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Chapter 5: Tissues Flashcards

1
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Forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes

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Epithelial

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2
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Allows for organ movements within the body

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Muscle

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3
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Transmits electrochemical impulses

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Nervous

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4
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Supports body organs

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Connective

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5
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Cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances

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Epithelial

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6
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Basis of the major controlling system of the body

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Nervous

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7
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The major function of the cells of this tissue type is to shorten

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Muscle

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8
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Allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot an arrow

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Muscle

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9
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Forms the brain and spinal cord

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Nervous

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10
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Found in the ovaries

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Cuboidal

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11
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Located in the walls of capillaries.

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Squamous

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12
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Appear layered but are actually a single layer of cells

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Pseuedostratified

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13
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Outer layer of skin

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Stratified Squamous

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14
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Line the urinary bladder.

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Transitional

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15
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Located in the tubes of the reproductive system.

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Pseudostratified

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16
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Longer than they are wide.

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Columnar

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17
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Have the ability to contract and relax.

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Transitional

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18
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Line the mouth, throat, and vagina.

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Stratified Squamous

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19
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Found in the air sacs of the lungs

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Squamous

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20
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Function in phagocytosis.

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Machrophage

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21
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Release heparin (prevent blood clotting)

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Mast cell

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22
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Produces fibers by secreting protein into the matrix

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Fibroblast

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23
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Holds body parts together

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Collagenous fibers

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24
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Provides for the defense against foreign particles

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Macrophage

25
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Easily stretched and will resume its original shape

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Elastic fibers

26
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Releases histamine

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Mast cell

27
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Forms support networks in tissue

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Reticular fibers

28
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Flexible part of the ear

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Elastic cartilage

29
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Provides attachment sites for muscle.

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Bone

30
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One of the components it contains is platelets

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Blood

31
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Ends of the bones

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Hyaline cartilage

32
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Walls of the hollow internal organs.

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Elastic

33
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Located in the liver and spleen

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Reticular

34
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Located beneath the skin.

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Loose, Adipose

35
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Provides insulation to the body

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Adipose

36
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Located in tendons and ligaments

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Fibrous

37
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Soft part of the nose

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Hyaline cartilage

38
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Located on the surface of the heart

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Adipose

39
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Found in the backbone

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Fibrocartilage

40
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Senses and conducts impulses

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Nervous

41
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Involves involuntary movements of the heart

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Cardiac muscle

42
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Causes voluntary muscular actions

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Skeletal muscle

43
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Located in the hollow internal organs

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Smooth muscle

44
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Located in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves.

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Nervous

45
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Located in the biceps

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Skeletal muscle

46
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Causes involuntary muscular actions

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Smooth muscle

47
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Located in the heart

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Cardiac muscle

48
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Strat-

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Layer

49
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-cyt

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Cell

50
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Epi-

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Upon

51
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Pseudo-

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False

52
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-glia

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Glue

53
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Inter-

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Between

54
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Macr-

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Large

55
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Adip-

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Fat

56
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Os-

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Bone

57
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Chondr-

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Cartilage

58
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Squam-

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Scale

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