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Ch 4 The Tissue Level Of Organization Flashcards

1
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Groups of cells that are similar to each other in the structure and function

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Tissues

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Fluid material between the cells of a tissue

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Matrix aka Extracellular Matrix

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Thin watery (mostly blood plasma) with no fibers

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Extracellular Matrix

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Gives tissue flexible strength

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Collagen

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Gives tissue the ability to stretch and rebound

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Elastin

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This structure is the contact point between the cell membrane of tissue cells

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Cell junction

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7
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Junction that fuses membranes together

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Tight junction

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The junction that circles around cells like a belt

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Adhering junctions

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The junction that creates stability between cells so they do not separate

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Desmosomes

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The junction that anchors cells to basement membrane and not other cells

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Hemidesmosomes

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The junction that is not actually connecting but allow for muscles and nerve impulses to spread as a big unit

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Gap junction

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Tissue that covers and lines the body’s cavity

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Epithelial Tissue

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what is Epithelial Tissue primary function?

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  • Protection
  • Absorption
  • Filtration
  • Secretion
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14
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what tissue is avascular

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Epithelial Tissue

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15
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cells that are flat and scalelike

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squamous

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cells are as tall as they are wide like a cube

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cuboidal

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cells are taller than they are wide (like a column)

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Columnar

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18
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single layer of cells of the same shape are classified as?

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Simple

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19
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Classified by many layers of cells; named for the shape of the cells in the outer layer

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Stratified

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which layer is the most important & it is used for being named

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The top layer

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Characteristics of simple squamous

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  • thing layer of flat cells
  • Thinnest of all epithelium
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what is the function of simple squamous

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  • gas exchange in lungs
  • Blood filtration in kidneys
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what is the characteristics of simple cuboidal

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  • Cubed
  • Single layer
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24
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where is simple cuboidal found

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  • glands
  • kidney tubules
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what is the function of simple cuboidal

*think of buckets

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  • absorbs water and electrolytes
  • Secrete enzymes and hormones
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Characteristics of simple columnar epithelium

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  • single layer of column shaped cells
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27
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Where is Simple Columnar epithelium found

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The lining of the digestive tract

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what is the function of Simple Columnar epithelium

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  • Protection
  • Absorption
  • Secretion
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what is the characteristics of Psuedostratified Columnar Epithelium

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Single layer of column Shaped Cells but appear to have multiple layers

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30
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where is psuedostratified Columnar epithelium found

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Found in large ducts of glands and male urethra

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what is the function of pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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  • Absorption
  • Secretion
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Characteristics of Stratified squamous epithelium

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  • Several Layers under a single layer of flat squamous
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33
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where is the location of Stratified Squamous Epithelium

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Superficial layer of the skin

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34
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what is the function of Stratified Squamous Epithelium

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Protection from sunlight and bacteria

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Characteristics of Stratified Columnar Epithelium

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  • Single layer of columnar cells that appear multi-layered
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Characteristics of Stratified Columnar Epithelium

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  • Single layer of columnar that appears multilayered
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37
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The name for the top layer surface of epithelial is called

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Apical Surface

38
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Location of Stratified Columnar Epithelium

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  • Urethra
  • Excretory Ducts of large glands
39
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what is the function of Stratified Columnar Epithelium

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  • Protection
  • secretion
40
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Characteristics of Transitional Epithelium

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modified version of stratified squamous epithelium

41
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where is Transitional Epithelium found

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body organs that need to stretch or expand

  • Bladder
42
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What are the two types of Glandular Epitheliums?

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  • Exocrine Glands
  • Endocrine Glands
43
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The gland that has ducts that leads to the outside of the body

  • Sweat, Mucous, Salvia
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Exocrine Glands

44
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This gland usually goes into fluid like blood, like hormones

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Endocrine Glands

45
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what type of epithelium are Glandular Epithelium

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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

46
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What organ does both functions of endocrine and exocrine glands

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Pancreas

47
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Most abundant type of tissue from all 4 types

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Connective Tissue

48
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where is connective tissue found

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  1. Skin
  2. Membranes
  3. Muscles
  4. Bones
  5. Nerves
  6. All internal organs
49
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Fiber of the Extracellular Matrix that resists pulling/stretching and allows flexibility without breaking

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Collagen

50
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Fiber of the Extracellular Matrix that adds strength/stability and helps tissue return to original shape after being stretched

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Elastin

51
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Fiber of the Extracellular Matrix that supports and strengthens and provides immunity

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Reticular

52
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what are the fibers of the Extracellular Matrix

