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Epithelial cells can be classified according to shape how?

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Cuboidal, columnar, rectangular

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What are the structures of epithelium?

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Simple columnar, stratified squamous, pseudostratified, simple cubidoal

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The term patron is synonymous with what?

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Haversian system

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The four main tissue types are?

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Muscle, connective, nervous, and epithelial

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Tissues differ from one another how?

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Amount and kind of material between the cells, special functions they perform, and size and shape of the cell

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Multiple layers of cells with flat cells at the outer surface is what kind of epithelial ?

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Stratified squamous

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Cilia from this tissue moves mucus along the lining surface of the trachea is what kind of epithelial?

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Pseudostratified

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Single layer of cube-shaped cells is what kind of epithealial?

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Simple cuboidal

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Typically found in body areas subjected to stress and must be able to stretch Are which kind of epithelial?

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Stratified transitional

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Single layer of tall, thin cells that compose the surface of mucous membrane Is what kind of epithelial?

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Simple columnar

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Single layer of flat, thin, irregularly shaped cells Is what kind of epithelial?

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Simple squamous

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Dense fibrous connective tissue consists mainly of ?

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White collagen fibers

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Endocrine glands discharge their products into the what?

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Blood

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A tissue is

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A group of similar cells that perform a unique function to help the organ to do his job

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Adipose tissue performs which functions?

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Protection, insulation, and support

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The basic structural unit of bone is the ?

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Microscopic osteon

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17
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A protein that gives tissue flexible strength is what?

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Collagen

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The thick dark bands in cardiac muscle tissue is called?

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Intercalated disks

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Another name for spongy bone is ?

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Adipose tissue

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20
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Is the facia made up of primarily connective tissue ?

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No

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What is the extracellular substance of a tissue?

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The matrix

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Cell process that carries nerve impulses toward the cell body

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Dendrite

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The conduction cell of the nervous system

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Neuron

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Cell process that transmits nerve impulses away from the cell body

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Axon

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Supportive cells
Neuroglia
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What muscle is found in the walls of hallow internal organs?
Smooth muscle
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What muscle is also called the visceral muscle ?
Smooth muscle
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What muscle is responsible for willed body movements
Skeletal muscle
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What muscle is striated branching involuntary cells with intercalated disks?
Cardiac muscle
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What muscle is nonstriated involuntary narrow fiber with only one nucleus per fiber
Smooth muscle
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What muscle is Cylindrical, striated, voluntary cells
Skeletal muscle
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Mucus-producing cells that appear in the simple columnar epithelium are
Goblet cells
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What connective tissue is the glue that helps keep the organs of the body together.
Matrix
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Connective tissues can be
Hematopoietic, reticular, areolar
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Location of pseudostratified columnar
Trachea
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Location of striated involuntary
Heart walls
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Location of Stratified squamous
Epidermis
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Function of compact cancellous tissue
Protection/support
39
Elastic cartilage location
Ear
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Which of the following is the most abundant and widely distributed type of body tissue?
Connective
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Cartialige cells are called
Chondrocytes
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Integumentary
Hair
43
Skeletal
Joints
44
Muscular
Tendons
45
Nervous
Spinal cord
46
Endocrine
Hormones
47
Hormones below to which body system
Endocrine
48
The spleen is in which system
Lymphatic
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Which of the following is NOT an accessory organ of the female reproductive system?
Gonads
50
The largest and most complex structural units are?
Organ systems
51
An important function of the skeletal system is?
Formation of the blood cells
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Oil Glands
Integumentary
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Blood vessels
Circulatory
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Tonsils
Lymphatic
55
Vas deferens
Male reproductive system
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Ureters
Urinary
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Keratin
Protective proteinm
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Melanin
Brown pigment
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Stratum coneum
Outer layer of epidermis
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Cyanosis
Blue gray color of the skin resulting from a decrease in oxygen
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Dermal papillae
Parallel rows of tiny bumps
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What muscle produces goose bumps
Arector Pili
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What sweat glands are found primarily in the axilla and in the pigmented skin area around the genitals.
Apocrine
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What has been described as nature skin cream
Sebum
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The type of membrane that lines body cavities that open directly to the exterior is known as:
Mucous
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A Pacini corpuscle detects sensations of:
Pressure deep in the dermis
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The most comon type of skin cancer is
Basal cell
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Pleurisy is a painful condition of the serous membrane that lines the:
Chest cavity
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The synovial membrane lines the spaces between
Joints
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The Cutaneous membrane is the:
Skin
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The rule of 9 is for what
Burn percentenage of skin
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The skin is the primary organ
Integumentary system
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Deeper of the two layers of skin
Dermis
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Outermost layer of skin
Epidermis
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Composed of dermis and epidermis layers
Cutaneous membrane
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Hypodermic
Subcutaneous
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Contains no epithelial
Synovial
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Lines body surfaces that open directly to the exterior
Mucous
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Peritoneum
Serous
80
Urinary tract
Mucous
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Respiratory tract
Mucous
82
Lines joint spaces
Synovial
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Skin
Cutaneous
84
Pleura
Serous
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What prevents the sun's ultraviolet rays from penetrating the interior of the body.
Melanin
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The nail body nearest the root has a crescent-shaped white area known as the
Lunula
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HVV8 causes
Kaposi’s sarcoma
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The most serious form of skin cancer is
Melanoma
89
Squamous cell carcinoma is a
Slowly growing carcinoma of the epidermis
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Most important factor of skin cancer causes is
Exposure it suns UV radiation
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First degree
Will not blister
92
Second degree burn
Will blister
93
Third degree burn
Will not blister
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Which burn can reach the muscle or bone
Fourth degree
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What is the process of self diagnosing melanoma
ABCDE test
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What is not a warning sign of melanoma
Density
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What is the fluid that they sebaceous gland secretes
Sebum
98
What happens when sebum clogs
Pimples and acne form
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From what is cut to the bone of the Nail order
Free edge, nail body , lunula, cuticle , nail root
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What is the ABCDE stand for?
Asymmetry, border, color, diameter, evolving

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