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Tissue Outline Flashcards

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Tissues

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Group of cells that perform specialized structural and functional roles

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4 types of tissues

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Epithelial connective muscle nervous

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Avascular

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Lacking blood vessels

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Epithelial tissue

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Covers all the body surfaces inside and out. Avascular

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Epithelial tissue attached to

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Basal Lamina

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Epithelial tissue lacks

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Blood vessels

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Why does epithelial tissue heal rapidly

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Epithelium reproduce readily

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What does epithelial tissue being tightly packed do

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Allows it to serve as a good barrier

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Functions of epithelial tissue

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Secretion excretion absorption and sensory reception

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How does epithelial tissue get nutrients and gases

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Diffusion & or osmosis

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Single layer of thin flat cells

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Substances pass easily through

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Which tissue occurs where diffusion and filtration take place

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Simple squamous epithelium lines

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Air sacs of lungs, forms walls of capillaries, and covers the membranes that line body cavities

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Why can simple squamous epithelium be easily damaged

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Thin

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Simple

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One layer

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Squamous

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Broad flat and round

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Only difference between simple squamous epithelium and simple cuboidal epithelium

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Cell structure

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Air sacs of lungs

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Alveolar walls

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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Consists of a single layer of cube shaped cells with a centrally located spherical nuclei

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Histology

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Study of tissues

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Covers ovaries

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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Lines kidney tubules

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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Why does the simple cuboidal epithelium line kidney tubules

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Help with the function in secretion and absorption

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Lines ducts of glands

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

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Why does simple cuboidal epithelium line ducts of glands

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Help to secrete glandular products

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Simple columnar epithelium

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Elongated and composed of a single layer

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Simple columnar epithelium occurs in

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Lining of the uterus and various organs in the digestive tract, including the stomach and intestines

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If stretched out look like columnar

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Simple columnar epithelium

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Sometimes have microvilli

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Simple columnar epithelium

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Simple columnar epithelium is relatively

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Thick, provides protection for underlying tissues

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Simple columnar epithelium secretes

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Digestive fluids and absorbs nutrient molecules from digestion

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Principal function of simple columnar epithelium

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Absorption

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Microvilli

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Cylindrical processes that increase the surface area of the cell membrane

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Simple columnar epithelium has goblet

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Cells that secrete a protective fluid (mucus)

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

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Appear stratified or layered but isn’t. Looks layered due to nuclei at two or more levels

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Stratified columnar

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Meant for production, found in epiglottis anus and urethra

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium possesses

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Cilia which extend from free surfaces and move constantly

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium has goblet

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Cells that secrete mucus that is passed along by cilia

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium lines the passages of

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Respiratory system and tubes of the reproductive system

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Pseudostratified columnar epithelium in respiratory

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Passages the mucus traps dust and the cilia move the particles out of the way

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In reproductive tubes

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The cilia of Pseudostratified columnar epithelium moves the sex cells from one region to another

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Lungs produce

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Boogers

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Stratified squamous epithelium

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Many layers of cells making this tissue thick

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Stratified squamous epithelium forms

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Outer layer of skin called the epidermis

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As skin ages it accumulates a protein called

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Keratin

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Keratin function

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Harden the skin cells to produce a protective material that prevents water from escaping and chemicals and microorganisms from entering

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Stratified squamous epithelium found in

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Epidermis, esophagus, vagina. Anything subjected to friction

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As Stratified squamous epithelium makes new layers

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Pushes old ones up

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Stratified squamous epithelium close to

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Vascular, get nutrients through diffusion of base membrane

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51
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Transitional epithelium

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Specialized to respond to tension

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Transitional epithelium found in

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Lining of urinary bladder and passageways of the urinary system

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Transitional epithelium forms

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Expandable lining and forms a barrier to prevent the contents from diffusing out

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Transitional epithelium helps with

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Distention is the bladder

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55
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Endocrine goes

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Directly into the blood stream

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Transitional epithelium also helps with

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Getting rid of bad stuff in urine

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Glandular epithelium

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Composed of cells that produce and secrete substances

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Glandular epithelium occurs mostly

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In the columnar and cuboidal epithelia

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1 or more of Glandular epithelium cells make

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Gland

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Exocrine glands

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Secrete their products onto internal or external surfaces

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Endocrine glands

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Glands that secrete into tissue fluid or blood

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Merocrine

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Fluid product released by cell membrane

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Three types of exocrine glands

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Merocrine apocrine and holocrine

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Apocrine

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Cell product pinched off in secretion

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Connective tissue

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Occurs throughout the body and is most abundant type of tissue by weight

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Connective tissue binds

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Structures together, provides support, serves as framework, fills spaces, stores fat, produces blood cells, provides protection against infections, helps to repair tissue damage

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Connective tissue cells are

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Farther apart, able to reproduce, in most cases have good blood supply

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Two cell types found in connective tissue

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Resident and wandering cells

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Resident cells

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Fibroblasts and mast cells

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Fibroblasts

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Most common and produce fibers by secreting proteins into the matrix

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Mast cells

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Large and located near blood vessels, release heparin

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Heparin

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Prevents clotting

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Wandering cells

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Include blood cells

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Macrophage wandering cell

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Specialized to carry on phagocytosis, help to clear foreign particle from cell

