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Lab Chp. Three: Connective, Muscular, and Nervous Tissue Flashcards

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General Traits of Connective Tissue

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  • Most abundant tissue type
  • vary in levels of vasularization
  • contains cells dispersed in extracellular matrix (matrix is made up of protein fibers and ground substances)
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Functions of connective tissues:

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  • provide support and protection
  • help repair from tissue damage
  • help protect against infection
  • serve as frameworks or bind structures
  • May fill: spaces, store fat, or make blood cells
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Fibroblast

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Produces Fibers

*Connective Tissue

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Macrophages

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Aid the immune system by doing phagocytosis

*Connective tissue

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Mast Cells

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Release herapin and/or histamine

*Connective tissue

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very strong

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Collagen Fibers

*Connective tissue

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Elastic Fibers

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Allows for expansion and contraction of a tissue

*Connective tissue

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Reticular Fibers

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very thin, highly branched, collagenous fibers

*Connective tissue

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Thinnest of the three fiber types

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Reticular fibers

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Connective tissue proper

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  • loose connective tissue
  • adipose tissue
  • regular connective tissue
  • dense connective tissue
  • elastic connective tissue
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specialized connective tissue

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  • cartilage
  • bone
  • blood
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  • Mainly fibroblasts with collagen and elastic fibers
  • Fluid to gell-like matrix
  • binds skin to most structure
  • Found between muscles
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Loose connective tissue

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-many collagen fibers and elastic fibers with few fibroblasts

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Dense Connective Tissue

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  • Many elastic fibers and some collagen fibers and fibroblasts
  • Form walls of large airways, arteries, and the heart
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Elastic Connective Tissue

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  • Composed of reticular fibers

- Support structure for organs

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Reticular connective tissue

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_____ carry blood at a higher blood pressure than veins

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arteries

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  • Made up of adipocytes

- Cushions, insulates, and stores fat

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Adipose

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  • Osteocytes and a solid matrix

- Forms the skeleton

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Osseous tissue (bone)

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General traits of cartilage:

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  • chondrocytes in lacunae and a rigid matrix
  • has a poor blood supply
  • exists in three types
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3 types of cartilage:

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  1. Hyaline Cartilage
  2. Fibrocartilage
  3. Blood
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Most abundant type of cartilage:

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Hyaline Cartilage

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Found at the end of bones

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Hyaline Cartilage

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Forms the embryonic skeleton, nose, and respiratory passageways

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Hyaline Cartilage

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  • Flexible

- Makes up external ear and larynx

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Elastic Cartilage

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  • Very tough
  • Is a shock absorber
  • forms intervertebral discs, pads of knees, and pelvic girdle
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Fibrocartilage

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Blood aids in:

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  1. transport
  2. clotting
  3. defense
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Blood has a ____ matrix:

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Fluid (plasma)

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General traits of muscle tissue:

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  1. muscle cells are called muscle fibers
  2. contractile cells
  3. three types
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Three types of muscle tissue:

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  1. skeletal
  2. smooth
  3. cardiac
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  • Striated
  • Voluntary
  • Attached to bones
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Skeletal Muscle

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  • Not striated
  • Involuntary
  • Makes up: walls of organs, walls of blood vessels, part of the skin
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Smooth Muscle

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  • Striated
  • Involuntary
  • Has intercalated discs
  • Makes up walls of heart
33
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Quick movement of calcium from one cell to the next

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Intercalated Discs

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Cells are branched

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Cardiac Muscle

35
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Basic cells of nervous tissue

36
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Nervous tissue helps make up:

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  1. Brain
  2. Spinal cord
  3. Peripheral Nerves
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conduct nerve impulses

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Nervous Tissue

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Nervous Tissue

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  • Conduct nerve impulses

- aid in sensory detection

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______ cells bind and support nervous tissue components

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Neuroglial cells

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What are the three major connective cell types?

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  1. Fibroblasts (Produce fibers)
  2. Macrophages (aid the immune system by doing phagocytosis)
  3. Mast cells (release heparin and/or histamine)
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  • loose connective tissue
  • adipose tissue
  • reticular connective tissue
  • dense connective tissue
  • elastic connective tissue
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connective tissue proper

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  • cartilage
  • bone
  • blood
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specialized connective tissue

43
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What structures are made up of nervous tissues?

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  • brain
  • spinal cord
  • peripheral nerves
44
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Define muscle fiber

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muscle cell

45
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What are the two types of nervous tissue?

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  1. neurons (brain cells)

2. neuroglial cells (bind and support nervous tissue components)

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Consists of several layers of cube-shaped, elongated, and irregular cells allowing an expandable lining

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transitional epithelium

47
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commonly possesses cilia that move dust and mucus out of the airways of the respiratory passages

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pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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single layer of flattened cells

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simple squamous epithelium

49
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forms walls of capillaries and air sacs of lungs

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simple squamous epithelium

50
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provides lining of urethra of males and parts of pharynx

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stratified columnar epithelium

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provides abrasion protection of skin epidermis and oral cavity

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stratified squamous

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forms inner lining of urinary bladder and ureters

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transitional epithelium

53
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lines kidney tubules and ducts of salivary glands

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simple cuboidal epithelium

54
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forms lining of stomach and intestines

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simple columnar epithelium

55
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two or three layers of cube shaped cells

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stratified cuboidal epithelium

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forms lining of oral cavity, anal canal, and vagina

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stratified squamous epithelium

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