4. The Tissue Level of Organization Flashcards
____: A collection of cells and associated intercellular material specialized for a particular function or functions
Tissues
What are the four types of tissues
- Nervous tissue
- Epithelial tissue
- Muscle tissue
- Connective Tissue
The Ectoderm gives rise to:
Skin cells, neurons, and pigment cells
The Mesoderm gives rise to:
Cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, tubule cell of kidney, red blood cells, smooth muscle
The Endoderm gives rise to:
Lung cell, thyroid cell, and pancreatic cell
The ____ is a collection of adherent cells, has very little intercellular materila, covers external and internal surfaces of the body, and is avasular
Epithelium
- The ____
- Covers the outer surface of the body
- ____
- Lines all passages leading into the interior of the body
- ____
- Lines most of te closed body cavities
- ____
- Lines blood and lymph vessels
Epidermis
Lining epithelium
Mesothelium
Endothelium
Free surfaces are covered by epithelium, except in ____
joints
Synovial membranes and bursae of these regions are covered by modified ____ tissue cells
connective
There is a correlatuon between the ____ and ____ of an epithelium
structure; function
Functions of Epithelium:
- Protection
- Absorption (Simple columnar epithelium)
- Secretion (Simple cuboidal epithelium)
- Excretion
- Surface Transport (Simple squamous epithelium)
- Sensory Reception
- Separates body into compartments (Simple squamous epithelium)
The Epithelium is
- Highly ____
- ____
- Forms ____ barriers
- Cellular
- Avascular
- histologic
* (Organizes body structure)*
The number of ____ of cells composing the epithelium and the ____ of the cells in the topmost layer is used to classify epithelium
layers
shape
In keratinized epithelium, free surface cells are ____ and do not possess nuclei
Example: Epidermis of skin
nonliving
____: Mitotic cellular layer must replace the dead cels as they slough off
Cytomorphosis