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Introduction to Body Tissues, Organs + Organ Systems Flashcards

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What is the definition of a tissue?

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a collection of cells and their products in which one cell predominates

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What is the definition of an organ?

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A distinct collection of tissues forming a structure within an animal which is adapted to perform a specific purpose

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What is the definition of a system?

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A collection of organs and tissues which are related by function

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What are the 3 basic components of tissues?

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Cells
Intercellular substances
Body fluids

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What is a feature of the cells of a tissue?

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One type of cell forms the majority, and gives the tissue type its name.

e.g. muscle tissue consists mostly of muscle
cells

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Where is the intercellular substances making up a tissue produced?

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Produced by the cells and lie in the space between them

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What is the body fluid making up a tissue?

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Interstitial fluid flows through specialised channels running through the tissue

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What are the 3 layers in the embryo that all adult tissues develop from?

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  • Ectoderm
  • Endoderm
  • Mesoderm
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What is derived from the ectoderm?

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Outer surface, Central nervous system, Neural crest

e.g. Epidermis, CNS, PNS, Melanocytes

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What is derived from the endoderm?

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Digestive tube, Pharynx, Respiratory tube

e.g. Gut, Lungs, Liver, Pancreas, Gall bladder,
Thymus, Thyroid

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What is the derived from the mesoderm?

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Dorsal, Paraxial, Intermediate, Lateral, Head

e.g. Notocord, Muscle, Bone, Dermis, Heart,
Kidney, Somatic Gonad, Vasculature, Blood

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What are the 4 primary types of tissues that make up the entire body?

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  1. Epithelial tissue
  2. Connective tissue (support)
  3. Muscle tissue
  4. Nervous tissue
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What is the structure and an example of epithelial tissue?

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Cells adjacent with little matrix

e.g. skin (epidermis), lining of hollow organs +
tubes, glandular epithelium

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Where is Hyaline cartilage found?

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Found in growing long bones, trachea, bronchi, articulating surfaces of bone in synovial joints, cartilage of nose and in larynx.

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What is hyaline cartilage made up of?

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Consists of a sparse number of chondrocytes within a matrix if proteoglycans and collagen fibres.

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Where is fibrocartilage found?

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Found in intervertebral disks and in the pubic symphysis

Collagen fibres are arranged in thick bundles able to withstand large pressure

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What is the structure and an example of connective tissue?

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Abundant extracellular matrix, strong - for support

e.g. bone, cartilage, tendon, loose connective tissue

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What is the structure and an example of muscle tissue?

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Highly contractile cells create movement

e.g. striated, cardiac, smooth

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What is the structure and an example of muscle tissue?

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Conduct electrical signals (action potentials) along cell membranes

e.g. brain & spinal cord, cranial nerves,
peripheral nerves, ganglia

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What type of tissue is bone?

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Bone is a connective tissue

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What cells is bone mostly made up of?

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Contains various cell types but osteocytes / osteoblasts / osteoclasts predominate

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What do fibroblasts do?

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Secrete extracellular matrix proteins

23
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What do adipocytes do?

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Store fat

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What do smooth muscle cells do?

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Surround blood vessels to give vascular tone

25
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What do osteoblasts do?

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Make and remove bone
Secrete type 1 collagen
Add calcium and phosphate to mineralise the bone

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What do osteoclasts do?

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Make and remove bone
Secrete proteases and acid to break down bone
Seal themselves to bone surface forming a digestive zone
Required for bone remodelling - constant process

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What are osteocytes and what do they do?

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Mature cells lying within the bone itself ‘entrapped’ by osteoblasts, sense stress

28
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What do chondroblasts / chondrocytes do?

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Make cartilage

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How do chondroblasts / chondrocytes make cartilage?

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Secrete a mixture of type 2 collagen and proteoglycans, forming a cartilage template in the shape of the final bone.

Cartilage remains as smooth surface of articulated joints

Chondroblasts eventually become surrounded by ECM and differentiate into chondrocytes.

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What is required for bone formation?

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= a community of cells

=> Chondroblasts/chondrocytes, Osteoblasts,
Osteoclasts, Osteocytes

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What do osteoblasts do?

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Secrete type 1 collagen
Add calcium and phosphate to mineralise the bone

32
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What is dense connective tissue made up of?

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Densely packed collagen bundles with few fibroblasts and other cells in between

33
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How are the fibres in dense connective tissue arranged?

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In two formations
1. Regular formation
2. Irregular formation

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What are ligaments made up of?

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Composed of dense regular collagenous connective tissue.

  • Run in same direction giving high tensile
    strength.
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What is dense regular formation of connective tissue?

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Fibres are in 1 main direction
Fibrous connective tissue e.g. tendons

(strong bands of fibrous tissue linking muscle to bone, and ligaments, linking bone to bone)

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What is dense irregular formation of connective tissue?

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Fibres in random mesh.
Seen in the dermis of the skin and capsules of joints as well as organs capsules like testis and lymph nodes.

Layers of moist fascia’s, serous membranes and aponeuroses (a white fibrous tissue)

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What are tendons made from?

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Composed of dense regular collagenous connective tissue.

Collagen fibres tend to run in the same direction and can withstand forces running in the same direction of fibres, giving them high tensile strength and ability to resist stretching forces.

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What is the function of tendons?

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  • Connect muscle to bone
  • Optimise muscle position and length
39
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What is the structure + function of aponeurosis?

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  • Wide flat sheet rather than round tendon
  • Attaches muscle to bone or other muscle
40
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What is the structure of the epithelium?

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Lining sheets of cells with little matrix. Basal surface anchored.

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What is the function of the epithelium?

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  • Separates organs and protects the body.
  • Covers the body surface and organs, cavities
    and tubes within it.
    -Forms the lining of most organs, may be
    secretory (e.g. sweat, saliva, mucus etc) or
    absorbent (water, metabolites, waste)

e.g. Skin (superficial layer = epidermis) - lining
of gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract
and glands

42
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Is the skin an example of a tissue, organ or organ system?

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Skin (integument) = an organ - continuous covering of entire body

43
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What three tissue layers is the skin comprised of?

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  • Epidermis
  • Dermis
  • Hypodermis
44
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What is the different levels that make up the body (from smallest to biggest) ?

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Cell –> Tissue –> Organ –> Organ system –> Organism

45
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What are the separate areas called that the body can be divided into?

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= Body cavities

46
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What are the 8 different body cavities?

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  • Cranial cavity
  • Dorsal cavity
  • Thoracic cavity
  • Spinal cavity
  • Ventral cavity
  • Abdominal cavity
  • Pelvic cavity
  • Abdominopelvic cavity
47
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What makes up the thoracic cavity?

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Heart, lungs + associated structures within the bony thoracic cage (ribs, thoracic spine & sternum)

48
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What makes up the abdominal cavity?

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Abdominal viscera - GI tract, glands + urogenital system, associated nerves and vessels.

49
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What makes up the pelvic cavity?

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Urinary bladder, rectum and reproductive organs

50
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What is areolar tissue?

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A loose connective tissue that holds organs in place and attaches epithelial tissue to other underlying tissues.
Also is a reservoir of water and salts for surrounding tissues.

51
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What is bone marrow?

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Soft spongy tissue with many blood vessels, found in the centre of most bones.

Contains blood stem cells that can become red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets.

52
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What is reticular tissue?

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A loose connective tissue - reticular fibres are most predominant fibres.

Found around the kidney, liver, spleen and lymph nodes.

53
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What does the Latin root ‘blast’ mean?

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bud or shoot
or having the same parents

54
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What does the Latin root ‘clast’ mean?

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= to break down, to destroy

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