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Reticular Tissue

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Components of Connective Tissue

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Collagen Elastin Reticular (collagen)

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What characterizes cartilage?

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Flexible matrix Chondroblasts Lacunae

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What is the function of melanin?

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Dark pigmentation to protect the skin

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Simple Columnar

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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium

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Non-Keratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium Location

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Tongue Esophagus Vagina

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Bone

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  1. Fibroblasts

2-3. Elastic and Collagenous Fibers

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What kind of microscope do we use?

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Brightfield microscope

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Arrector pili

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Simple Columnar Epithelium

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Dense Regular Tissue Location

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Tendons Ligaments Vocal cords Arteries

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Fibrocartilage

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Simple Columnar Epithelium Location

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Inner Intestinal Lining Uterus Inner Stomach Lining Stomach Tubules

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  1. Chondrocytes
  2. Collagen Fibers
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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium Location

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Nasal Cavity Trachea Bronchi

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  1. Chondroblasts
  2. Chondrocytes
  3. Lacunae
  4. Ground Substance
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Hyaline Cartilage Location

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Ends of Bones in Moveable Joints Trachea Ends of Ribs Bronchi “Adam’s Apple” Fetal Skeleton

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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium

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White Blood Cells

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Leukocytes Fight Infection

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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

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What is the name of the area below the epidermis that contains Meissner corpuscles?

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Dermal papillae

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Where are Chondroblasts found?

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Perichondrium

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General Characteristics of Connective Tissue

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Most Abundant More matrix than cell Most supportive and binding tissue

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Red Blood Cells

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Erythrocytes

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Hyaline Cartilage

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Sebacious glands (oil), hair follicles, and sweat glands are all located in what layer of the skin?

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Dermis

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Dense Regular

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What is the function of transitional epithelium?

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To expand and contract

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  1. Perichondrium
  2. Chondroblasts
  3. Matrix and Elastic Fibers
  4. Chondrocyte in Lacunae
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Neuron

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Cardiac Muscle

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Dense Irregular Fiber

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What are the functions of muscular tissue?

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  1. motility (movement)
  2. movement of substances through the body
  3. posture
  4. speech
  5. respiration
  6. heat production
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What is the function of Adipose?

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Store Triglycerides

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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

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Adipose Tissue Location

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Subcutaneous Layer of Skin Surrounding Organs Bone Marrow

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What are the three layers of the skin?

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  1. Epidermis
  2. Dermis
  3. Hypodermis/Subcutaneous
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Elastic Cartilage

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Areolar Fibroblasts

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Keratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium

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Simple squamous epithelium

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45
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  1. Fibroblasts
  2. Reticular collagen fibers
  3. Leukocytes
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What is the free surface in around the epithelial tissue called?

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Lumen

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47
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Adipose

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Compact Bone (Osseous) Location

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External Bone Surfaces

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What is the function of the Pacinian corpuscle?

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To detect firm pressure

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51
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  1. Osteon
  2. Central Canal
  3. Lamella
  4. Lacuna
  5. Canaliculi
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52
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium Location

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Glands Liver Kidney Tubules

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53
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Skeletal Muscle

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54
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Pacinian corpuscle

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55
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Is non-vascular tissue slow or quick to heal?

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Slow

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56
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What is the fluid in blood called?

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Plasma

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

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What is the ability to distinguis two point or lines very close together as separate points or lines?

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Resolution

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Transitional Epithelium

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Stratified Squamous Epithelium

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Microscopist

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Person who makes microscope pictures

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What attaches epithelial tissue to underlying connective tissue?

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Basement membrane

64
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Where are meissner and pacinian corpuscles found?

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In the dermis

65
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What are cardiac muscle cells called?

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Cardiomyocytes

66
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What is the name of the muscle that raises hairs upright?

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Arrector pili

67
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What is the cell body of a neuron called?

68
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Areolar Connective Tissue

69
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What is the function of keratin?

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Water-proofing

70
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What is a keratin cell called?

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Keratinocyte

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Where are mature Chondrocytes stored?

72
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Reticular Tissue Location

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Spleen Lymph Nodes

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What are the characteristics of cardiac muscle?

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  • branched
  • striated
  • single nucleus in center
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

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Keratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium Location

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Epidermis of Skin

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Fibrocartilage Location

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Intervertebral Discs Pubic Symphasis

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Microscope

78
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What covers the Hyaline Cartilage?

