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Types of tissues

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epithelial, muscle, connective, nervous

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Characteristics of epithelial tissues

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covers organs, lines body cavities, protect body surfaces, cells are tightly packed, lacks blood vessels

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Simple squamous epithelium

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-thin flattened cells
-diffusion
lines the air sacs of lungs

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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  • provides protection

- found in epidermis

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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  • secretion of substances

- lines the kidneys

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Stratified cuboidal epithelium

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secretion

lines the ducts of mammary glands

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Simple columnar epithelium

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absorption

lines the small intestines

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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lines the respiratory passageways

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Stratified columnar epithelium

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found in the vas deferens

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10
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Transitional epithelium

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for stretching

in the bladder

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Glandular epithelium

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produce and secrete a substance

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Endocrine gland

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secrete their products directly into the blood

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Exocrine gland

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secrete their products into a duct to a surface

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Holocrine gland

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release all of the cells contents

ex: sebaceous gland

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Apocrine gland

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part of the cells cytoplasm is secreted

ex: armpit

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Merocrine gland

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fluid release by exocytosis

ex: salivary sweat

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Characteristics of Connective Tissues

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binds structures, provide support, store fat, produce blood cells

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Loose connective tissue

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fills space between muscles

in hypodermis

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Adipose

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stores fat

in hypodermis layer

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Dense regular connective tissue

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binds body parts tighter

in tendons and ligaments

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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resists tension or pulling in many directions

in dermis

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Elastic connective tissue

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allows for stretching

in lung tissue arteries

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Reticular connective tissue

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support the walls of the spleen

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Large star-shaped cells

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fibroblast

25
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3 types of fibroblast

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collagenous
elastic
reticular

26
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Hyaline cartilage

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has chondrocytes and lacunae

in trachea

27
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Fibrocartilage

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supplies strength
chondrocytes are scattered
in intervertebral discs

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Elastic cartilage

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has chondrocytes and lacunae

in external ear

29
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Types of membranes

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serous
mucous
cutaneous
synovial

30
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Serous

A

line body cavities that lack openings to the outside

31
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Mucous

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line body cavities and tubes that open to the outside of the body
ex: digestive tract

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Cutaneous

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outer surface of the body

ex: skin

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Synovial

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inner linings of the joint cavities between freely moving bone endings
ex: knee

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Nervous tissue

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found in the brain, spinal cord, nerves

35
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Receive and transmit nerve impulses

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neuron

36
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Protect and support neurons

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neuroglial cells

37
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Connective tissue cells?

A

fibroblast
mast cells
chondrocytes
osteocytes

38
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Why does cartilage heal slowly?

A

no blood vessels

39
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Cartilage cells?

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chondrocytes

40
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Membranes

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sheet like covering in the body composed of epithelial & connective tissue

41
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Types of muscle tissues

A

smooth
skeletal
cardiac

42
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Smooth muscle

A

tapered cells

no striations

43
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Skeletal muscle

A

long
multinucleated
striated

44
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Cardiac muscle

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short, branched
striated
intercalated cells