Histology Vocabulary

A band

acetylcholine

acinar

actin

adipocyte

agranulocyte

albumin

alveolar

anemia

antibody

antigen

aplastic

apocrine

aponeurosis

astrocytes

avascular

axon

B cell

band cell

basal lamina

basement membrane

basophil

bipolar

cartilage

cell body

central canal

chondrocyte

cleft

collagen

columnar

compound

connective tissue

cuboidal

cutaneous

dendrite

diapedesis

eccrine

elastic fiber

elastic CT

EMG

endocrine

endomysium

endoneurium

endothelium

eosinophil

ependyma

epimysium

epineurium

epithelial tissue

erythrocyte

exocrine

fascia

fascicles

fibrin

fibrinogen

fibroblast

fibrocartilage

fibrocyte

gap junction

glial

globulin

granulocyte

H band

Haversian canal

Haversian system

hematocrit

hematopoiesis

hemocytoblast

holocrine

hyaluronidase

I band

intercalated disc

lacuna

lamella

leukemia

leukocyte

lumen

lymphocyte

keratin

macrophage

mast cell

mesenchyme

merocrine

mesothelium

microglia

monocyte

mucous

mucous CT

multipolar

muscular tissue

myelin

myofibril

myofilament

myoglobin

myoneural junction

myosin

nervous tissue

neurilemma

neurofibral node

neurolemmocyte

neuromuscular junction

neuroglia

neuron

neutrophil

nexus

Nissl substance

node of Ranvier

osseus

osteon

oligodendrocyte

perichondrium

perikaryon

perimysium

perineurium

phagocyte

plasma

plasma cell

platelet

polycythemia

prothrombin

pseudostratified

reticular fiber

reticular CT

reticular lamina

reticulocyte

sarcoplasm

sarcoplasmic reticulum

sarcolemma

sarcomere

Schwann cells

simple

sliding filament

smooth

soma

striated

stroma

squamous

stratified

synapse

synovial

T cell

T system

teledendron

thrombin

thrombocyte

tight junction

transitional

transmitter substance

transverse tubule

triad

tropomyosin

troponin

tubular

tubuloacinar

tubuloalveolar

unipolar

Wharton's jelly

Z band