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Tissue characteristic Flashcards

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What are the 2 characteristics of the simple squamous?

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  • single layer of flat cells
  • centrally located nucleus
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What are the 2 characteristics of the simple cuboidal?

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  • single layer of cubed cells
  • centrally located nucleus
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What are the 3 characteristics of the simple columnar?

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  • single layer of columnar shaped cells
  • basally located nucleus
  • ciliated or non-ciliated
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What is the characteristic of the stratified cuboidal?

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two or more layers of cubed shaped cells

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What are the 2 characteristics of the stratified columnar?

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  • several layers of cells
  • only the apical looks columnar shaped
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What are the 3 characteristics of the ciliated pseudostratified columnar?

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  • only 1 layer thick
  • nuclei of the cells lie at different levels
  • ciliated
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What are the 2 characteristics of the transitional tissue?

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  • layers of cuboidal to squamous cells
  • dome shaped may be binucleated
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What are the 3 characteristics of the areolar tissue?

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  • 3 fibers
  • several kind cells
  • predominant tissue in body
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What are the 2 characteristics of adipose tissue?

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  • Adipocytes store lipids
  • cytoplasm/nucleus pushed to periphery by lipid droplets
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What is the characteristic of the reticular tissue?

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reticular fibers and cells

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What is the characteristic of dense regular tissue?

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collagen fibers with fibroblasts

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What are the 2 characteristics of dense irregular tissue?

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  • packed
  • collagen fibers
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What is the characteristic of the elastic tissue?

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elastic fibers with fibroblasts

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What are the 2 characteristics of the hyaline cartilage?

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  • chrondocytes in lacuna
  • “glassy” look
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What are the 3 characteristics of the elastic cartilage?

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  • chondrocytes in lacuna
  • elastic fibers
  • appears “dirty”
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What are the 2 characteristics of the fibrocartilage?

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  • chrondocytes in lacuna
  • collagen in the matrix
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What 5 features are in bone tissue?

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  • lamellae
  • lacunae
  • osteocytes
  • canaliculi
  • haversian canal
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What is the characteristic of bone tissue?

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What are the 4 characteristics of blood tissue?

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  • plasma
  • red blood cells
  • white blood cells
  • platelets
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What are the 3 characteristics of the skeletal muscle?

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  • parallel fibers
  • multi-nucleated
  • striated
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What are the 3 characteristics of the cardiac muscle?

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  • branched cells
  • centrally located nuclei
  • involuntary
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What are the 3 characteristics of smooth muscle?

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  • spindle shaped cells
  • centrally located nucleus
  • involuntery

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