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Body Tissues Flashcards

distinguish between the tissue types/function

1
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What are the four tissue types?

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  1. Epithelial 2. Connective 3. Muscle 4. Nerve
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What are the [four] major functions of epithelial tissue?

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Protection, Absorption, Sensation, and Secretion

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Where can you find epithelial tissue?

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Lining of Body Cavities, surfaces of BVs, glands

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4
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What type of epithelial tissue is one layer?

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Simple

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5
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What type of epithelial tissue is multiple layers?

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Stratified

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What type of epithelial tissue is wider than it is tall?

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Squamous

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What type of epithelial tissue is equal in height and width?

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Cuboidal

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What type of epithelial tissue is taller than it is wide?

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Columnar

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Where in the body can you find squamous epithelial tissue?

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Lungs and BVs

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10
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Where in the body is cuboidal epithelial tissue?

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Glands

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Where in the body can you find columnar epithelial tissue?

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Digestive tract and trachea

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By what process can epithelial tissue receive nutrients?

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Diffusion

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What are the functions of connective tissue?

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Protection and support

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Where can connective tissue be found?

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Everywhere in the body between other tissues

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What are the three components of connective tissue?

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Fibers, Ground Substance, and Cells (fibroblasts)

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What are the two types of fibers found in connective tissue?

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Collagenous and Elastic

17
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What are the six types of connective tissue?

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  1. Bone 2. Fibrous (large amounts of collagen) 3. Loose 4. Blood plasma 5. Adipose 6. Cartilage
18
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Where in the body can you find loose connective tissue?

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Around BVs and organs

19
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Where in the body can you find fibrous connective tissue?

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Tendons/Ligaments

20
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Where in the body can you find cartilage?

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End of bones, nose, and ears

21
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What are the three types of muscle tissue?

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  1. Skeletal 2. Cardiac 3. Smooth
22
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What type of muscle tissue is not stratified?

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Smooth

23
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What is the function of smooth muscle?

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Movement of Blood/Substances

24
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Where in the body can you find smooth muscle?

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GI tract, arteries, and veins

25
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What type of muscle tissue is associated with the heart?

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Cardiac

26
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What is the special characteristic that muscle tissue has?

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Contraction

27
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What are the [five] functions of nerve tissue?

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Sensory input, integration, control of muscles/glands, homeostasis and mental activity

28
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Nerve tissue are made up of what?

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Neurons and glial cells

29
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What are the three parts that make up a neuron?

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  1. Cell body 2. Dendrite 3. axon
30
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What is the function of the dendrite?

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Receive electrical impulses

31
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What is the function of the axon?

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Receive impulse from dendrite and communicate with axon terminal to cell

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