Ch 4 Anatomy Flashcards

1
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Four main tissue types

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Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous

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2
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Matrix is also called

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Extracellular matrix (ECM)

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3
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Collagen

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A protein that forms twisted rope like fibers that provide flexible strength to tissue

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4
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Elastin

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Right rubbery protein that provides elastic stretch end rebound in tissues

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5
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Polysaccharides and proteoglycan

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Help link cells, absorb shock, regulate function, and lubricate

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6
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Covers body and lines body cavities

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Epithelial tissue

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7
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Cells packed closely together with little matrix

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Epithelial tissue

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8
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Describes a tissue in which cell shapes change as tissue stretches

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Transitional

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9
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Single layer of scale like cells adapted for transport

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Simple squamous

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10
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Single layer of cube like cells often specialized for secretory activity

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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11
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Tall columnlike cells arranged in a single layer

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Simple columnar epithelium

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12
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Loose fibrous connective tissue

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Areolar

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13
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Fibrous glue that hold organs together

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Fascia

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14
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White fat stores

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Lipids(triglycerides

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15
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Brown fat produces

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Heat

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16
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Delicate net of collagen fibers, as in bone marrow

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Reticular tissue

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17
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Muscle tissue does what?

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Contracts to provide movement or stability, produces body Heath

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18
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What tissue provides structural and functional support

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Epithelial

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19
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Glands that release their secretion into the blood stream are known as

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Endocrinev

20
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Blood forming tissue is

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Hematopoietic tissue

21
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Various grouping of cells is called

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Tissues

22
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Tissues differ in the amount and kind of fluid material between the cells is called

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The matrix

23
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The matrix is made up of

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Water with interlocking fibers that thicken

24
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A sheet of epithelial tissue is called

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Epithelium

25
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Epithelial tissue can be classified as

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Simple and stratified

26
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Glands of the body may be classified as

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Exocrine

27
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Cytologist is a

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Cell biologist

28
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Histologist is a

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Tissue biologist

29
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Stratified transitional epithelium is found in

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Body organs that need to expand and must be able to stretch

30
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What lines the trachea (windpipe)

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

31
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The most abundant and widely distributed tissue in the body is

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Connective tissue

32
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The fat tissue is the

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Adipose tissue

33
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Cartilage cells is also called

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Chondrocytes

34
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Chondrocytes is located

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In many spaces throughout the matrix

35
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3 major types of cartilage

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Fibrocartilage, elastic, hyaline

36
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The most unusual form of connective tissue is

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Blood

37
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Cell types common to blood are

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Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

38
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Nervous tissue consists of 2 kinds of cells

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Nerve and neurons

39
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Special connecting and supporting cells are called

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Glia or neuralgia

40
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All neurons are characterized by a

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Cell body

41
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Transmits a nerve impulse away from the cell body is

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Axon

42
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Carries impulse toward the cell body is

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Dendrites

43
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Cancellous bone is referred to as

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Spongy bone

44
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The strongest and most durable type of cartilage is

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Fibro cartilage

45
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Smooth muscle helps to

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Form the walls of blood vessels and hallow organs