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Module 4: Different Cell Types of Plant and Animal Tissues Flashcards

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PLANT CELLS

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  • regulates water cycle & carbon of the biosphere
  • unique organelles: cell wall, cholorplast, & vacuole
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TWO STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS OF PLANT CELLS

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  • shoot system
  • root system
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SHOOT SYSTEM
(plant cell)

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  • structures ABOVE the ground
  • leaves, flowers, stems, & fruits
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ROOT SYSTEM
(plant cell)

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  • structures BELOW the ground
  • origin of plants
  • roots, tubers, & rhizobial structure
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PLANT TISSUES

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  • dermal
  • ground
  • vascular
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DERMAL TISSUE

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  • plant cell
  • form the outer protecting covering of plants
  • epidermis
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EPIDERMIS

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  • plant cell
  • dermal tissue
  • outermost layer found in all young plants
  • contains closely packed cells with cuticle
  • responsible in minimizing water loss and protecting cell from bacterias etc.
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ROOTS
(epidermis)

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  • epidermal cells
  • long and slender projections
  • root hairs - increase the surface area for absorption
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STEM
(epidermis)

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  • produce hair called TRICHOMAS
  • protects plant from too much sunlight & conserve moisture
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LEAVES
(epidermis)

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  • lower epidermis contains specialized cells called guard cells
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GUARD CELLS

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  • leaves
  • epidermis
  • contain chloroplasts & pores called STOMATA
  • gas exchanges occurs in stomata
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STOMATA

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  • epidermis
  • leaves
  • GAS EXCHANGE OCCURS
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GROUND TISSUE

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  • plant cell
  • fills up the inner part of the plant
  • parenchyma, collenchyma, & scelerenchyma
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PARENCHYMA

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  • plant cell
  • ground tissue
  • most abundant
  • big & thin-walled cells with large vacuole & air spaces
  • contribute mainly to penetration of light and regulation of gas exchange
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COLLENCHYMA

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  • plant cell
  • ground tissue
  • supports IMMATURE regions
  • thick-walled cells with uneven thickness
  • smaller than parenchyma
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SCLERENCHYMA

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  • plant cell
  • ground tissue
  • supports MATURE regions
  • thick cell walls impregnated with lignins with high resistance substance that makes the cell tough & hard
  • mostly DEAD WHEN IT REACHES MATURITY AGE
  • two types:
    fibers - long & slender
    sclerids - shorter, vary in shape
    - found in seeds of fruits and nutshell - aka STONE CELL
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VASCULAR TISSUE

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  • plant cell
  • transports water & nutrients in the plant
  • xylem
  • phloem
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XYLEM

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  • transports water and minerals
  • two types of conducting cells:
    tracheid - elongated cells - oblique & tapering end walls
    vessel element - long tubes - open at each end & joined end to end to form tubes
  • both conducting cells are hollow & NON-LIVING
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PHLOEM

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  • transports sucrose & other organic compounds
  • composed of seive tube elements - have a cytoplasm but does not have nucleus
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TYPES OF TISSUES
(animal cells)

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  • epithelial tissues
  • connective tissue
  • nervous tissue
  • muscular tissues
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EPITHELIAL TISSUES

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  • tightly packed cells that form continuous layers
  • covers body surface
  • lines cavities from glands
  • functions: secretion, absorption, excretion, filtration
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TYPES OF EPITHELIAL TISSUES

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  • simple epithelial tissue
  • stratified epithelial tissue
  • glandular epithelial tissue
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SIMPLE EPITHELIAL TISSUE

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  • made up of SINGLE LAYER of cells
  • classification - based on shape of cells
  • types: squamous, cuboidal, columnar
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SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIA

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  • thin & flattened cells
  • linings of blood vessels & air sacs of lungs
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SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIA

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  • box-shaped cells
  • linings of kidney tubules & organs where reabsorption of mineral & substance takes place
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SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIA

