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Tissue Flashcards

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Group or mass of similar cells working together to perform certain common functions

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Tissue

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Sheet of cells that cover the body surface

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Epithelial tissue

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4 major types of tissue

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Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nervous

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Found throughout the body
Main glandular tissue
Cells tightly packed together

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Epithelial

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Functions: 
Protection 
Absorption
Filtration 
Excretion 
Secretion
Sensory reception
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Epithelial

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Not vascular

Attached to underlying connective tissue by no cellular no living basement membrane

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Epithelial

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6 types of epithelial

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Simple squamous
Simple cuboidal
Simple columnar
Stratified squamous
Pseudostratified
Transitional epithelium
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Most abundant tissue
Bonds structures together
Vascular
Functions: support protection framework fills space stores fat produce blood cells helps repair tissue

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Connective tissue

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3 common types of connective tissue

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Mast cells
Macrophages
Fibroblasts

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Eat or destroy, through the process of phagocytosis, anything that is foreign

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Macrophage cells

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White blood cells

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Macrophage cells

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Prevents blood clots

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Mast cells

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Produce fibers

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Fibroblasts

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Made of rote in collagen major structural protein in the body
Strong flexible but not elastic. White fibers
Bones ligament tendons

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Collagenous fiber

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Micro fibrils in protein elastin yellow fibers elastic

Respiratory and vocal cords

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Elastic fibers

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Bonds skin to underlying organs to organs between muscles

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Loose ct areolar tissue

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Fat beneath skin around kidneys eyes

Cushion insulation stores heat

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Adipose

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Dense tightly packed thick elastic poor blood supply slow healing
Tendons
Ligaments

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Fibrous cut

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Connect muscles to bond

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Tendons

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Connect bones to bones

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Ligaments

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Found in brain spinal cord nerves

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Nervous tissue

21
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Transmits electrochemical signals transmits over long distances

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Neurons

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Supporting cell
Protein support
Insulated the neurons

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Neuroglia

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