PARENCHYMA AND STROMA

ORGAN PARENCHYMA ARRANGEMENT SHAPE NO. OF NUCLEUS/LOCATION STROMA

SPINAL CORD NEURONS RANDOM STELLATE MONO/CENTRAL NEUROGLIAL, MENINGES
SKELETAL SKELETAL BUNDLES/FASCICLES CYLINDRICAL MULTI/PERIPHERAL EPIMYSIUM, PERIMYSIUM
MUSCLES MUSCLE CELLS
COMPACT OSTEOCYTES CONCENTRIC OVOID MONO/CENTRAL GROUND SUBSTANCES,
BONE PERIOSTEUM
LIVER HEPATOCYTES CORDS/ROWS POLYGONAL MONO OR BI/CENTRAL GLISSON’S CAPSULE
RETICULAR TISSUES,
INTERLOBULAR
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
SKIN EPIDERMAL CELLS LAYER/SHEETS FLAT/SQUAMOUS MONO/CENTRAL DERMAL LAYER
(EPIDERMIS)
TRACHEA CHONDROCYTES LAYER/SHEETS FLAT/SQUAMOUS MONO/CENTRAL DERMAL LAYER

FUNDAMENTAL: EPITHELIAL TISSUE

ORGAN SUBTYPE SPECIFIC SUBTYPE
KIDNEY (parietal layer of Bowman’s SIMPLE SIMPLE SQUAMOUS
Capsule)
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 FIBROUS DENSE IRREGULAR
EPINEURIUM
BONES AND CARTILAGE
ORGAN FUNDAMENTAL SUB. SS. TYPE PARENCHYMA STRUCTURE SHAPE ARRANGEMENT OTHERS

INTERVERTEBRAL FIBRO
DISC CONNECTIVE CARTILAGE CARTILAGE CHONDROCYTES ROWS
NO
INTRATRABECULAR HAVERSIAN
SPONGY BONE CONNECTIVE BONE SPONGY BONE OSTEOCYTES CAVITY CANAL
CONCENTRIC W/ HAVERSAN
COMPACT BONE CONNECTIVE BONE COMPACT BONE OSTEOCYTES LAMELLAE FLAT COBCNTRIC CANAL
VOLKMANN'S
LACUNA CANAL
EPIGLOTTIS CONNECTIVE CARTILAGE ELASTIC CHONDROCYTES FLAT
TERRITORIAL
TRACHEA CONNECTIVE CARTILAGE HYALINE CHONDROCYTES FLAT ISOGENOUS MATRIX

LYMPHATIC TISSUE
ORGAN LINING EPI. FUNDAMENTAL SUB. SS. TYPE STRUCTURE OTHERS
DIFFUSE LYMHATIC
TONSILS SSNK CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC LYMPHATIC NODULE
LYMHATIC
THYMUS (CORTEX) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC DENSE LYMPHATIC NODULE HASSAL'S CORPUSCLES
LYMHATIC
(MEDULLA) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC LOOSE LYMPHATIC NODULE (THYMUS)
DIFFUSE LYMHATIC
APPENDIX / GOBLET CELL CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC LYMPHATIC NODULE INTESTINAL GLANDS
S. CUBOID / NODULAR LYMHATIC
ILEUM GOBLET CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC LYMPHATIC NODULE INTESTINAL GLANDS
DIFFUSE AND
SPLEEN (WHITE) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC NODULAR TRABECULAE T- LYMPHOCYTES
CENTRAL
( RED PULP) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC ARTERY periarteriolar sheath
LYMHATIC
LYMPH NODE (CORTEX) CONNECTIVE LYMPHATIC DENSE LYMPHATIC 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
LEUKOCYTES SMALL 90% PERIPHERAL
 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
LONGITUDINAL (ONE
ESOPHAGUS STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS ESOPHAGEAL CARDIAC GLANDS LAYER) COLLAGENOUS CT
COLLAGENOUS CT (NO
STOMACH SIMPLE COLUMNAR GASTRIC GLANDS INNER, OUTER LAYER 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 CARDIAC INTERCALATED CYLINDRICAL
MUSCLE MUSCULAR MUSCLE STRIATED DISKS W/ BRANH BUNDLES INVOLUNTARY
SKELETAL SKELETAL CYLINDRICAL
MUSCLE MUSCULAR MUSCLE STRIATED EPIMYSIUM SARCOLEMA W/BLUNT BUNDLES VOLUNTARY
PERIMYSIUM
ENDOMYSIUM
SMOOTH SMOOTH NON- CYLINDRICAL
MUSCLE MUSCULAR MUSCLE STRIATED MONONUCLEATED TAPERD END SHEETS INVOLUNTARY
SENSORY & MOTOR
ORGAN LOCATION RECEPTOR FOR
MEISSNERS CORPUSCLE PAPILLARY LAYER DERMIS TOUCH
PACINIAN CORPUSCLE DEEP DERMIS PRESSURE &VIBRATION

