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Final Exam: Ch. 4 Flashcards

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Term that describes flat, irregular epithelial cells

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Squamous

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Connects a bone to a bone

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Ligament

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A term that refers to many layers of cells

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Stratified

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Long, narrow, rectangular epithelial cells

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Columnar

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The biceps muscle (or any muscle with a name) is an example if a ________ muscle.

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Cells arranged in a single layer

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Simple

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Term that describes square epithelial cells

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Cuboidal

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Another name for fAt tissue

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Adipose

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Connects bone to a muscle

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Tendon

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A group of like cells

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Tissue

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This is what a nerve cell is called

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Neuron

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A type of epithelial tissue found in the urinary system ,capable of great stretch

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Cells that surround and protect nerve cells

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Neuralgia

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The material found between the cells in connective tissue

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Matrix

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The adrenal gland us a example of an ________ gland.

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Endocrine

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The salivary gland is an a example of an _______ gland.

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Exocrine

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A structure that produces substances for use by other parts of the body it’s a(n) __________.

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Gland

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A type of cell that produces fibers in connective tissue

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Fibroblast

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Epithelial cells that appear to be stratified but are not

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Pseudostratisfied

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The name of the fascia that holds the skin on to the underlying muscle

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Superficial

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Serous

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An epithelial membrane that lines a space that does not open to the outside if the body.

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Tumor

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“Oma” is suffix for

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Osteoma

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A tumor that originates in bone tissue

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Periosteum

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A layer of fibrous connective tissue around a bone

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Malignant

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Term for a tumor that dies not spread and is cancerous

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Benign

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A term for a tumor that does not spread and is non cancerous

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Sarcoma

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Cancer that originates in connective tissue

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Fascia

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A sheet if fibrous connective tissue that supports an organ

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Mucous

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An epithelial membrane that lines a Space open to the outside of the body

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Glioma

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Tumor that originates in neurological cells

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Lymphoma

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A tumor that originates in lung tissue

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This is what endocrine glands secrete.

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Hormone

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The part of the neuron that carries the nerve impulse away from the body

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Axon

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Part of neuron that carries. Erie impulse towards the body

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Dendrite

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An example if circulating connective tissue

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Blood

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Inflammation of the abdominopelvic cavity

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Peritonitis

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Muscle tissue found only in the heart

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Cardiac

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Muscle tissue found only in the digestive system

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Smooth

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Drug that kills actively dividing cells, used to treat cancer

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Antineoplastic agent

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The process that occurs when cancer cells break apart and spread throughout the body

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Metastasis

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A hard, thick, raised scar made up of fibrous connective tissue

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Keloid

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Cells that are the specialized precursors of cells, can divide repeatedly and become specialized cells

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Stem cell

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X-rays are used to destroy cancer cells in a procedure called

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Radiation therapy

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Stage 1 Cancer

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A tumor exists but that cancer has not entered the lymph node

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Stage 2 and 3 Cancer

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Cancer has entered at least one lymph node

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Stage 4 Cancer

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Metastasis has occurred

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