPTS OF LIEBERKUHN INNERCIR, OUTER LONG FIBROELASTIC CT
LIVER COMPOUND TUBULAR
GALLBLADDE
R SIMPLE COLUMNAR
PANCREAS MUSCLE
TISSUE
ORGAN FUNDA SUB. TYPE LAYERS STRUCTURE SHAPE ARRANGEMENT OTHERS
CARDIAC MUSCLE MUSCULAR CARDIAC MUSCLE STRIATED INTERCALATED DISKS CYLINDRICAL
W/ BRANH BUNDLES INVOLUNTARY
SKELETAL
MUSCLE MUSCULAR SKELETAL MUSCLE STRIATED EPIMYSIUM SARCOLEMA CYLINDRICAL W/BLUNT BUNDLES VOLUNTARY PERIMYSIUM
ENDOMYSIUM SMOOTH
MUSCLE MUSCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE NON-STRIATED MONONUCLEATED CYLINDRICAL TAPERD END SHEETS INVOLUNTARY SENSORY & MOTOR
ORGAN LOCATION RECEPTOR FOR
MEISSNERS CORPUSCLE PAPILLARY LAYER DERMIS TOUCH
PACINIAN CORPUSCLE DEEP DERMIS PRESSURE &VIBRATION
ORGAN LAYER STRUCTURE OTHERS PARENCHYMA CONTENT
SPINAL CORD PIA MATTER SPINAL VESSEL
SUBARACHNOID
SPACE FINE TRABECULAE
ASTROCYTES STAR SHAPED GLIA MICROGLIA
ELONGATED NUCLEI
OLIGODENDITES ROUND NUCLEUS CEREBELLUM (CEREBRAL
CORTEX) MOLECULAR a.k.a. BASKET CELL PYRAMIDAL CELL STELLATE CELLS
PURKENKE CELLS PIA MATTER
GRANULAR WHITE MATTER
PNS SYSTEM
ORGAN LAYER SUBTYPE S.SUB. TYPE
NERVE ENDONEREUM FIBROUS LOOSE COLLAGENOUS
PERINEURIUM FIBROUS DENSE IRREGULAR
EPINERIUM FIBROUS DENSE IRREGULAR
GANGLION CELL PERINEURAL SPACE
NUCLEUS NUCLEOLUS OUTERLAYER SATELITE CELL
OLFACTION
ORGAN STRUCTURE LOCATION OTHERS
TONGUE FOLIATE LATERAL MARGIN W/ TAST BUDS
CIRCUM VALLATE FRONT OF SULCUS TERMINALS ASS. W/ EBNER'S GLND FUNGIFORM APEX & SIDE OF TONGUE W/ TAST BUDS BOWMANN'S GLAND GLAND
FILA OLFACTORIA HEARING
CONTENT SECRETION FUNCTION OTHES
COCHLEA SCALA VESTIBULI ~ HEARING BONY LABYRINTH
TYMPANI PERILYMPH HEARING BONY LABYRINTH
VESTIBULE ~ ~ STATIC EQUILIBRIUM BONY LABYRINTH
SCALA MEDIA BONY COCHLEA ~ MEMBRANOUS LAB.
UTRICLE & SACCULE (INSIDE BONY VESTIBULE) ~ MEMBRANOUS LAB.
3 SEMICIRCULAR DUCTS (INSIDE THE SEMICIRCULAR) ~ MEMBRANOUS LAB.
VISION
STRUCTURE LINING/ LAYER S.SUB. TYPE CONTENT OTHERS
CORNEA SSNK DENSE COLLAGENOUS MICROVILLI
SCLERA DENSELY PACKED COLLAGENOUS OPAQUE
CHOROID VESSEL LAYER LOOSE CONNECTIVE TX MELANOCYTE
CHORICAPILLARY LAYER GLOSSY MEMBRANE
CILLIARY BODY OUTER PIGMENTED COLUMNAR CILLIARY PROCESS AQUEOUS HUMOR
INNER- NONPIGMENTED SIM. COL CILLIARYMUSCLE
IRIS LOOSE/ VASCULAR CONNEC. SPHINCTER PUPILLAE
DILATOR PIPILLAE (SMOOTH MUSCLE)
LENS LAYER OF CUBOIDAL CELLS LENS CAPSULE FOCUS
SUBCAPSULAR EPI. RETINA LAYER OF COLUMNAR CELL
(LAYER) PIGMENETED EPI. PROTECTIVE, ABSORTIVE
ROD AND CONES
OUTER NUCLEAR BIPOLAR
OUTER PLEXIFORM DENDRITES OF BIPOLAR
OUTER LIMITING ROW OF ZONULAE ADHERENS
INNER NUCLEAR BIPOLAR
INNER FLEXIFORM SYNAPSES
GANGLION CELL NERVE CELL
OPTIC NERVE FIVER
INNER LIMITING MEMBRANE RESPIRATORY
NASAL CAVITY P.CILIATED COLUM W/ GOBLET SEROMUCUS GLAND OLFACTORY
EPITHELIUM PC EPITHELIUM OLFACTORY CELL LONG, NON MOTILE CILIA
SUPPORTING CELLS NUCLEI APICAL LOCATED BASAL CELLS REGENERATIVE
BOWMAN'S GLAND THIN,WATERY SECRETION
