Questions tagged [tissue]
An organization of cells sharing functional similarities.
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How stacked rods / multibank retinas cells are layered out?
I read that some animals have stacked rods in their eyes, usually fishes, a feature that as far as I know has the name of multibank retina.
I'm trying to understand how that is laid out in the retina ...
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What is the least specialized tissue in plants?
According to me, the answer to this question is meristematic tissue. Meristems have undifferentiated cells and they are totipotent. Even permanent tissues are formed from meristems.
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What could be the possible reason(s) for background staining in DAB based Immunohistochemistry of paraffin embedded tissues?
I have been having trouble with immunohistochemistry of mouse pancreas tissue for some time now. I observe that while there is good and specific staining of the antibody, there is a lighter shade of ...
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Can you have a higher nitrogen load in your tissues after travelling over a hill?
This question has spawned from a discussion between myself (a novice diver but an engineer), and a diving instructor.
The training materials indicate that if you (having not dived yet) are driving and ...
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Is UMI necessary when analyzing samples from Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded tissues?
We have FFPE-tissues we would like to use for a sequencing run. we think we can get enough biological material, so the amount of RNA shouldn't be an issue, but we're not sure.
A unique molecular ...
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Does columnar epithelium always have microvilli or cilia?
Is there any example of columnar epithelium in any part of our body that do not have cilia or microvilli?
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Do all plants have meristems?
Are there any plants that lack a meristem (at any phase in their lifecycle)?
Searching for it on the web, the materials I find seem to assume no, but none say it explicitly.
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Is there any reagent that can help me obtain the protein in a 14 μm tissue without damaging the morphology of the tissue
I need to extract proteins, but I want to protect the morphology of the tissue. Can I use lysis buffer directly？
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When I use isopentane to freeze tissue, which kind of purity should I choose? GR, AR, or CP?
GR: Guaranteed Reagent
AR: Analytical Reagent
CP: Chemical Reagent
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Proof of shape of epithelia cells
In this article, the mentioned in the introduction that the the optimal shape of epithelia cells in drosophila tissue is hexagonal (packing is approximately 6).
Is there an article that proves ...
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Vertebrae looking bone found on beach in New Zealand
I found this bone on a beach in New Zealand. Does anybody have any idea which part of the body or which animal it’s from?
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What is the difference between cuboidal and columnar epithelium (other than their shape)?
The difference between squamous and cuboidal/columnar epithelium is clear. Squamous is used for filtration and diffusion while cuboidal/columnar is used for absorption and secretion.
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What is the proper anatomical name of the "band of Richer" that wraps around the quadriceps femoris?
There's this fascial band called the band of Richer that wraps around the quadriceps femoris muscle above the knee (in this illustration, look for it near the left knee). It seems to stem from the ...
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Can tissue flow apart instead of being tightly attached?
Every tissue of our human body consists on cells and cells are not like static "LEGO bricks". They are highly dynamic and can actively move around, due to myosin-actin networks inside the ...
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Why doesn’t heart have smooth muscle tissues?
Smooth muscle tissues are involuntary. And so is cardiac muscle tissue. So why doesn’t heart have smooth muscle tissues like most organs?
I know that they are visually different (branched vs non-...
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Reference for standardized histology rating criteria of microscope images
I am looking for a reference to a standard protocol for assessing the visual quality and diagnostic potential of a tissue sample that has been processed and stained for viewing under light microscope. ...
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Why do cells in meristematic tissues lack vacuoles?
Cells located in meristematic cells in plants lack vacuoles. However, this contradicts with the fact that plant cells have large vacuoles to store water and keep the plant in an upright position. I ...
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What is tissue patterning?
This term gets thrown around sometimes in biology articles, and I have a rough idea of what it is: during embryonic development, the tissue differentiates in a certain spatial configuration. Wikipedia ...
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Most optically transparent muscle phantom?
I am trying to use Schlieren imaging techniques to visualize how a sound wave propagates through muscle tissue.
In the past, when needing to experiment with muscle we would use an agar based muscle ...
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Characteristics of 'true' tissue
Why are sponges not considered to have tissue level organization?
Quite a few places seem to say that sponges do not have 'true tissue' and only have specialized cells.
Unlike Protozoans, the ...
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fibrous skeleton of the heart
is it true to say that "fibrous skeleton is between all of the myocardium and most of the cardiac muscle attach to that"? cause I can't get this that how can it be between all the muscles.
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Why do viruses cause different symptoms?
If the sole purpose of a virus is to hijack the nucleus of a cell to replicate, why do we have different symptoms for different viruses?
I can think of the following coming into play:
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Why do meristematic cells have prominent nuclei and dense cytoplasm?
I've been reading about meristematic cells having prominent nuclei and dense cytoplasm. However, I could not understand why it is that way. Could somebody please explain?
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Parietal and Visceral epithelia
If you google visceral and parietal you get: The parietal layers of the membranes line the walls of the body cavity (pariet- refers to a cavity wall). The visceral layer of the membrane covers the ...
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What does lymph actually look like?
I have scoured Google and a number of my anatomy textbooks for a picture of lymph. However, I cannot find any such photo (or video) showing its actual appearance.
