Homework 3 - Crossword Flashcards
Classified as liquid connective tissue:
Blood
A method of exocrine secretion in which the apical surface of the cell membrane is pinched off and released with the secretory product
Apocrine
An apical cell surface modification that is present on the pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells of the trachea
Cilia
The type of membrane that releases watery secretions
serous
An epithelial layer that is two or more cells thick
stratified
the base of a hair follicle
bulb
Classified as dense regular connective tissue
tendon
the structural unit of compact bone
osteon
the more common name for sudiferous gland
sweat gland
the resident cell type fo adult cartilage
chondrocytes
does your instructor think that ground substance is a good descriptive name for the complex network of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans that create the aqueous environment in connective tissue?
No
An abbreviation for glycosaminoglycan
GAG
The major class of proteins that infers strength on connective tissue
collagens
the structural unit of living matter
cells
the transmembrane glycoproteins that hold adjacent lateral membranes together in adherens junctions and desmosomes
cadherins
a specialized form of connective tissue that stores lipid
adipose
the epithelial layer of the skin
epidermis
common name for mucous secreting exocrine cells found in the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract
goblet cells
pigment secreting cells in the basal layer of the epidermis
melanocyte
found on the dorsal surfaces of the distal portions of digits
nails
a short cell process tha receives input to a neuron
dendrite
the type of epithelium found in the bladder
transitional
connective tissue that has an extensive collagenous component
dense
at least one of these is present in all exocrine glands but not in endocrine glands
ducts
the major resident cell-type in connective tissue
fibroblast
flattened epithelial cells
squamous
there is one big droplet of this in white adipose cells
fat
discs found in cardiac muscle
intercalated
supporting cells in nervous tissue
neuroglia
voluntary muscle
skeletal muscle
the outer layer of the epidermis is the stratum _____
corneum
removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination
biopsy
epithelium that is only one layer thick
simple
