Classification of capillary : easy explaination

Capillary: it is the smallest part of blood vascular system.

Formation : it is formed by endothelium (simple squamous epithelium) with their basement membrane.

Classification of capillary: 
to do specific function structure of capillary is changed.
there are three types of capillary :
1. continuous capillary:
  endothelium and basement membrane are continous. there are no gap between endothelium and basement membrane is also formed a continuous layer . This type of capillary found in special area of body. Like brain, where it formed blood brain barrier. exchange between blood and brain tissue are highly selective so, this continuous capillary act as barrier. For this selective materials enter into brain by diffusion crossing endothelium and its basement membrane.

2. Discontinuous capillary: endothelium and basement membrane are discontinous.
there are  gap between endothelium.
different areas of basement membrane is also discontinuous.
This type of capillary found in some area of body where rapid exchange of nutrient ions are required
Using these gaps exchange of nutrient ions easily occurred between blood and selective tissues of body.
Like liver, spleen

3. Fenestrated capillary :   endothelium and basement membrane are continous.
there are no gap between endothelium.
basement membrane is also formed a continuous layer .
Why it is  known as fenestrated capillary ? 
Fenestration means tiny hole. these holes are present within an endothelium. Like holes within a leaf . just an example, a leaf (considered as endothelium) and tiny holes within it consider as fenetre

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there are two types of fenetrated capillary
i) fenestrated capillarty with diaphragm

ii) fenestrated capillary without diaphragm

What is diaphragm?
it is a ultra thin membrane which covers fenestra
This type of capillary found in special area of body.
The fenestrated capillary without diaphragm  found in kidney glomerulus
this capillary takes part in formation of filtration apparatus so, exchange of materials done through fenestra
Fenestrated capillary with diaphragm found in other areas of kindey except glomerulus.
exchange of materials is occurred through ultra  thin   membrane of diaphragm

Skelatal Muscle : easy general features

Muscle: is one of the basic tissue contain
specialized contractile cells with
moderate amount of connective tissue
Muscle means 'mouse like' structure

Muscles are three types:
skeletal muscle
cardiac muscle
smooth muscle
skeletal muscle: this type of muscle attached with bones (skeleton) 
Parts : each muscle has two part

Fleshy part : formed by  skeletal muscle cell (muscle fibre) .the direction of muscle fiber vary cell to cell
Fibrous part:
tendon : dense regular connective tissue. usually cylindrical in shape  
Aponeurosis : connective tissue membrane ( dense regular connective tissue) 

 each  skeletal muscle has two or more attachment site 
origin : also known as proximal attachment. Attachment nearer to trunk
insertion :  also known as distal attachment. Attachment away from  trunk

Two attachment, origin and insertion never occurs  in same bone 

each muscle of body must cross a joint or joints.

This muscle responsible for the movement of this joint 

Tissue preparation for making histological slides: easy & short discussion

Tissue preparation

Under the light microscope, tissues are examined via a light beam that is transmitted through the tissue. But the tissue and organs are usually too thick for light to pass through them. For this region tissues have to sectioned to obtain thin, translucent sections. Before making the histological slide tissue has to pass though some preparation processes. Following are the steps of tissue preparations of histological slide.

Steps of tissue preparation for study 

1. Selecting parts of tissue: part of an organ selected and cut. The best thickness are 3-5mm

2. Fixation: The process of avoiding tissue damage from bacteria or autolysis (cell digestion by cells own enzymes) by the help of some chemicals (fixatives) is called fixative.

Name of fixatives: Formaline: Formaldehyde  is a gaseous substance but 40% of it soluble in water. In tissue prepation we uses  :10% formaldehyde(CH20) solution in water.

• Uses of formalin: used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens.

•  Health hazards: short time exposure:  irritation of eye,skin, mucosa of nose and throat, it is  carcinogenic substance  but not teratogenic.
• Precurtion during use of formalin :
•  Exposure to mild formalin for 8 hrs /per day or 40 hrs in a week is safe. Formalin is not absorbed through skin so mild formalin can be handling for short time. After handling wash hand with soap and plenty of water for few min. For long term handling use gloves. Contamination of eye with formalin: wash eye with water for 15 min and consult with ophthalmologist.

Dehydration : after fixation, tissue must be dehydrate by graded series of ethanol and water, usually from the 70% to 100% 

Clearing : after dehydration, tissue must be clean with xylene.