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Collagen

Elastin

Reticular

53
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what are the 8 connective tissues

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  1. Loose
  2. Adipose
  3. Reticular
  4. Dense
  5. Elastic
  6. Cartilage
  7. Bone
  8. Blood
54
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Characteristics of Loose Fibrous Connective Tissue

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  • Mostly widely distributed
  • Contains collagen and elastin
55
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Characteristics of Adipose Tissue

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  • Subcutaneous layer
  • Fat Tissue
  • Insulates the body from heat loss
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Characteristics of Reticular Tissue

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  • Thin, delicate, web of interwoven reticular (collagen) fiber
  • Forms a framework for lymphoid tissue in the spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow
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Characteristics of Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue

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  • Thick bundles of collagen fibers packed closely together
58
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Locations of Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue

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  • Tendons
  • Ligaments
  • Capsules → eyeballs, kidney, liver
  • Fascia → Too much stretch leads to stretch marks
59
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Characteristics of elastic

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  • Allow for stretching and recoil to original shape
60
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where is elastic connective tissue found

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  • Walls of vessels, arteries, or bronchial tubes
61
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Characteristics of Cartilage

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  • Matrix not hard as bone
  • Made by chondrocytes
62
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Characteristics of Cartilage

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  • Matrix not hard as bone
  • Made by chondrocytes
63
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What are the 3 types of Cartilage

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  1. Hyaline - most abundant
  2. Elastic
  3. Fibrous- strongest type of cartilage
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Characteristics of Bone

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  • Hardest of all connective tissue
  • Formed by osteocytes
65
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Characteristics of blood

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  • Its a liquid tissue
  • Components:
    • Plasma
    • RBCs
    • WBCs
    • Platelets
66
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Reversed prompt

  • Mostly widely distributed
  • Contains collagen and elastin
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Characteristics of Loose Fibrous Connective Tissue

67
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Reversed prompt

  • Subcutaneous layer
  • Fat Tissue
  • Insulates the body from heat loss
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Characteristics of Adipose Tissue

68
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Reversed prompt

  • what connective tissue Is a Thin, delicate, web of interwoven reticular (collagen) fiber & Forms a framework for lymphoid tissue in the spleen, lymph nodes and bone marrow
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Characteristics of Reticular Tissue

69
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Reversed prompt

  • what is the connective tissue that is thick bundles of collagen fibers packed closely together
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Characteristics of Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue

70
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Reversed prompt

  • what connective tissue allows for stretching and recoil to original shape
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Characteristics of elastic

71
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Reversed prompt

  • what is the Matrix not hard as bone but is Made by chondrocytes
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Characteristics of Cartilage

71
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Reversed prompt

what is the Hardest of all connective tissue and is Formed by osteocytes

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Characteristics of Bone

72
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Which structure reduces friction during organ movement, lines bodies cavities, and covers the inner surface of organs

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Membranes

73
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what are the 3 types of epithelial membrane

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  1. Cutaneous
  2. Serous
  3. Mucous
74
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Which membrane is composed of various types of tissue but does NOT have epithelial cells

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Connective Tissue Membranes

75
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what are the 2 layers of Serous Membrane

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Epithelial sheet of simple squamous cells with a basement layer of connective tissue

76
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What membrane lines the body’s cavity and covers the surfaces of organs in those cavities

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Serous Membrane

77
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Which membrane contains epithelial and fibrous connective tissue layers

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Mucous Membrane

78
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Which membrane lines the body’s surface that are open directly to the exterior of the body

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Mucous Membrane

79
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This membrane forms Synovial Joints

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Connective Tissue Membrane

80
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what is a fluid filled sac between moving body parts called?

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Bursae

81
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Which type of muscle is found in the walls of viscera and walls of blood vessels

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Smooth Muscles

82
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which muscle type is involuntary and has a striated appearance

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Cardiac Muscle

83
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Type of tissue that is long, slender, and is referred as fibers

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Muscle Tissue

84
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Which Nervous Tissue structure transmits electrical signals between brain and spinal cord

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Neuron

85
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Which nervous tissue structure supports and takes care of the the neuron

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Neuroglia

86
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Structure of Neuron that contains nucleus

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Cell Body

87
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Structure of Neuron that transmits signal away from the cell body

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Axon

88
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Structure of Neuron that Carry impulses toward the cell body

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Dendrites

89
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This cell junction helps epithelial surface resist separation during various contractile activities, as when food moves through the digestive tract

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Adhering Junction

90
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This cell junction inhibits the passage of substances between cells and prevents the content from these organs from leaking into the blood or surrounding tissue

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Tight Junction

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