Cells & Tissues Flashcards
Simple squamous
Alveoli, diffusion, none
Simple cubodial
Kidney tubules, secretion and absorption, none
Pseudostratisfied columnar
Trachea, protection and secretion, goblet cells
Stratified squamous
Esophagus, protection, keratin
Stratified cubodial
Gastric and intestinal gland, secretion, uncommon cell type
Stratified columnar
Male urethra, secretion and protection, rare
Transitional
Urinary system, stretches, stretches
Three types of connective tissue
Dense, loose, specialized
Two types of cells found in nervous tissue
Neurons and neuroglia
Neurons anatomy and function
Soma, dendrites, axon; information messengers
Neuroglia function
Supports neurons
Function and location of fibrocartilage
Shock absorption; intervertebral discs
Two characteristics used to identify the different various types of epithelial cells
Layers and shape
Four basic types of tissues
Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
Simple columnar
Digestive tract, secretion & absorption, none
Three types of muscle tissue
Skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Which muscle tissue has striations
Cardiac and skeletal
Skeletal muscle
Attached to bones, voluntary movement, multiple nuclei
Cardiac muscle
Heart, involuntary, one nucleus & intercalated discs
Smooth muscle
Walls of hollow organs, movement of substances, spindle-like cells
Dense connective tissue location
Tendons and ligaments, dermis of the skin
Loose connective tissue location
Surrounds blood vessels
Specialized connective tissue consists of what four components
adipose tissue, cartilage, blood, bone
Scientific name of cartilage cells
Chondrocytes
