Anatomy Flashcards
Nerve
Conduct electrical messages
Brain
Spinal cord
Smooth
Moves materials through organs
Walls of hollow organs
Cardiac
Pumps blood
Heart
Simple columnar
Resist chemical stress
Intestines
Stratified squamous
Resist mechanical stress
Skin
Transitional epithelium
Stretch and recoil
Urinary bladder
Skeletal
Voluntary body movement
Muscular system
Pseudo stratified ciliated columnar
Protection and secretion
Trachea
Dense regular
Resist tensile strength in one direction
Tendons
Areolar
Joins tissue types
Underlies epithelium
Simple squamous
Allow for diffusion
Lungs
Cartilage
Structural support
Hyaline: ends of bones
Elastic: external ear
Epithelium
Simple squamous Simple cuboidal Simple columnar Stratified squamous Transitional epithelium Pseudostratified ciliated columnar
Simple cuboidal
Produce secretions
Kidney tubules
Connective tissue
Adipose Areolar Blood Bone Cartilage (hyaline and elastic) Dense regular
Muscle
Skeletal
Smooth
Cardiac
Nervous
Nerve
Adipose
Insulation
Under the skin
Bone
Structural support
Skeletal
Blood
Transport
Within vessels
Nerve (image)
Neuron
Neuroglia
Skeletal (image)
Striations
Blood (image)
Erythrocytes
Leukocyte
Plasma
Bone (image)
Matrix
Lacunae
Central canal
Canaliculi
Dense regular (image)
Collagen fiber
Cartilage (image)
Matrix
Lacunae
Chondrocytes
Cardiac (image)
Striations
Intercalated discs
Adipose (image)
Lipid droplet
Areolar (image)
Fibroblast
Collagen fiber
Elastic fiber
