Living Tissues (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Living Tissues: An Introduction to Functional Histology 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Preface 8
Introduction 10
CHAPTER I. The microscopic study of tissues 14
FIXATION 14
EMBEDDING 16
CUTTING AND MOUNTING SECTIONS 17
STAINING 18
EXAMINATION OF TISSUES 19
PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY 19
FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY 20
POLARIZATION MICROSCOPY 21
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY 21
THE INTERPRETATION OF WHAT IS SEEN UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 22
HISTOCHEMISTRY 26
FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE 31
PREPARATION OF TISSUES FOR HISTOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES 32
AUTORADIOGRAPHY 34
CORRELATION OF STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION 36
EXAMINATIN OF LIVING TISSUES 41
CHAPTER II. Components of tissues 46
CELLS 46
CELLULAR SPECIALIZATIONS 51
PROTECTIVE CELLS 51
PASSIVE PROTECTIVE CELLS 53
SECRETORY CELLS 54
ABSORPTIVE CELLS 58
CONDUCTING OR NERVE CELLS 58
NEUROSECRETORY NEURONES 62
CONTRACTILE CELLS 63
MYOEPITHELIAL CELLS 64
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS 65
UNDIFFERENTIATED MESENCHYMAL CELLS AND FIBROBLASTS 65
THE FORMATION OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE 66
FAT-CELLS 68
MISCELLANEOUS CELLS 69
CELL DIVISION 69
CHAPTER III. The organization of tissues 73
EPITHELIAL TISSUE 73
CONNECTIVE TISSUE UNRELATED T O EPITHELIA 77
ORGANIZED CONNECTIVE TISSUE 79
GLANDULAR TISSUE 86
ENDOCRINE GLANDS 90
THE NEUROHYPOPHYSIS 97
PLATES I - IX 98
THE ADRENAL GLANDS 121
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ADENO- AND NEUROHYPOPHYSIS 119
ADRENAL MEDULLA 126
THE ORGANIZATION OF NERVOUS TISSUES 128
METHODS OF STUDY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 128
DEMONSTRATION OF NON-NERVOUS TISSUES 132
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 133
PERIPHERAL NERVES 135
MOTOR NERVE CELLS 139
THE TRANSMISSION OF IMPULSES 140
MOTOR END PLATES 141
RECEPTORS 142
NON-NERVOUS ELEMENTS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 143
BLOOD VESSELS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 145
EXCRETORY TISSUE 147
RESPIRATORY TISSUE 153
CHAPTER IV. The differentiation of cells and tissues 158
Conclusion 165
References 167
Appendix 168
Index 172
LIVING EMBRYOS 176
GENERAL SCIENCE: BIOLOGY 177