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Chapter 5 - Histology Flashcards

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the study of tissues

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Histology

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Composed of cells,fluids, & extracellular matrix.

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Tissues

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Composed of fibers (proteins) and other solid materials between the cell

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Extracellular matrix

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Covers surfaces,lines tubes, or cavities or forms glands. (outside)

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Epithelial Tissue

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Fills space, connects tissue. (Solidly like membranes of adipose tissue or via transport like blood. Supports bone, cartilage, ligaments, and tendons

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Connective Tissue

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Contracts and moves; either causes you to move like skeletal muscle or moves stuff like the heart or like smooth muscle in the intestines

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Muscle tissue

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Neuron and nerves and cells that support, carries information as electrical signals

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Neural Tissue

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Water-tight barriers between cells, found in epithelial layers and important in forming the blood-brain and blood-testis barriers

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Tight Junctions

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Specialized for maintaining cell-cell. found between heart cells and skin cells; aids anchoring cells to basement membrane or basil lamina

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Demosomes

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Specialized for electrical connection between cells, seen between some neurons, heart cells, and some smooth muscle cells

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Gap Junctions

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Skin, lining of stomach, intestines, trachea, lungs, and glands

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Examples of epithelial tissue

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The side of the basement membrane

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Basil or basolateral surface

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side facing a lumen of a tube or cavity or facing the outside of the body

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Apical surface

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layer that divides a lot to constantly renew this layer of cells

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Germinal or stem cells

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one layer

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simple

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more than one layer

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stratified

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looks like more than one layer but its not

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Pseudo-stratified

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cube-shaped cells

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Cuboidal

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cells shaped like columns/Rectangles

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Columnar

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Flattened cells

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Squamous

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  • Protect (cover and line)
  • Control permeability
  • Sensation
  • secretion
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Functions of epithelial

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Releases substance (Hormone) directly INTO the blood or interstitial fluid.

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Endocrine

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Secrete substance through ducts onto skin or into the lumen of some passageway within the body

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Exocrine

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Saliva, digestive acids, and enzymes, and ilk from mammary glands

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Examples of exocrine

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exocytosis of a secretory vesicle filled with secretion, most hormones, also mucin that combines with water to make mucus

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Merocrine

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The apical side of the cell becomes filled with secretion and then breaks off and releases secretion; milk in mammary glands is an example

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Apocrine

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Cells accumulate secretions and then burst; usually stratified; top layer of cells is shed, and lower layers pushed up as they mature; example -sebaceous glands (Stratified squamous)

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Holocrine

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classified by how many ducts the glands has

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Exocrine glands

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One main duct

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Simple

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There are multiple areas of glandular cells secreting into one main ducts

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Branched

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classified by the shape of the gland in cross section

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Exocrine glands

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Multiple ducts branching off the main ducts

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Compound

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shaped like a tube, the glands may also be coiled

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Tubular

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shaped like a teardrop or pear; these are also known as acinar

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Alveolar

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thin, watery glands

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Serous glands

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think, viscous glands

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mucous glands

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Connects other types of tissues in the body , includes the reticular layer underneath all epithelial tissue as well as bone, fat, ligaments, tendons and blood

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Connective tissue

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Adipose and reticular tissues

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Loose connective tissue proper

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Ligaments and tendons

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Dense connective tissue proper

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Blood

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Fluid

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Bone and cartilage

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Supporting connective tissue proper

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Looser networks of fiber with more ground substance and some cells

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Loose connective tissue

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Dense networks of fiber with little ground substance and varying numbers of cells

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Dense connective tissue

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Always found in connective tissue proper, secretes proteins to form fiber sand make ground substance viscous through secretion of hyaluronan and proteins

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Fibroblast

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Large immune system cells that can move like an amoeba and eat pathogens or dead cells through phagocytosis, have critical role in triggering immune system response

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Macrophages

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Fat cells ; they make triglycerides and store them in a huge lipid Droplet that often fills most of the cell

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Adipocytes

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Stem cells that divide to produce the other cell types

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Mesenchymal cells

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Circulate in the blood part of the immune system

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Monocytes

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Cells that make the brown-black pigment melanin ; while more abundant in skin , they are also present in some connective tissues

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Melanocytes

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Immune system cells full of histamine and heparin; these cells release it during inflammation

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Mast cells

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Immune system cells that stimulate production of or actually produce antibodies ; some lymphocytes also can serve to trigger fealty or destruction of infected cells

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Lymphocytes

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Immune system cell, can phagocytose but smaller than macrophages

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Microphages

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Fibrous protein; very abundant; very strong

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Collagen fibers

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Thinner than Collagen fibers ; form networks ; tough but flexible

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Reticular fibers

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Made from elastin; stretchy and return to original shape

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Elastic fibers

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Found in skin, lungs, blood vessels , the heart wall

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Elastic fibers

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Fluid with proteoglycans and glycoproteins ( combo of sugar and protein) very thick

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Ground substance

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The loose connective tissue that attaches skin to tissues underneath such as muscle ; lots of ground substance and a loose network of fibers with lots of elastic fibers and some capillaries and all the cell types listed above for connective tissue paper ; also wraps around and cushions most organs

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Areolar tissue

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Important component of cartilage

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Chondroitin sulfate

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Areolar tissue with lots of adipocytes and less matrix. Most of the tissue is white fat and in children and infants the fat pads are brown fat . Ability to generate heat through activity of mitochondrial enzymes and Ana/K atp pump