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Macrophage resembles a

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Types of connective tissue fibers

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Collagenous, elastic, reticular

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Connective tissue fibers produced

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By fibroclatis

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Collagenous fibers

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Thick thread like parts composed of the protein collagen

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Collagenous fibers flexible but

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Only slightly elastic

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Collagenous fibers very

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Strong and hold structures together (tendons)

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Collagenous fibers called

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White fibers

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Elastic fibers

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Composed of microfibeils embedded in the molecules of a protein called elastin

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Elastic fibers have less

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Strength but very elastic

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Elastic fibers easily stretched

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And can resume original shape

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Elastic fibers called

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Yellow fibers

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Reticular fibers

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Thin and composed of collagen, help to support

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Types of connective tissue

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Loose (areolar) adipose, fibrous connective, cartilage, bone

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Loose (areolar) connective tissue

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Forms delicate thin membranes throughout the body

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Loose (areolar) connective tissue cells are mainly

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Fibroblasts

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Loose (areolar) connective tissue binds to

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Skin and underlying organs

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Loose (areolar) connective tissue fills in

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Spaces between muscles

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Loose (areolar) connective tissue lies beneath

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Epithelium where it provides nourishment to epithelial cells

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Adipose tissue

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Called fat. Is a specialized form of loose connective tissue

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Adipose tissue found

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Beneath the skin and in spaces between the muscles

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Adipose tissue serves as

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Protective cushion for joints and some organs

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Adipose tissue functions as a barrier

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Even beneath the skin

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Adipose tissue stores

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Excess nutrients in fat molecules

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Fibrous connective tissue

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Contains many closely packed thick collagenous fibers and a fine network of elastic fibers

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Fibrous connective tissue has only

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A few cells

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Fibrous connective tissue very

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Strong and binds structures together

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Examples of Fibrous connective tissue

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Tendons and ligaments

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Fibrous connective tissue have poor

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Blood supply so repair occurs slowly

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Cartilage

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Rigid connective tissue

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Cartilage supports

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Parts, provides frameworks and attachments, protects underlying tissues, and forms structural models for many developing bones

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Cartilage composed largely of

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Collagenous fibers embedded in a gel like substance

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Chondrocytes

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Make up cartilage

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Cartilage enclosed in

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A covering of certain kind of connective tissue called the skin

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Why is cartilage repair slow

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Lacks direct blood supply

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3 types of cartilage

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Hyaline, elastic and fibrocartilage

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Hyaline cartilage

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Most common, looks like milk glass

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Hyaline cartilage location

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Found at the ends of bones and in the soft part of the skull

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Hyaline cartilage found in the

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Supporting rings of carbon along passages

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Elastic cartilage

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Provides framework for the external tissue and parts of the larynx

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Bone

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Most rigid of connective tissue

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Why is bone the most rigid connective tissue

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Inorganic salts in the intracellular material

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Bone provides

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An internal support for cells structure

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Bone protects

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Most parts in various cavities

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Bone serves as an attachment for

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Bone forms

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Blood cells and stores inorganic salts

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Osteocytes

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Bone cells

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Bone has blood vessels

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In osteonic canal for nutrient supply

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Other connective tissue

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Blood (vascular) and reticuloendothelial

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Blood (vascular tissue)

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Transports substances between body cells and external environment

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Blood (vascular tissue) helps maintain

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Stable internal conditions

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Blood (vascular tissue) composed of

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Cells called blood plasma

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Blood plasma contain

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Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets

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Blood plasma

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Made in the marrow of certain hollow bones

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Muscle tissue

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Contractile

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Contractile

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Change shape by becoming shorter and thicker

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As muscles contract

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Fibers pull at their attached ends and cause body parts to move

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Three types of muscle tissue

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Skeletal, smooth, cardiac

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Skeletal muscle tissue

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Found in muscles attached to bone

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Skeletal muscle tissue is only

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Voluntary muscle (controlled by conscious effort)

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Skeletal muscle tissue long

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And threadlike

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Skeletal muscle tissue have light

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And dark cross markings called striations

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Striations

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Skeletal muscle tissue has lots

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Of nuclei, more nuclei per fiber than other tissue

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Skeletal muscle tissue controls movements for

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Head trunk limbs facial expressions etc

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Smooth muscle tissue

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Lacks striations

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Smooth muscle tissue found in

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Walls of hollow organs such as the stomach, urinary bladder, uterus and blood vessels

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Smooth muscle tissue cannot be stimulated to

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Contract by conscious effort so involuntary

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Smooth muscle tissue moves

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Food through the digestive tract (peristalsis)

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Smooth muscle tissue constricts

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Blood vessels and empties the urinary bladder

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Nervous tissue

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Found in the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves

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Neurons or nerve cells

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Basic cells of Nervous tissue

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Neurons have

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Cytoplasmic extension called dendrites or excites

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Neurons are sensitive to

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Certain types of changes in their surroundings

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Neurons respond to changes by

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Transmitting nerve impulses along nerve fibers to other neurons or to muscles or glands

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Nervous tissue able to

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Coordinate regulate and integrate many body functions

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Nervous tissue contains

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Neuralgia last cells

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Nervous tissue looks like

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Areolar but has neurons

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Neuroglial cells

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Support and bind components of nervous tissue together, carry on phagocytosis, supply nutrient to neurons

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