Histology

Question 1

adipose tissue/fat

Answer 1

tissue where adipocytes are dominant cell type

Question 2

nervous tissue

Answer 2

specialized for communication by means of electrical/chemical signals

Question 3

muscular tissue

Answer 3

specialized two contract when stimulated, to exert a physical force on other tissues, organs or fluids

Question 4

cellular junctions

Answer 4

connections between one cell and another
-enables cells to resist stress, communicate and control movements of substances through tissues

Question 5

tight junction

Answer 5

completely encircles an epithelial cell near its apical surface and joins it tightly to neighboring cells

Question 6

desmosome

Answer 6

patch that holds cells together like the snap on a pair of jeans

Question 7

Gap junction

Answer 7

formed by connexion: 6 transmembrane proteins arranged in a ring surrounding a water filled channel

Question 8

gland

Answer 8

cell.organ that secretes substances for use elsewhere in body or for elimination of waste

Question 9

secretion

Answer 9

useful in body
-enzyme or hormone

Question 10

excretion

Answer 10

waste product

Question 11

exocrine

Answer 11

maintain with surface by way of a duct

Question 12

endocrine

Answer 12

lose contact with surface and have no ducts
-secrete directly into blood, hormones

Question 13

simple exocrine

Answer 13

one single unbranched duct

Question 14

compound exocrine

Answer 14

branched duct

Question 15

tubular

Answer 15

duct and secretory portion are of uniform diameter

Question 16

anicar

Answer 16

secretory cells form a dilated sac

Question 17

acinus/alveolus

Answer 17

sac produced in a acinar gland

Question 18

tubulaciner gland

Answer 18

gland with secretory cells in both tubular and acinar portions

Question 19

serous glands

Answer 19

produce thin water fluids

Question 20

mucous gland

Answer 20

secrete glycoprotein called mucin, absorbs water and form mucus

Question 21

mixed glands

Answer 21

contain serous and mucous cells

Question 22

ecerine

Answer 22

type of exocrine glands that release products by means of exocytosis

Question 23

holocrine

Answer 23

type of exocrine gland where cells accumulate a product and then entire cell disintegrates becoming the secretion

Question 24

membranes

Answer 24

can be composed of epithelial or connective only or epithelial, connective and muscular together

Question 25

cutaneous membrane

Answer 25

largets membrane, the skin

Question 26

mucous membrane

Answer 26

lines passages open to exterior environment

Question 27

serous membrane

Answer 27

simple squamous epithelium resting on thin layer of areole connective tissue

Question 28

mesothelium

Answer 28

epithelial layer of serous membrane