A&P CHAPTER 5: TISSUES Flashcards
EPITHELIAL TISSUE
COVERS EXTERNAL BODY SURFACES OR LINES INTERNAL BODY SURFACES
CONNECTIVE TISSUE
BIND, SUPPORT, AND PROTECT BODY STRUCTURES
MUSCLE TISSUES
SPECIALIZED FOR CONTRACTION
ATTACHED TO BONES AND USED FOR MOVEMENT
NERVOUS TISSUES
CARRY INFO FROM ONE PART OF BODY TO ANOTHER THROUGH ELECTRICAL IMPULSES
EPIHTELIAL TISSUE CONNECTS TO CONNECTIVE TISSUE THROUGH ____
BASEMENT MEMBRANE
EPITHELIAL TISSUE FUNCTIONS
PROTECTION
ABSORPTION
FILTRATION
EXCRETION
SENSATION
PERMEABILITY
REGENERATION
FIBROBLASTS
MOST COMMON TYPE OF FIXED CELL
FIBER PRODUCTION
LOCK EPITHELIAL CELLS TOGETHER
FIBROCYTES
MAINTAIN CONNECTIVE TISSUE FIBERS
MAST CELLS
RELEASE HEPARIN (PREVENT BLOOD CLOTTING) AND HISTAMINE (INFLAMMATORY/ALLERGIC RESPONSE)
MACROPHAGES
PHAGOCYTOSIS OF FOREIGN MATERIAL LIKE BACTERIA AND DEAD TISSUE CELLS
LYMPHOCYTES
DEVELOP INTO PLASMA CELLS
PRODUCE ANTIBODIES TO HELP BODY AGAINST DISEASE
MICROPHAGES
PHAGOCYTES IN THE CONNECTIVE TISSUES
MELANOCYTES
SYNTHESIZE AND STORE MELANIN
COLLAGENOUS FIBERS
IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE
STRONGEST
IN LIGAMENTS AND TENDONS
ELASTIC FIBERS
IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE
STRETCH AND RETURN TO SHAPE
RETICULAR FIBERS
IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE
SUPPORTING NETWORKS FOR TISSUES