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1
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This type of tissue lines arteries, veins, and body cavities, such as the lining on the inside of the stomach

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Smooth

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2
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This type of tissue is found in the rib cage and makes up most of the embryonic skeleton

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Hyaline Cartilage

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3
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This type of cartilage gives structures elastic but rigid Properties

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Elastic cartilage

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4
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The free surface of pseudo stratified columnar tissue is lined with tiny hair-like projections that are called

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Cilia

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5
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This embryonic germ layer forms the digestive tract and its auxiliary organs

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Endoderm

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6
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The layer of tissue found below epithelial tissue is called

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Basement/Basal

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7
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This type of cell is involved in bone formation

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Osteoblasts

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8
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This type of fat is found in specific areas, such as the neck and is involved in heat production

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Brown

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9
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Cartilage cells are called ___ and are located in spaces called ____

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Chondrocytes
Lacunae

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10
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A nerve cell contains a cell body, axons, and extensions called

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Dendrites

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11
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This embryonic germ layer gives rise to muscle, bone, and blood vessels

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Mesoderm

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12
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This type of tissue insulates and protects organs

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Connective/adipose

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13
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The skin is made up of this type of tissue

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Epithelium

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14
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Different tissues that work together form

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Organs

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15
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The pancreas, a ductless gland, is said to be a(n) ___ gland

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Endocrine

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16
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This type of substance surrounds the cells that make up connective tissue

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Matrix/Extracellular Matrix

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17
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Epithelial tissue received substances via

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Diffusion

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18
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Which muscle tissue is voluntary?

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Skeletal

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19
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Which muscle tissue is multinucleated?

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Skeletal and Cardiac

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20
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Which muscle tissue has striations?

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Skeletal and Cardiac

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21
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Which muscle tissue has a single nucleus?

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Smooth and Cardiac

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22
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Which muscle tissue is involuntary?

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Smooth and Cardiac

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23
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Which muscle tissue has intercalated disks

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Cardiac

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24
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Forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes

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Epithelium

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25
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Allows for organs movements within the body

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Muscle

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26
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Transmits electrochemical impulses

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Nervous

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27
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Supports body organs

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Connective

28
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Cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances

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Epithelium

29
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Basis of the major controlling system of the body

30
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The major function of the cells of this tissue type is to shorten

31
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Forms hormones

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Epithelium

32
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Packages and protects body organs

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Connective

33
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Characterized by having large amounts of nonliving matrix

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Connective

34
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Allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot an arrow

35
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Most widely distributed tissue type of the body

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Connective

36
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Forms the brain and spinal cord

37
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Lines the esophagus and forms the skin epidermis

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Stratified squamous

38
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Forms the lining of the stomach and small intestine

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Simple columnar

39
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Best suited for areas subjected to friction

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Stratified Squamous

40
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Lines much of the respiratory tract

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Pseudostratified columnar

41
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Propels substances across its surface

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Pseudostratified columnar

42
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Found in the bladder lining; peculiar cells that slide over one another

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Transitional

43
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Forms thin serous membranes; a single layer of flattened cells

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Simple squamous

44
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What type of muscle tissue is banded appearance?

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Skeletal and Cardiac

45
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What type of muscle tissue is found attached to bones

46
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What type of muscle tissue allows you to direct your eyeballs?

47
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What type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of the stomach, uterus, and arteries

48
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What type of muscle tissue contains spindle-shaped cells

49
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What type of muscle tissue contains cylindrical cells with branching ends

50
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What type of muscle tissue contains long, nonbranching cylindrical cells

51
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What type of muscle tissue displays intercalated disks

52
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What type of muscle tissue is concerned with locomotion of the body as a whole

53
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What type of muscle tissue changes the internal volume of an organ as it contracts

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Cardiac and Smooth

54
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What type of muscle tissue is circulatory pump

55
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Provides great strength through parallel bundles of collagenic fibers; found in tendons

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Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue

56
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Acts as a storage depot for fat

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Adipose Connective Tissue

57
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Composes the dermis of the skin

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Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue

58
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Forms the bony skeleton

59
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Composes the basement membrane and packages organs; includes a gel-like matrix with all categories of fiber and many cell types

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Arealar Connective TissueForms

60
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Forms the embryonic skeleton and the surfaces of bones at the joints; reinforces the trachea

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Hyaline Cartilage

61
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Provides insulation for the body

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Adipose Connective Tissue

62
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Structurally amorphous matrix, heavily invaded with fibers; appears glassy and smooth

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Hyaline Cartilage

63
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Contains cells arranged concentrically around a nutrient canal; matrix is hard due to calcium salts

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Osseous Tissue

64
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Forms the stroma or internal “skeleton” of lymph nodes, the spleen, and other lymphoid organs

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Reticular Connective Tissue

65
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Increases surface area for absorption or secretion

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Microvilli

66
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Move material across cell surface

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