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Chapter 4 Tissues Flashcards

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Four major types of tissue

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Epithelial, connective, muscle & nervous

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Major type of tissue that has tightly packed cells and a basement membrane

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epithelial tissue

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3
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This layer of glycoproteins attaches epithelium to connective tissue

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Basement membrane

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4
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Tissue with one layer of cubed shape epithelial cells

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Simple cuboidal

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Tissue with one layer of tall epithelial cells

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Simple columnar tissue

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Tissue with many layers of epithelial cells that are cube shaped at the free surface

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Stratified cuboidal tissue

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7
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Tissue found lining abdominal cavity

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Simple squamous (mesothelium)

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Tissue found lining the mouth

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Stratified squamous

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Epithelial tissue that functions in absorption and secretion

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Simple cuboidal and simple columnar epithelium

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10
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Cell junction that weld cells together

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Desmosome

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11
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Communication junction between cells

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Gap junction

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12
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Dead cells filled with the protein keratin at the surface of the epithelium

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Keratinized epithelial cells

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13
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Single cell that makes mucus in the epithelium

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Goblet cell

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14
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Epithelium containing cells that can change their shapes

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Transitional epithelium

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Epithelium looks like it is in layers but each cell touches the basement membrane

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Pseudostratified epithelium

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16
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Tissue found lining the bladder and ureters

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Transitional epithelium

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17
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Tissue found lining most of the respiratory system

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Pseudostratified tissue

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18
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Tissue that lines the stomach and intestines

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Simple columnar system

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19
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Major type of tissue that makes up an endocrine gland

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epithelial tissue

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20
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exocrine gland where the tip of the cell breaks off together with its secretion

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Apocrine gland

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21
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Exocrine gland where only the secretion leaves the cell

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Merocrine gland

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22
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Exocrine Gland where the entire cell is secreted together with the excretory product

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Holocrine gland

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23
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Type of gland that secretes into a duct

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Exocrine gland

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24
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Major type of tissue that is characterized by scattered cell in a matrix

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Connective tissue

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25
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Connective tissue that has no blood vessels

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Cartilage

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26
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Two components of connective tissue matrix

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Ground substance and fibers

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27
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Three types of fibers found in connective tissue

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Reticular collagen and elastic

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28
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Connective tissue cell that produces histamine

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Mast cell

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29
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Type of cell in connective tissue that makes fibers

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fibroblast

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30
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Type of cells in connective tissue that eats foreign material

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Macrophage

31
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embryonic connective tissue

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Mesenchyme

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Three types of loose connective tissue

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Adipose areolar reticular

33
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A major component of ground substance in areolar tissue

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Hyaluronic acid

34
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Connective tissue found below epithelium of most organs

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Areolar tissue

35
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Type of connective tissue providing framework for the spleen and lymph nodes

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Reticular connective tissue

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Tissue that makes up tendons and ligaments

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Dense regular connective tissue

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Tissue that makes up the dermis of the skin and periosteum of bone

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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Tissue that has chondroitin sulfate and Glucosamine as its ground substance

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hyaline cartilage

39
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Tissue that makes up most of the intravertebral disc

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Fibrocartilage

40
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If you found in the ear and epiglottis

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Elastic cartilage

41
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Collagenous structure that connects bone to bone

42
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Vertical canals in compact bone that contain blood vessels for nourishment

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Haversian canals

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Mature bone cell that lives in a lacuna

44
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Ground substance of compact bone

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calcium salts

45
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Connective tissue without fibers

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Blood or lymph

46
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Types of involuntary muscle tissue

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Smooth and cardiac

47
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Types of striated muscle tissue

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Cardiac and skeletal

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Cells in nervous tissue that conducts nervous impulses

49
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Cells in nervous tissue that undergo mitosis

50
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Membrane that contains an epithelium with goblet cells and lamina propria (areolar connective tissue)

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Mucus membrane

51
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Membrane that contains stratified squamous epithelium and areolar connective tissue

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Cutaneous membrane

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Membrane that contains areolar connective tissue (a few scattered cells on top)

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Synovial membrane

53
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Membrane that contain simple squamous cells and areolar tissue

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Serous membrane

54
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Type of membrane that lines the urinary tract

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Mucus membrane

55
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Type of membrane that makes up the pleura

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Serous membrane

56
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Type of membrane that surrounds movable joints

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Synovial membrane

57
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Type of junction found in an intercalated discs

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Desmosomes and gap junction

58
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Muscle tissue that has branching cells

59
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Functional cells of an organ

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parenchymal cells

60
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Also called stromal cells the cells create the collagen scar

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Fibroblast

61
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Proliferating blood vessels and connective tissue in tissue repair

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Granulation tissue

62
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First basic step in tissue repair

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Inflammation

63
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Chemical largely responsible for inflammation

64
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Of tissue found in endothelium

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Scattered cell found in adipose tissue

66
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Dense irregular tissue around cartilage that provides nutrients to the cartilage

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perichondrium

67
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Organic part of the bone matrix

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Collagen fibers

68
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Tissues that have cells and Lacunae

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Cartilage and bone

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Cells in nervous tissue that undergo mitosis

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Collagenous structure that connects muscle to bone

71
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Gland that secretes its products into the blood

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Endocrine gland

72
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Specific name of tissue that lines blood vessels

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Endothelium

73
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Types of cartilage characterized by a collagenous matrix

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Fibrocartilage

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