3. Infiltration: after clearing  tissue must be infiltrate with paraffin.

 What is paraffin: for infiltration, tissue must place into a container containing liquid paraffin and place it  in an incubator at the temperature of 58-60 C 

4. After that tissue must be place in a cash for embedding or block formation
5. then sectioning with microtome : now block of the tissue cut by microtome ( a cutting instrument ) 

Paraffin block :Tissue within it  

Microtome machine

Thin section of tissue

 Removing extra paraffin from tissue section & picking up tissue on glass slide for staining 

4. Staining: unfortunately tissues are colourless can not be observe in microscope. So need to be stain. For staining rehydration is necessary. Rehydration is done by graded ethanol and water from 100% to 70%.
5. In routine staining hematoxilin and eosin

Name of the staining and its components:

Basophilic : Tissue components that stain more with basic dye is called basophilic

Acidophilia : tissue components that stain more with acidic dye is called acidophilic

Colour of different components of tissue by hematoxilic and eosin staining :
Hematoxylin is a dark blue or violet stain that is basic/positive. It binds to basophilic substances (such DNA/RNA - which are acidic and negatively charged).
DNA/RNA in the nucleus, and RNA in ribosomes in the rough endoplasmic reticulum are both acidic because the nucleic acid building blocks that come off the phosphate backbone are negatively charged. These form salts with basic dyes containing positive charges. Therefore, dyes like hematoxylin will bind to them and stain them violet.
Eosin is a red or pink stain that is Acidic / Negative. It binds to acidophilic substances (such as proteins - which are basic and positively charged).

6. Dehydration: after staining tissue need to be dehydrate again for long preservation.

7. Clearing: after dehydration tissue need to be clean with xylene. 
8. Amounting: DPX. This chemical place above the tissue and covered by coverslip for long term use.

Now a histological slide is ready for study. 

Choroid plexus : easy understanding and important information

1. Choroid plexus:

these structure situated withing the ventricle of brain 

Formation: 

1. Ependymal cells (cells of ventricles of brain, simple cuboidal epithelium) 
2. capillary 
3. pia mater (inner most layer of meninges
   

Location :  

1. two lateral ventricles 
2. 3rd ventricle
3. 4th ventricle 

Choroid plexus absent in :

1. frontal and occipital horn of lateral ventricles 
2. cerebral aqueduct 

Functions :

1. it produce cerebrospinal fluid 
2. it forms blood CSF barrier
3. it maintain extracellular milieu throughout the brain and spinal cord 
4. it provide nutrition and remove waste product 

Clinical anatomy:

1. choroid plexus cyst: it is found in fetus at early part of development usually disappear later part of development. it produces no effect in growth and development of CNS. some genetic disorder related to this condition like down's syndrome and Edward syndrome 
2. Choroid plexus fails to function properly with age so it contribute the clinical condition like Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinsonism etc. 

Nervous system : Difference between tract and nerve

Composition of nervous tissue :
1. neuron : excitable cell
2. Neuroglia : supporting cells
Parts of a neuron :

1. cell body 
2. processes : 2 in number 

i) dendrite: 1 or more than one in number

ii) Axon : usually one in number 

Axons are situated both CNS PNS
axon within the CNS is known as tract 
axons outside the CNS is known as nerve 

Topic                              Tract                                                 Nerve
location                          Mostly CNS                                   Part of PNS (peripheral NS)
myalination                     oligodendrocyte                           Schwann cells 
Type                   Ascending & descending tract    Sensory, motor and mixed both sensory& motor

Connective tissue composition: easy brief explaination

The main components of connective tissue is  cells (different types of cells with different functions)
Cells of connective tissue produce fibres (protein ) and ground substance ( a protein - carbohydrate composition )

Cells of connective tissue are two types

Connective tissue fibers are formed within connective tissues cells(fibroblast) ,
after formation they leave the cells and
become part of extra cellular matrix
collagen and reticular fibres are formed by collagen proteins 
elastic fibres are formed by elastin protein 

Ground subtances also secretion of connective tissue cells
They are nothing but a protein-carbohydrate complex
they consists of
1. proteoglycans
2. Glycosaminoglycans
3. Glycoprotein

easy and brief difference between tissues

Tissue means
group of cells and their extra cellular matrix ,
They do specific function or functions
Tissue : 4 types
1. epithelial tissue
2. connective tissue
3. muscular tissue
4. nervous tissue
Features of tissues :
Tissue                                     Cells                          extra-cellular matrix 
epithelium                        large number of cell                little
connective                        small number of tissue            large amount
muscular                           specialized cells                       moderate in amount
nervous                            neuron & neuroglia                  no extra cellular matrix