CNS SYSTEM
 ORGAN LAYER STRUCTURE OTHERS PARENCHYMA CONTENT
SPINAL CORD PIA MATTER SPINAL VESSEL
SUBARACHNOID
SPACE FINE TRABECULAE
ASTROCYTES STAR SHAPED GLIA
ELONGATED
MICROGLIA NUCLEI
OLIGODENDITES ROUND NUCLEUS
CEREBELLUM (CEREBRAL STELLATE
CORTEX) MOLECULAR a.k.a. BASKET CELL PYRAMIDAL CELL CELLS
PURKENKE CELLS PIA MATTER
WHITE
GRANULAR 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
ASS. W/ EBNER'S
CIRCUM VALLATE FRONT OF SULCUS TERMINALS 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
STATIC
VESTIBULE ~ ~ 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
(SMOOTH
DILATOR PIPILLAE 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
ROW OF ZONULAE
OUTER LIMITING ADHERENS
INNER NUCLEAR BIPOLAR
INNER FLEXIFORM SYNAPSES
GANGLION CELL NERVE CELL
OPTIC NERVE FIVER
INNER LIMITING MEMBRANE
RESPIRATORY
CONTENT
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
MUCUS & SEROUS
NASOPHARYNX SSNK 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
SERTOLI PROXIMAL HALF/ CONDUCT SPERMATOZOA
TUBULI RECTI CUBOIDAL LOOSE CONNECTIVE TX NO SMOOTH MUSCLE FR ST
CONDUCT FR RECTI TO D.
RETE TESTIS SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM VASCULAR CONNECTIVE NO SMOOTH MUSCLE EFFER
DUCTULI THINLAYER OF CONDUCT FROM RETE TO
EFFERENTES REGIONS OF CILIATED COLUMNAR THIN LOOSE CONNECTIVE CIRCULAR EPIDIDYMIS
PSEUDOSTRATIDIED W/ CIRCULAR SMOOTH CONDUCT FROM DUCTULI
EPIDIDYMIS STERIOCILIA THIN LOOSE CONNECTIVE MUSCLE TO D DEF
PSEUDOSTRATIDIED W/ INNER, OUTER LONG, EPIDIDYMIS TO
DUCTUS DEFERENS STERIOCILIA LOOSE FIBROELASTIC MID CIRC EJACULATORY
SUBEPITHELIAL
EJACULATORYCDUCT SIMPLE COLUMNAR CONNECTIVE TX NO SMOOTH MUSCLE TO PROSTATIC URETHRA

FEMALE
STAGE ZONA PELLUCIDA FOLLICULAR/ LAYER THECA HORMONE DEPENDENCY
PRIMORDIAL SINGLE LAYER OF FLAT
FOLLICLE NOT PRESENT CELLS NOT PRESENT DEPENDENT ONLOCAL FACTOR
UNILAMINAR 1
FOLLICLE PRESENT SINGLE LAYER OF CUBOIDAL NOT PRESENT DEPENDENT ONLOCAL FACTOR
MULTILAMINAR 1 MULTIPLE LAYER OF
FOLLICLE PRESENT GRANULOSA INTERNA AND EXTERNA DEPENDENT ONLOCAL FACTOR
SECONDARY
FOLLICLE PRESENT SPACES AMONG GRANULOSA INTERNA AND EXTERNA FSH DEPENDENT
MEM. GRAN, CUMULUS FSH DEPENDENT UNTIL
GRAFIAN FOLLICLE PRESENT OOPHORUS INTERNA AND EXTERNA DOMINANT
L.E.
SIMPLECOLUMNAR MUCOSA, MUSCULARIS,
OVIDUCT CILIATED SEROSA
L.E. GERMINAL
OVARY EPITHELIUM CORTEX & MEDULLA
UTERUS ENDOMETRIUM SIMPLE COLUM CILIATED
MYOMETRIUM THICK SMOOTH MUSCLE
EXTERNAL
COVERING SEROSA/ ADVENTITA
SIMPLE
CERVIX 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
SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
JUXTAGLOMERULAR EPITHELIUM
JG CELLS MODIFIED SMOOTH MUSCLE RENIN
DISTAL CONVOLUTED SIMPLE CUBOIDAL ALDOSTERONE
COLLECTING TUBULES SIMPLE CUBOIDAL ADH
URETER TRANSITIONAL COLLAGEN & ELASTIC INNERLONG, OUTER CIRCULAR
INNERLONG, MID CIR, OUTER
URINARY BLADDER TRANSITIONAL FIBROELASTIC CT LONG
TRANSITINAL/
URETHRA STRATIFIED(MM) FIBROELASTIC CT INNER LONG, OUTER CIR
RENAL PELVIS TRANSITIONAL RETICULAR & ELASTIC INNER LONG, OUTER CIR