Anat-1 Flashcards
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Tissue
Group of similar cells
Primary types of Tissues
Epithelial Tissue
Connective Tissue
Muscle Tissue
Nervous Tissue
Epithelial Tissue Function
lines body surface and forms glands
Apical Surface
(unattached) faces the exterior or a lumen
Basal Surface
(attached) achored to extracellular fiber-bsal lamina
Epithelial Cell Characteristics
cells fit closely together forming sheets (desmosomes+tight junctions)
Epithelial Cell Characteristics
Avascular( no blood vessels)
Epithelial Cell Characteristics
has a high capacity to regenerate
Connective Tissue Function
Supports other tissues
Connective Tissue Characteristics
has ground proper and CT proper
CT Proper
Specialized dispersed cells that make a network of protein fibers surrounding cell of the Connective Tissue
Ground Substance
Extracellular material that varies in consistency to structure and function in Ct
CT Categories
CT Proper ( includes stroma of soft organs, tendons and adipose)
CT Categories
Supporting CT (includes bone and cartilage)
CT Categories
Fluid CT ( includes lymph and blood)
Major CT Cell Types
Fibrocyte, Adipocyte, Erythrocyte, Leukocyte, Osteocyte, Chondrocyte
Fibrocyte
mature cells that maintain the matrix of CT proper
Adipocyte
stores fat in the CT proper (fatty tissue)
Erythrocyte
RBC-transports oxygen in blood
Leukocyte
WBC- defends against infections
Osteocyte
mature cells that maintain the matrix of the bone
Chondrocyte
mature cell that maintain the matrix of the cartilage
Muscle Tissue`Definition
Contracts to produce motion
Muscle Tissue Types
Skeletal,
Cardiac,
Smooth.
Skeletal Tissue
Connected to bones through cartilages
Cardiac Tissue
Forms wall of heart
Smooth Tissue
lines hollow organs
Nervous Tissue
rapidly transmits and processes information
Nervous Tissue Characteristics
Contains neurons and neuroglia cells
Membrane
a continuous flat multi-cellular sheet that covers or line a body part
Membrane types
Epithelial Membrane + Mucus Membrane+
Epithelial Membrane def.
made of both epithelial and connective tissue
Epithelial Tissue Char.
has a Cutaneous layer that covers the external surfaces of the body (skin)
Mucus Membrane def.
Lines the cavities that open to the exterior