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Adipose tissue

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Critical for immune system and blood ; found in spleen , liver , lymph nodes, bone marrow ; network of reticular fibers ; often with many cells such as macrophages and lymphocytes

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Reticular tissue

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White fat

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Energy storage

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Brown fat

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Heat production

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Densely packed bundles of parallel collagen fibers ; ligaments , tendons and aponeurosis

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Dense regular connective tissue

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Lots of interwoven fibers that form a strong dense network; these form joint capsules , capsules around organs ; sheaths around bone and cartilage

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Dense irregular connective tissue

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It has lots of elastic fibers and helps stabilize vertebrae of the spinal column , is a connective tissue

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Elastic tissue

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Blood and lymph

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Fluid connective tissue

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Accounts for most of the cells , around half the volume of blood is due to it

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Red blood cell or erythrocyte

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Immune system cells

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White blood cells or leukocyte

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Cell fragments important for clotting

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Platelets

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Interstitial fluid that enters lymphatic vessels in the tissue. It’s important for immune system function

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Lymph

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A network of colleges fibers that is mineralized by deposition of calcium salts onto the collagen fibers

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Bone

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Cells trapped in the middle of the bone

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Osteocytes

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The later of membrane and cells that wraps around the outside of the bone tissue

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Periosteum

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Spaces where osteocytes are trapped

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Lucunae

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Small tunnels in the bone matrix

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Canaliculi

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Gel made of chondroitin sulfate as well as fibers form the matrix

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Cartilage

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Cells trapped in the matrix

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Chondrocytes

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Layer of membrane and cells that wraps around the outside of the cartilage

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Perichondrium

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Occurs mostly during growth and development, there is minor appositional growth of cartilage in mature adults, there there is very limited ability to repair damaged cartilage in adults

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Growth of cartilage

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Crystallized calcium phosphate salt that mineralized bone

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Hydroxyapatite

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Growth from the inside ; chondrocytes divide and form new matrix between themselves

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Interstitial growth

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Cells from the perichondrium divide and differentiate to form new chondrocytes which add matrix at the outer surface of the cartilage

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Appositional growth

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Collagen fibers and chondroitin sulfate ; fibers not really visible in light microscope ; found at synovial joints , nose and articulate surfaces of bones

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Hyaline cartilage

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Elastic fibers on matrix ; flexible ; found in ear and in a few parts of larynx

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Elastic cartilage

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Densely interwoven collagen fibers and little ground substance ; very tough , found in places that get a lot of compression. Spinal vertebrae , between pubic bones , knee

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Fibrocartilage

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Like passageways and chambers that communicate with the exterior ; must stay moist and help protect from infection ; secretes mucus

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Mucous membranes

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Digestive , respiratory reproductive and urinary

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Examples of mucous membranes

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Membrane that lines the cavity and the organs in the cavities

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Serous membrane

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Pleura

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Lungs

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Peritoneum

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Abdominopelvic cavity

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Pericardium

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Heart

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Lines the organ

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Visceral

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Lines the cavity

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Parietal

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Skin

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Cutaneous membrane

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Membranes that line the joint cavity zig a synovial joint ; this membrane forms synovial fluid

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Synovial membrane

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Connective tissue that holds different body parts together

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Fascia

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Also known as the hypodermics ; holds skin and underlying organs together , areolar and adipose tissue

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Superficial fascia or subcutaneous layer

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Tough covering around organs , cartilage and body , forms organ capsules , perichondrium and periosteum. Dense irregular connective tissue

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Deep fascia

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Lies between deep fascia and serous membrane ; help seperate these two layers

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Subserous fascia

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Attracted to bones and causes voluntary movement of body parts

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Skeletal muscle

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Has organized banding pattern in light microscope slide

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Striated

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The heart; pumps blood around vessels

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Cardiac muscle

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No visible banding pattern; also known as smooth muscle

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Unstriated

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Cells that carry electrical signals

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Neurons

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Cells that support the neurons , there are many types of neurolglial cells

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Neuroglia

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Smaller processes that receive informs from other neurons

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Dendrites

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Cell body of neural tissue

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Soma

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Large process that carries electrical signal in the form of an action potential; signals are carried long distances on axons , also called nerve fibers

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Axon

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Response to injury or damage tissue

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Inflammation

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Due to increase blood flow

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Redness and warmth

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Due to vascular changes that increase formation of interstitial fluid but block removal of that fluid through blood or lymph vessels

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Swelling

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Due to realizes of particular chemical signals from damaged cells and immune system cells in the tissue

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Pain

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Cell division

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Hyperplasia

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Enlargement of cells

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Hypertrophy

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Tumor development

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Neoplasia

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Can divide and differentiate

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Stem cell

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Process of specializing

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Differentiation

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Ability to differentiate

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Plasticity

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Totals plasticity

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Totipotent

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Can become multiple cell types

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Multi potent

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Loss of cell size and number tissue

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Atrophy

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Programmed cell death

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Apoptosis

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Tissue death

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Necrosis

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Slow tissue death due to O2 lack

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Gangrene

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Debris from dead cells and damaged tissue

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Pus

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Walled off pocket of pus

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Access

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A type of chemical messenger , key chemicals triggering inflammation

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Prostaglandins

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Formation of new tissue to replace damaged tissue

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Regeneration

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Formed when fibroblasts move into an area of damaged tissue and form a dense network of collagen fibers

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Scar tissue

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