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Chapter 4: Tissues:The Fabric of Life Flashcards

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Epithelial Tissue: flattened scale like

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squamous

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Epithelial Tissue: cube like

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cuboidal

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Epithelial Tissue: tall and column shaped

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columnar

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Simple epithelial is composed of a___ cell layer

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single

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Stratified epithelial is composed of ___ or more cell layers

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2

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Define: histology

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study of tissues

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Define: tissue

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collections of cells that have a similar or common function

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Stratified epithelial is usually found in

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High abrasion areas such as skin and lining of the mouth

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Simple epithelial is usually found

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Passage or filtration occurs and little protection is needed

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4 main types of tissues

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connective, epithelium, muscle, nervous

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Tissues come together collectively to form___

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organs

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This tissue forms boundaries between different environments; protects, secrets, absorbs, filters

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epithelial tissue

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13
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This tissue contracts to cause movement

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muscle tissue

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This tissue is responsible for internal communication and is located in the brain, spinal cord, and nerves

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nervous tissue

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This tissue supports, protects, binds other tissues together

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connective tissue

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16
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This is the most abundant tissue in the body

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Connective

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Characteristics of epithelial tissue

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Polarity, cells are closely packed, avascular but innervated, regenerative, supported by connective tissue

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18
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Define: Polarity

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always can tell what the superficial and basal surface is

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Apical surface is always ___ and not connected to any other____

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free; tissues

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20
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Basal surface is the _____ membrane and is attached to other ___

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basement; tissue

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Epithelial Tissue: 1 layer; flat cells; this tissue(not used for protection)

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simple squamous

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Epithelial Tissue: allows the passage of materials by diffusion and filtration; secrets lubricating substances in serosae

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Simple squamous

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Epithelial Tissue: located in kidney glomeruli and air sacs of lungs; lining of heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels, and ventral body cavity

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simple squamous

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Epithelial Tissue 1 later; cube like cells; thicker than simple squamous

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simple cuboidal

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Epithelial Tissue: absorption and secretion

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simple cuboidal

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Muscle Tissue: contracts, propels blood into circulation; involuntary control

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Muscle Tissue: located of heart walls

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Muscle Tissue: branching striated; uninucleated cells; intercalated discs

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3 types of muscle tissues

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skeletal, cardiac, smooth

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Muscle Tissue: striated; multinucleated; cells perfectly parallel

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Muscle Tissue: located- muscles attached to bones and skin

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Muscle Tissue: function- voluntary movement; locomotion

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Muscle Tissue: NOT striated

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4 types of connective tissue

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connective tissue proper, blood, bone, cartilage

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Structural Elements of Connective tissue

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Ground substance, fibers, cell type

36
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Connective tissue cell type: fibroblast

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connective tissue proper

37
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Connective tissue cell type: chondroblast or chondrocyte

38
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Connective tissue cell type: osteoblast or osteocytes

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Connective tissue fibers: 3 types

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collagen, elastin, reticular

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Characteristics of Collagen Fibers

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think, pink, straight

41
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Characteristics of elastic fibers

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thin, darker in color, squiggly

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Characteristics of reticular fibers

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tree branches

43
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Subcategories of connective tissue proper

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loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue

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Types of Loose Connective tissue

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areolar, adipose, reitcular

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Types of dense connective tissue

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dense irregular, dense regular, elastic

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Difference between loose and dense connective tissue

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fibers that bind cells are not packed together and there is more ground substance in loose

47
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simple cuboidal epithelial

48
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simple squamous epithelial

49
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simple columnar epithelial

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Epithelial Tissue: 1 layer; cube like; spherical nuclei

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simple cuboidal epithelial

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pseudostratified epithelial

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transitional epithelial

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stratified squamous

54
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stratified columnar epithelial

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