Tissues Flashcards
Simple
one layer of cells
Stratified
more than one layer of cells
Squamous
Flat Cells
Cubodial
square cells
Columnar
Tall cells, oval shaped
Collagen fibers
Thick lines
Elastic
thin lines
Areolar tissue
a bunch of loosely organized fibers
Adipose
Empty looking cells
Reticular
Mesh-looking, has fibroblasts and reticular fibers
Dense regular
looks like squiggly lines, fibers packed together
Dense irregular
randomly arranged fibers, packed together, few visible cells
Hyaline cartilage
clear background, covered in chondrocytes and lacunae (dot-looking things), covered in perichondrium
Elastic cartilage
Covered in perichondrium, it looks like hyaline cartilage but it has visible elastic fibers
fibrocartilage
Contains chondrocytes but is covered in large collagen fibers.