Ch 3

Question 1

Types of fibrous CT

Answer 1

loose connective tissue, dense connective tissue

Question 2

Areolar Tissue

Answer 2

Loose fibrous connective tissue: highly vascularized, underlies most epithelia

Question 3

Reticular tissue

Answer 3

Loose fibrous connective tissue: reticular fibers, found in spongy organs

Question 4

Dense regular connective tissue

Answer 4

diensely packed with collagen fibers, wavy lines that don’t cross over. not stretchy. tendons and ligaments.

Question 5

Elastic Tissue

Answer 5

dense CT, contains elastic fibers. wavy squiggly lines. vocal cords

Question 6

Dense Irregular connective tissue

Answer 6

marbled meat, places that need to resist stress in multiple directions. Densely packed w collagen fivers. Dermis of the skin

Question 7

Adipose Tissue

Answer 7

CT stores triglycerides. -white fat(adipose) -brown fat

Question 8

Cartilage

Answer 8

long healing time. flexible rubber matrix

Question 9

Chondroblasts

Answer 9

cartilage producing cells

Question 10

Chondrocytes

Answer 10

mature cartilage cells

Question 11

Hyaline cartilage

Answer 11

bone development, supports the respiratory tract, articular surface of bone

Question 12

Fibrocartilage

Answer 12

Intervertebral discs, in knee

Question 13

Elastic cartilage

Answer 13

Flexible elastic support, helix of ear

Question 14

Blood

Answer 14

CT. Erythrocytes(red), Leukocytes(white), Platelets. Plasma: fluid ground substance

Question 15

Muscle contraction

Answer 15

changes in voltage is the stimulus

Question 16

Nervous Tissue

Answer 16

Electrical and chemical signals. Dendrites(projections). Coded info

Question 17

Neuroglia (glial cells)

Answer 17

Protect and assist neurons, physically support neurons, all other cells around neurons

Question 18

Three types of muscles

Answer 18

skeletal, cardiac, and smooth

Question 19

Skeletal

Answer 19

multi nuclei, striations, long cells

Question 20

Cardiac

Answer 20

branched in nature, glycogen, striations,

Question 21

Smooth

Answer 21

not striated, taper at end, digestive tract, blood vessels.

Question 22

Mucous

Answer 22

line passageways to openings. three layers -epithelium(varies) -lamina propria (areolar CT) -muscularis mucosae (smooth muscle layer)

Question 23

Serous

Answer 23

Lines body cavities. - double walled (visceral and parietal), serous fluid fills the space. -Epithelium

Question 24

parts of serous tissue?

Answer 24

areolar tissue, smooth muscle, simple squamous

Question 25

Hyperplasia

Answer 25

growth through cell multiplication

Question 26

Neoplasia

Answer 26

tumor cells.

Question 27

Hypertrophy

Answer 27

enlargement of cells

Question 28

Metaplasia

Answer 28

changing from one mature tissue to another. (normal)

Question 29

Differentiation

Answer 29

more specialized form (sometimes abnormal)

Question 30

Regeneration

Answer 30

replacement of damaged or dead cells