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Chapter 4 Flashcards

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This tissue includes the surface of your skin; its tissue includes epithelia and glands.

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Epithelial Tissue

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Cells that produce exocrine or endocrine secretions.

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Glands

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A layer of filaments and fibers that attach an epithelium to the underlying connective tissue.

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Basal Lamina

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4
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Large areas of opposing plasma membranes are interconnected by transmembrane proteins called these; they bind to each other and to extracellular materials.

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Cell Adhesion Molecules

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Specialized areas of the plasma membrane that attach a cell to another cell or to extracellular materials.

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Cell Junctions

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Connections between cells that permit electrical coupling.

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Gap Junction

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The place where the lipid portions of the two plasma membranes are tightly bound together by interlocking membrane proteins.

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Tight Junctions

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Very strong areas of epithelial cels that can resist stretching and twisting; place where CAMs and proteoglycans link the opposing plasma membranes.

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Desmosomes

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A gland that secretes onto the body surface or into a passageway connected to the exterior.

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Exocrine Glands

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10
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A passageway that delivers exocrine secessions to an epithelial surface.

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Ducts

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A gland that secretes hormones into the blood.

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Endocrine Glands

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One of the four primary tissue types; provides a structural framework that stabilizes the relative positions of the other tissue types; includes connective tissue proper, cartilage, bone, and blood; contains cell products, cells, and ground substance.

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Connective Tissues

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The extracellular fibers and ground substance of a connective tissue.

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Matrix

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A common component of connective tissue that is a fluid.

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Ground Substance

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A strong, insoluble protein fiber common in connective tissues; they are long, straight, and unbranched.

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Collagen Fibers

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contain the same protein subunits as do collagen fibers, bur arranged differently; thinner than collagen fibers, these form a branching, interwoven framework that is tough, yet flexible.

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Reticular Fibers

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Contain the protein elastin; are branched and wavy; after stretching, they will return to their original length.

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Elastic Fibers

18
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Embryonic or fetal connective tissue.

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Mesenchyme

19
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Losse connective tissue with an open framework.

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Areolar Tissue

20
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Loose connective tissue dominated by adipocytes.

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Adipose Tissue

21
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Inside of this is the watery matrix is called plasma.

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Blood

22
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The fluid contents of lymphatic vessels, similar in composition to interstitial fluid.

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Lymph

23
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A red blood cell; has no nucleus and contains large quantities of hemoglobin.

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Erythrocytes

24
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A white blood cell.

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Leukocytes

25
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Small packets of cytoplasm that contain enzymes important in the clotting response; manufactured in bone marrow by megakaryocytes.

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Platelets

26
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The fluid ground substance of whole blood; what remains after the cells have been removed from a sample of whole blood.

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Plasma

27
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A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart toward a peripheral capillary.

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Arteries

28
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A blood vessel carrying blood from a capillary bed toward the heart.

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Veins

29
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A small blood vessel, located between an arteriole and a venule, whose thin wall permits the diffusion of gases, nutrients, and wastes between plasma and interstitial fluids.

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Capillaries

30
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A cartilage cell.

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Chondrocytes

31
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A connective tissue with a gelatinous matrix that contains an abundance of fibers.

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Cartilage

32
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A strong connective tissue containing specialized cells and a mineralized matrix of crystalline calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate; also called osseous tissue.

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Bone

33
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Lines passageways and chambers that communicate with the exterior, including those in the digestive, respiratory, reproductive, and urinary tracts; the epithelium plus the lamina propria; also called the mucosa.

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Mucous Membranes

34
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A tissue characterized by the presence of cells capable of contraction; includes skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle tissues.

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Muscle Tissue

35
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This tissue is specialized for the conduction f electrical impulses from one region of the body to another; also known as nervous tissue or nerve tissue.

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Neural Tissue

36
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One of the two basic ties of cells contained in neural tissue, not neuroglia; the longest cells in your body; cannot divide under normal circumstances.

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Neurons

37
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Cells of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system that support and protect neurons; also called glial cells.

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Neuroglia

38
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A nonspecific defense mechanism that operates at the tissue level; characterized by swelling, redness, warmth, pain, and some loss of function.

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Inflammation

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