Anatomy 1 Flashcards
Simple cuboidal
Location: covers the surface of ovaries
Function: secretion and absorption
Simple columnar
Location: lines digestive tract from stomach to anus
Function: secretion and absorption
Stratified squamous
Location: lining of the epidermis
Function: protective covering where friction is common
Transitional
Location: urinary system organs
Function: stretches and the ability to return to normal shape
Pseudostratified columnar
Location: respiratory tract
Function: absorption and secretion
Bone (osseous tissue)
Location: any bone in the body
Function: to protect and structurally support body
Hyaline cartilage
Location: larynx
Function: provides stiff yet flexible support
Fibrocartilage
Location: cushionlike discs between vertebrae of spinal column
Function: resists compression
Elastic cartilage
Location: auricle (external ear)
Function: supportive yet resists distortion
Regular dense
Location: tendons and ligaments
Function: provides firm attachment and reduces friction
Irregular dense
Location: dermis
Function: provides strength to resist forces applied in many directions
Areolar
Location: deep to dermis
Function: universal packing tissue and glue to hold organs in place
Adipose
Location: breast
Function: insulates body
Reticular
Location: spleen
Function: forms internal framework of soft organs
Blood (vascular)
Location: circulatory system
Function: provide antibodies that defend us from infection
Simple squamous
Location: lines air sacs of the lungs
Function: secretion in membranes
Skeletal muscle
Location: any muscle in body
Function: produces gross body movements
Cardiac muscle
Location: heart
Function: pumps blood through vessels
Smooth (visceral) muscle
Location: walls of stomach, uterus, blood vessels
Function: peristalsis
Nervous tissue
Location: brain
Function: to receive and conduct electrochemical impulses to and from body parts
Body membranes
Cover body surfaces, line body cavities, and form protective sheets around organs
Cutaneous membrane
Skin, dry membrane, outermost protective boundary, covers body surface
Mucous membrane
Lines all body cavities that open to the exterior body surface.
Location: digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive systems
Serous membrane
Lines open body cavities that are closed to the exterior of the body, occur in pairs.
Visceral layer (serous)
Covers the outside of the organ
Parietal layer (serous)
Lines a portion of the wall of ventral body cavity
Peritoneum (serous)
Abdominal cavity
Pleura (serous)
Around the lungs
Pericardium (serous)
Around the heart
Synovial membrane
Connective tissue, lines movable joints