NASOPHARYNX SSNK MUCUS & SEROUS GLAND
LARYNX SSNK SEROMUCUS GLAND HYALINE & ELASTIC CAR. W/ GOBLET CELL
TRACHEA PC CILIATED W/ GOBLET CELL SEROMUCUS GLAND C- SHAPE HYALINE INTRAPULMONARY
BRONCHI PC CILIATED W/ GOBLET CELL SEROMUCUS GLAND PLATES OF HYALINE PRIMARY
BRONCHIOLES SIMPLE COLUM. TO SIMPLE CUB. ~ SMOOTH MUSCLE
TERMINAL
BRONCHIOLES SIMPLE CUBOIDAL ~ SMOOTH MUSCLE
RESPIRATORY
BRONCHIOLES SIMPLE CUBOIDAL ~ SMOOTH MUSCLE
ALVEOLAR DUCTS SIMPLE SQUAMOUS ~ SMOOTH MUSCLE
ALVEOLI SIMPLE SQUAMOUS ~ RETICULAR, ELASTIC
MALE
DUCT EPITHELIUM CONNECTIVE TX MUSCLE FUNCTION
TUBULI RECTI SERTOLI PROXIMAL HALF/ CUBOIDAL LOOSE CONNECTIVE TX NO SMOOTH MUSCLE CONDUCT SPERMATOZOA FRST RETE TESTIS SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM VASCULAR CONNECTIVE NO SMOOTH MUSCLE CONDUCT FR RECTI TO D. EFFER DUCTULI
EFFERENTES REGIONS OF CILIATED COLUMNAR THIN LOOSE CONNECTIVE
THINLAYER OF CIRCULAR
CONDUCT FROM RETE TO EPIDIDYMIS
EPIDIDYMIS PSEUDOSTRATIDIED W/ STERIOCILIA THIN LOOSE CONNECTIVE CIRCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CONDUCT FROM DUCTULI TO D DEF DUCTUS DEFERENS PSEUDOSTRATIDIED W/ STERIOCILIA LOOSE FIBROELASTIC INNER, OUTER LONG, MID CIRC EPIDIDYMIS TO EJACULATORY
EJACULATORYCDUCT SIMPLE COLUMNAR SUBEPITHELIAL CONNECTIVE TX NO SMOOTH MUSCLE TO PROSTATIC URETHRA
FEMALE
STAGE ZONA PELLUCIDA FOLLICULAR/ LAYER THECA HORMONE DEPENDENCY
PRIMORDIAL
FOLLICLE NOT PRESENT SINGLE LAYER OF FLAT CELLS NOT PRESENT DEPENDENT ONLOCAL FACTOR UNILAMINAR 1
FOLLICLE PRESENT SINGLE LAYER OF CUBOIDAL NOT PRESENT DEPENDENT ONLOCAL FACTOR
FOLLICLE GRANULOSA SECONDARY
FOLLICLE PRESENT SPACES AMONG GRANULOSA INTERNA AND EXTERNA FSH DEPENDENT
GRAFIAN FOLLICLE PRESENT MEM. GRAN, CUMULUS OOPHORUS INTERNA AND EXTERNA FSH DEPENDENT UNTIL DOMINANT
OVIDUCT
L.E.
SIMPLECOLUMNAR
CILIATED MUCOSA, MUSCULARIS, SEROSA OVARY L.E. GERMINAL EPITHELIUM CORTEX & MEDULLA
UTERUS ENDOMETRIUM SIMPLE COLUM CILIATED
MYOMETRIUM THICK SMOOTH MUSCLE EXTERNAL
COVERING SEROSA/ ADVENTITA CERVIX
SIMPLE
COLUMNAR COLLAGENOUS CT
VAGINA SSNK FIBROMUSCULAR TUBE
renal
REGION EPITHELIUM FUNC. / LAMINA CONTENTS
RENAL CORPUSCLE SIMPLE SQUAMOUS FILTRATION OF BLOOD BOWMANS, PODOCYTES
PROXIMAL
CONVOLUTED SIMPLE CUBOIDAL W/BRUSH RESORPTION OF GLUCOSE, AA, NA LOOP OF HENLE SIMPLE CUBOIDAL W/ BRUSH RESORPTION OF GLUCOSE, AA, NA LH (DESCENDING THIN) SIMPLE SQUAMOUS PERMEABLE TO WATER
LH (ASCENDING THIN) SIMPLE SQUAMOUS WATER, NA, CL
LH (ASCENDING THICK) SIMPLE CUBOIDAL IMPERMEABLE TO H2O JUXTAGLOMERULAR
SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM
JG CELLS MODIFIED SMOOTH MUSCLE RENIN
DISTAL CONVOLUTED SIMPLE CUBOIDAL ALDOSTERONE
COLLECTING TUBULES SIMPLE CUBOIDAL ADH
URETER TRANSITIONAL COLLAGEN & ELASTIC INNERLONG, OUTER CIRCULAR
URINARY BLADDER TRANSITIONAL FIBROELASTIC CT INNERLONG, MID CIR, OUTER LONG
URETHRA TRANSITINAL/ STRATIFIED(MM) FIBROELASTIC CT INNER LONG, OUTER CIR
