Anatomy Ch.5 Tissue Vocab

Question 1

Adipose Tissue

Answer 1

Fat-storing tissue

Question 2

Cartilage

Answer 2

Type of connective tissue in which cells are within lacunae and separated by a semisolid matrix

Question 3

Chondrocyte

Answer 3

Cartilage cell

Question 4

Connective Tissue

Answer 4

One of the basic types of tissue that includes bone, cartilage, and loose connective tissue.

Question 5

Cutaneous membrane

Answer 5

The skin

Question 6

Epithelial tissue

Answer 6

Tissue type that covers all free body surfaces

Question 7

Fibroblast

Answer 7

Cell that produces fibers in connective tissue

Question 8

Macrophage

Answer 8

Large phagocytic cell

Question 9

Mucous membrane

Answer 9

Membrane that line cavities and tubes that open to the outside of the body

Question 10

Muscle tissue

Answer 10

Contractile tissue consisting of filaments of actin and myosin, which slide past each other, shortening cells

Question 11

Nervous tissue

Answer 11

Neurons and neuroglia

Question 12

Neuroglial cell

Answer 12

Specialized cell of the nervous system that produces myelin, communicates between cells, and maintains the ionic environment

Question 13

Neuron

Answer 13

Nerve cell

Question 14

Osteocyte

Answer 14

Mature bone cell

Question 15

Osteon

Answer 15

Cylinder shaped unit containing bone cells that surround an osteonic canal; Haversian system

Question 16

Serous membrane

Answer 16

Membranes that lines a cavity without an opening to outside of the body.

Question 17

Synovial membrane

Answer 17

Membrane that forms inner linings of capsule of freely moveable joint.