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  • resemble rectangular pillars
  • nuclei is located near the bottom of each cell
  • lining of digestive tract - efficiently absorb nutrients
  • lining of oviducts - propelling egg towards the uterus
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STRATIFIED EPITHELIAL TISSUE

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  • TWO OR MORE layers of cells
  • nose, mouth, esophagus, anal canal, & vagina
  • keratinized - strength
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GLANDULAR EPITHELIAL TISSUE

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  • secrete molecules
  • unicellular or multicellular
  • unicellelar glandular epithelium - single epithelial cell
  • multicellular glandular epithelium - cluster of epithelial cells
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CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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  • most abundant & distributed tissue
  • supports, connects, & separates different tissues & organs
  • ground substance & fibers make up the extracellular matrix (ECM)
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TYPES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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  • loose
  • dense

SPECIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE
- reticular connective tissue
- cartilage
- bone
- blood
- adipose tissue

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LOOSE CONENCTIVE TISSUE

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  • most widely distributed tissue
  • equal number of cells, fibers, & ground substance
  • linings of organs - lungs, arteries, & urinary bladder
  • allows organs to expand
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DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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  • contains collagens that are packed together
  • has fewer cells & ECM is densely packed with collagen fibers
  • tendons & ligaments
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RETICULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE

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  • special connective tissue
  • produced by modified fiborblasts - reticular cells
  • supports different organs - ex: lymphoid
  • bone marrow, lymph nodes, & spleen
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CARTILAGE

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  • special connective tissue
  • non-vascular tissue
  • connects bones to joints
  • found in the walls of upper respiratory airways & external ear
  • principal cell - CHONDROCYTES
  • cells lie in the small chambers called LACUNAE
  • 3 types: hyaline cartilage, elastic cartilage, & fibrocartilage
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BONE

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  • special connective tissue
  • cells within the extracellular matrix of fibers (collagen I) & ground substances
  • consists of different kinds of cells: osteoblast, osteocytes, & osteoclasts
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OSTEOBLAST

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bone forming

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OSTECYTES

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bone absorbing - breakdown (bone) & deposit calcium in blood

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OSTEOCLASTS

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  • matured cells located in lacunae of the bones
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BLOOD

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  • fluid connective tissue located in blood vessels
  • consists of formed elements & plasma
  • 3 blood cells: erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes
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EURYTHROCYTES

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  • red blood cells
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LEUKROCYTES

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  • white blood cells
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THROMBOCYTES

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  • platelets
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ADIPOSE TISSUE

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  • primary energy reservoir
  • cells filled with lipids - ADIPOCYTES
  • number of adipocytes in each individual is fixed
  • white fat - rich in mitochondria
  • brown fat - causes thermogenesis (heat production)
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NERVOUS TISSUE

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  • 2 principal cells: neurons & neuroglia
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NEURONS

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  • aka nerve cells
  • specialized in containing 3 parts: dendrites, cell body, axon
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DENDRITES

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  • neurons
  • sends signal toward the cell body
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CELL BODY

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  • neurons
  • contains cytoplasm & nucleus of neutron
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AXON

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  • nerve impulses from cell body to synapse
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NEUROGLIA

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  • supporting cells
  • provides support & nourishment to neurons
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MUSCULAR TISSUE

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  • contain cells called muscle fibers which compromised of ACTIN & MYOSIN filaments - movement of animals
  • types: skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle
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SKELETAL MUSCLE

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  • striated cells with multiple nuclei
  • muscles attached to skeleton
  • voluntary movement of the body
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SMOOTH MUSCLE

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  • spindle-shaped cells with single nucleus
  • no striations
  • involuntary
  • walls of digestive tract & blood vessels
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CARDIAC MUSCLE

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  • heart
  • branching striated cells with single nucleus
  • wall of the heart
  • involuntary
  • contraction pumps blood & responsible for heartbeat

General Biology - 1st Quarter (4 decks)

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