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Perichondrium

79
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Simple Squamous Epithelium Location

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Lungs Kidneys Blood Vessels Body Cavities

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Transitional Epithelium

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Keratinized Startified Squamous Epithelium

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Smooth muscle

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What are the characteristics of skeletal muscle?

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  • long
  • cylindrical
  • unbranched
  • striated
  • multiple nuclei
  • voluntary
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Areolar Ground Substance

85
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What are the 4 types of tissue?

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  1. Epithelial tissue
  2. Connective tissue
  3. Excitable tissue
  4. Skin
86
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Areolar Elastic Fiber

87
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Elastic Cartilage

88
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What is micrography?

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Study of microscopes and their images

89
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What is the role of Chondroblasts?

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Secrete Matrix

90
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Reticular Tissue

92
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What are the 5 layers of the epidermis?

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  1. Stratum corneum
  2. Stratum lucidum
  3. Stratum granulosum
  4. Statum spinosum
  5. Stratum basale
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Where is Areolar Tissue found?

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Everywhere (ubiquitous)

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What are the 2 kinds of excitable tissue?

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  1. Muscular tissue
  2. Nervous tissue
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Fibrocartilage

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Simple Columnar Epithelium

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Simple Squamous Epithelium

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What is the function of areolar tissue?

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To support and defend; contains mast cells that secrete histamine and facilitate inflammation

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What are the characteristics of smooth muscle?

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  • unstriated
  • singly nucleated
  • spindle shape
  • unbranched
  • short
  • involuntary
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What is the function of intercalated discs in cardiac muscle?

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Bind cells together, facilitate electrical impulse transmission

101
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  1. Fibroblasts
  2. Elastic and collagenous Fibers
102
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Which of the 5 layers of the epidermis is miotic?

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Stratum basale

103
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What is the function of dendrites?

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carry nerve impulses toward soma (shorter)

104
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Simple Columnar Epithelium

105
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Where is skeletal muscle found?

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  • Bicep, tricep, “muscle-muscles”
  • attached to bones
106
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Smooth Muscle

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What is Ground Substance?

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A mix of: Tissue Fluid Minerals Proteoglycans (protein + carbohydrate)

108
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Areolar Collagenous Fiber

109
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Adipose Cytoplasmic Membrane

110
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What is the function of Fibrocartilage?

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Shock Absorbtion

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Transitional Epithelium

112
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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

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  1. skeletal
  2. cardiac
  3. smooth
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Platelets

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Thrombocytes Cell Fragments

114
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Where is smooth muscle found?

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viscera and vasculature

115
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What is the name of a picture made by a microscope?

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Micrograph

116
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  1. Lumen
  2. Nucleus
117
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Dense Irregular Tissue Location

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Dermis of Skin Organ Capsules Sheathing of Bones Nerves Cartilages

118
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium

119
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Blood Function

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Transport Tissue

120
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What is the function of the axon?

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carry nerve impulses away from soma (single, long)

121
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Simple Columnar Epithelium

122
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Meissner corpuscle

123
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How do you calculate total microscope magnification?

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ocular mag (10x) X objective mag = total mag.

10x X 40x = 400x

124
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What is the metric system pneumonic?

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  • King - kilo 1000
  • Henry - hecto 100
  • Died - deca 10
  • While - whole 1
  • Drinking - deci 0.1
  • Chocolate - centi 0.01
  • Milk - milli 0.001 (10^-3)
  • Maybe - micro 10^-6
  • Not - nano 10^-9
125
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Skeletal muscle cross-section

126
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What is the function of the Meissner corpuscle?

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To detect light touch

127
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Epithelial tissue location

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Covering surfaces Lining things

128
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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium

129
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  1. Plasma
  2. Leukocytes
  3. Erythrocytes
  4. Platelets
130
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What happens to cells as they move up through the 5 layers?

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They die and are sloughed off

131
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Elastic Cartilage

132
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Elastic Cartilage Location

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Outer Ear Epiglottis Auditory Canal

133
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Arrector pili

134
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Where are Keratin and Melanin found?

135
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Hyaline Cartilage

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137
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Transitional Epithelium Location

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Only in Urinary System Bladder Ureters Urethra

139
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What is contained in the hypodermis?

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Adipose and blood vessels

140
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  1. Soma
  2. Nucleolus
  3. Axon
  4. Astrocytes
  5. Cytoplasm
  6. Nucleus
  7. Microglia
  8. Dendrites
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What is a melanin cell called?

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Melanocyte

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