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Four Primary Tissues Flashcards

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Attached by nonliving basement membrane

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Epithelial

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Main glandular tissue

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Epithelial

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Cells reproduce rapidly (quick healing)

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Epithelial

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Function: produce and secrete substances
Found: glands - exocrine (salivary and sweat) & endocrine (hormones)

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Glandular epithelium

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Usually has no vascular tissue (no blood supply)

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Epithelial

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Cells packed tightly

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Epithelial

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Provides support, protection, framework, fills space, stores fat, produces blood cells, fights infection, helps repair tissue

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Connective

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Binds structures together

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Connective

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Most abundant tissue in your body

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Connective

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Composed of scattered cells with abundant intercellular tissue mix

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Connective

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Most have good blood supply

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Connective

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Cells can reproduce

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Connective

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Simple

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Single layer

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Stratified

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Multiple layers

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Cuboidal

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Square

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Found throughout the body - covers all surfaces

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Epithelial

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Columnar

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Column (rectangular)

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Squamous

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Flat

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Function: secretion and absorption
Found: kidney tubules, ducts, covering of the ovaries

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Simple cuboidal

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Function: diffusion and filtration
Found: air sacs in lungs, walls of tiny blood vessels (capillaries)

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Simple squamous

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Function: secretion and absorption
Found: digestive tract, uterus, ducts of many glands

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Simple columnar

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Function: secretion
Found: ducts of sweat glands and mammory glands

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Stratified cuboidal

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Single layer, uneven nuclei, layered appearance, CILIA

Found: lining air passages, and tubes in the reproductive system (including nasal cavity)

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Pseudostratified columnar

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Function: protection
Found: outer skin, esophagus, tongue, mouth

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Stratified squamous

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Stretchable
Blocks diffusion (no leaking)
Found in the urinary bladder

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Transitional epithelium

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Made up of ground substances and fibers

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Connective

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Three types:

Skeletal, cardiac, smooth

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Contract or shorten to cause movement

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Found only in the heart and is under involuntary control

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Muscle tissue that is attached to the skeleton that makes gross body movement or changes facial expression

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Skeletal muscle

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Strong and flexible fibers

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Collagenous

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Found in the lining of certain organs and it either dilates or constricts to control an organ

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Covers ends of joints, nose, and respiratory passages

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Hyaline cartilage

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Respiratory fibers

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Found in the ears and vocal cords

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Found in bone, ligaments, and tendons

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Collagenous

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Forms delicate thin membranes throughout the body

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Loose connective tissue

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Binds underlying organs to skin and each other

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Loose connective tissues

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Tendons- muscles to bones

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Fibrous connective tissue

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Ligaments- bones to bones

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Fibrous connective tissue

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Fat tissue

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Called chondrocytes / provides support and attachments / cushions bones

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Cartilage

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Dense connective

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External ear and larynx

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Elastic cartilage

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Tough, shock absorbing

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Fibrocatilage

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Allows you to move, voluntary

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Skeletal (striated)

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Found only in the heart, involuntary

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Blood tissue is…

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Connective

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Nerve impulses are received from other cells and enter the nerve cell here

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Where the nerve impulses travel away from the nerve cell

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Found in hollow organs (lining if the stomach, urinary bladder, lining if blood vessels)

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Main part of cell that contains organelles

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