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Topics discussed:

Epidermis:
Layers of epidermis: 0:10
Melanocytes vs Keratinocytes: 5:16
Langerhans cells: 10:10 & 33:30 & 57:30

Dermis:
Papillary and reticular dermis: 11:50
Three types of white empty spaces on a slide: vessels, glands/ducts/cysts, or artifact: 15:25
Blood vessels & nerves: 18:24 & 48:50 & 58:59
Arrector pili & other dermal smooth muscle: 20:00

Adnexal:
Sebaceous gland: 21:10
Hair follicle 23:14
Eccrine sweat glands and ducts 24:45 & 50:00
Gland/duct vs blood vessel 27:20 & 48:50
Apocrine glands: this video https://kikoxp.com/posts/7837 (at 12:30)
Acrosyringium: this video https://kikoxp.com/posts/7837 (at 10:00)

Three types of pink bundles: smooth muscle, nerve, dense connective tissue: 27:50

Acral skin (palm sole) with contact dermatitis 29:37
Parakeratosis 30:00
Perivascular lymphocytes 30:40
Eosinophils vs neutrophils 31:20
Spongiosis with desmosome keratinocyte spines 32:10
Spongiotic vesicles with Langerhans cells 33:30
Normal acral skin (palm & sole) with stratum lucidum 34:20
Normal glomus body/apparatus (canal of Sucquet-Hoyer) 35:40
Nerve 36:46 & 51:50
Adipose tissue (white fat cells) in subcutis with Lochkern 37:55
Normal scalp skin with large anagen hair follicles: 39:30
Hair follicle anatomy (bulb/matrix, inner root sheath, outer root sheath, hair shaft, isthmus, infundibulum): 40:55 (labeled images):
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Pacinian corpuscle 50:40
Meissner corpuscle 1:02:28

Dense regular connective tissue (Fascia/Tendon/Ligament) vs Smooth Muscle 53:00

Basic Normal Skin Immunohistochemistry:
-cytokeratin in epidermis: 55:33
-S100 in melanocytes and Langerhans cells and adipocytes: 57:30
-Desmin in smooth muscle (arrector pili and blood vessels): 58:59
-CD31 in endothelial cells of blood vessels: 59:33
-SOX-10 in melanocytes: 1:00:40

Digit/Finger/Toe histology (amputation for subungual acral melanoma) 1:04:10 & 1:08:30
-bone 1:05:40
-glomus body 1:05:15
-tendon/ligament 1:06:10
-artery 1:06:58
-fingernail/toenail 1:08:54
-acrosyringium 1:10:45

Solar elastosis (what wrinkles look like microscopically!) 1:11:50

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Blood Vessel vs Gland vs Artifact Made Easy video: https://kikoxp.com/posts/4808

The basic normal structures of the skin discussed and described by a dermatopathologist. This material is intended for use by medical students, junior pathology or dermatology residents, or for anyone else studying normal human histology. Special thanks to two of my medical students at UAMS for helping make this video possible. Miki Lindsey convinced me that I really needed to sit down and record this video. Akash Patel took time to edit the video and make it ready for YouTube. My sincere thanks to both of them for helping me overcome procrastination.

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Correction - I made a mistake in the video. I said that sebaceous gland secretions are turned into smelly substances by bacteria and that this makes body odor. That is incorrect. That is actually true of APOCRINE gland secretions not sebaceous secretions.

Also, in the past I used "keratinocyte" and "squamous cell" interchangeably (this is because in dermatopathology, we see and talk about squamous cell carcinomas all the time, and those tumors are composed of keratinocytes). But technically, in normal skin histology, "squamous cell" refers only to the flattened keratinocytes in the superficial epidermis. Thankfully, a histology PhD colleague pointed this out to me and corrected my lazy nomenclature!

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How to approach histology for Human Anatomy students. Using a key will help get you through it! Add some penguin fairy dust will help too!

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Tissue in the human body:

Epithelial: Is made of cells arranged in a continuous sheet with one or more layers, has apical & basal surfaces.

A basement membrane is the attachment between the basal surface of the cell & the underlying connective tissue.

Two types of epithelial tissues: (1) Covering & lining epithelia and (2) Glandular Epithelium.

The number of cell layers & the shape of the cells in the top layer can classify epithelium.

Simple Epithelium - one cell layer
Stratified epithelium - two or more cell layers
Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium - When cells of an epithelial tissue are all anchored to the basement Membrane but not all cells reach the apical surface.
Glandular Epithelium -- (1) Endocrine: Release hormones directly into the blood stream and (2) Exocrine - Secrete into ducts.


Connective: contains many different cell types including: fibroblasts, macrophages, mast cells, and adipocytes. Connective Tissue Matrix is made of two materials: ground substance - proteins and polysaccharides, fiber -- reticular, collagen and elastic.

Classification of Connective Tissue:
Loose Connective - fibers & many cell types in gelatinous matrix, found in skin, & surrounding blood vessels, nerves, and organs.
Dense Connective - Bundles of parallel collagen fibers& fibroblasts, found in tendons& ligaments.
Cartilage - Cartilage is made of collagen & elastin fibers embedded in a matrix glycoprotein & cells called chondrocytes, which was found in small spaces.
Cartilage has three subtypes:
Hyaline cartilage -- Weakest, most abundant type, Found at end of long bones, & structures like the ear and nose,
Elastic cartilage- maintains shape, branching elastic fibers distinguish it from hyaline and
Fibrous Cartilage - Strongest type, has dense collagen & little matrix, found in pelvis, skull & vertebral discs.


Muscle: is divided into 3 categories, skeletal, cardiac and smooth.
Skeletal Muscle -- voluntary, striated, striations perpendicular to the muscle fibers and it is mainly found attached to bones.
Cardiac Muscle -- involuntary, striated, branched and has intercalated discs
Smooth Muscle -- involuntary, nonstriated, spindle shaped and is found in blood vessels & the GI tract.


Nervous: Consists of only two cell types in the central nervous system (CNS) & peripheral nervous system (PNS):
Neurons - Cells that convert stimuli into electrical impulses to the brain, and Neuroglia -- supportive cells.
Neurons -- are made up of cell body, axon and dendrites. There are 3 types of neurons:
Motor Neuron -- carry impulses from CNS to muscles and glands,
Interneuron - interpret input from sensory neurons and end responses to motor neurons
Sensory Neuron -- receive information from environment and transmit to CNS.
Neuroglia -- is made up of astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells and microglia in the CNS, and schwann cells and satellite cells in the PNS.

Today on Crash Course Anatomy & Physiology, Hank breaks down the parts and functions of one of your body's unsung heroes: your epithelial tissue.

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Proper Epithelium & Glandular Epithelium 1:38
We're All Just Tubes! 2:12
Cell Shapes: Squamous, Cuboidal, or Columnar 3:34
How Form Relates to Function 4:15
Layering: Simple or Stratified 5:26
Epithelial Cells: Apical & Basal Sides 7:06
Glandular Epithelial Tissue Forms Endocrine & Exocrine Glands 8:20
Review 9:16
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The dentin is a hard tissue that forms the bulk of the tooth. It is similar to bone but is slightly harder, although softer than enamel. The dentin has numerous dentinal tubules that run across its length. Each dentinal tubule houses the cytoplasmic process of an odontoblast (odontoblastic process).
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💡Nanci A. Tencate’s Oral Histology. Development, Structure and Function. 8th ed. Elsevier; 2013.
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💡Avery JK. Oral development and Histology. 3rd ed. Thieme Medical Publishers; 2002.

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