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Name/term for mechanisms by wich the relative size/number of cells of some tissue/organ are preserved
The cells of some organ or tissue are dividing and also dies (apoptosis). But this happens in somehow controlled manner so that the total size of the organ is approximately preserved or the total ...
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Could bacteria and phages be found in tissues?
in the literature, there are several studies of the gut virome and microbiome, for instance Reyes et al. on Nature (https://www.nature.com/articles/nature09199?error=cookies_not_supported&code=...
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Why is xylem a tissue and not an organ?
My textbook "CGP AS-Level Biology Exam Board: Edexcel Complete Revision & Practice" says xylem is a tissue.
Then I read from this website that "[Xylem's] major components include xylem parenchyma,...
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Why is cartilage replaced by bones in a vertebrate adult?
Why is cartilage present in a vertebrate embryo replaced by bones in an vertebrate adult even though cartilage can also provide me the structural framework like as in Chondrichthyes and they seem to ...
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White blood cells after dealing with an infection
I just have a quick question. If there was an infection of a tissue within the body, white blood cells would leave the capillaries around the tissue and enter the tissues to help cure the infection. ...
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Is pith a ground tissue with no specialized function?
Here is a question from the book My Max Score SAT Biology E/M Subject Test (where the SAT is the exam taken by American high school students):
Ground tissue with no specialized function
A. Xylem
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Can Anyone Identify this Tissue?
I am hoping someone can identify the image below
My wife felt a bug bite her and found this in her hair now she's worried that it was a tick.
the photo is at 40X under microscope. I'm guessing it's ...
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Do all Fungi have similar cells?
I know that most fungi are not differentiated into tissues. And tissues are groups of specialised cells aiming to perform a collective function. Does it, then, follow that most fungi do not have ...
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due to hypersecretion of growth hormone why only terminal growth takes place?
why only terminal growth takes place in acromegaly and gagiantism, due hypersecretion of GH?
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What are the roundish objects in this sketch of a tracheid?
I got this picture from the Wikipedia entry for Tracheid. What are the roundish objects in the sketch?
Also are tracheids sclerenchyma cells?
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Might new bones evolve from soft tissue? [closed]
I wonder how bones evolve where there are none. (This is the question, read the sub-questions as examples :) )
Lets take an elephant as an example. If it was adaptive for the elephant, could bones ...
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seafood muscles - how do they work?
Today, first time in my life I ate seafood. It was a squid and a calamar. Note that I am biology layman, so please be merciful :(
While dissecting my food I noticed that the tissues of those ...
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Is it possible to extract tissue-culture material from a seed?
Here is the problem: Tissue culture is cloning, and all plants from the same mother plant are identical. On the other hand, plants grown from seed are all different. If parent plants are genetically ...
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What do you mean by non cellular matrix [closed]
What do you mean by the non cellular matrix in which connective tissues are embedded?
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What are pit fields?
I found this statement from my biology text book,
"The sieve tube elements and the companion cells are connected by pit fields present between the common longitudinal walls".
Is the pit field same ...
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Recession of skin tan
In early October I was on a holiday near the equator and got tanned. Now, roughly 3 months later, the tan on my face and arms has gone almost entirely where my belly, chest and legs are still ...
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How do trees grow?
A nail is inserted into a tree's trunk at a young stage of its development. At which height will we find the nail after some years? Will it be found higher or at the same height(What extent of ...
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Does the Histogen Theory apply to plant roots as well as stems?
My school textbook briefly mentions a certain "Histogen Theory" (von Hanstein) of plant growth/development. However, I can't find any authoritative source on this matter online.
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Is it possible to determine what tissue a DNA sample came from based solely on its sequence?
All cells have the same genome and differ only by the expression pattern. Is it possible to determine the tissue origin of a cell based on its DNA sequence using short tandem repeat (STR) analysis or ...
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Is there a surface or body cavity that does not have epithelium?
Is there any surface in the (human) body that is not covered with epithelium?
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most different human tissues with respect to gene expression profiling
Is there a PCA showing the relative distance in terms of gene expression / functional genomics among the different human tissue types?
So far I have found:
(1) A paper based on gene expression with ...
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Can anyone expolain this? Cell culture vials have strange hair-like condensation patterns
What is the hair-like polymer that condenses on the caps of the plastic cell vial? Inside vial are cells in a mixture of FBS and DMSO. The vials were frozen slowly in a special isopropanol-filled ...
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How are negligibly senescent animals dealing with senescent cell buildup?
Well known animals like the rougheye rockfish, which can be bought from the fish market, appear to be negligily senecent. Senecent cell buildup appears to play a key role in senecence, in mice at ...
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How is yellow elastic cartilage a true cartilage?
My book has only mentioned the fact but no reason is given so I would like to know the reason for it. I would like to know what more to add in the body but the question just doesn't get posted.
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How long can you store tissue on 4°C before B-cell extraction and culture?
We receive tissue regularly and extract B-cells for culturing, studying differentiation and survival with diffenet stimulation conditions. However, often the tissue arrives late afternoon and might be ...
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