Tissues Flashcards

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1
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What are the 4 types of tissues?

A

Epithelium, connective, muscle, nerve/nervous

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The 3 shapes of epithelial cells

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Squamous, cuboidal, columnar

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What’s the difference between stratified epithelium and simple epithelium?

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Simple has 1 layer of cells, stratified (layered) more than 1 layer

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What are the bottom and top layers of epithelial named?

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Bottom: basement membrane
Top: Apical surface

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5
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Name the epithelium with keratin

A

Karetinized stratified squamous epithelium

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Name the epithelium without keratin

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Non keratinized stratified squamous epithelium

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What are the 2 kinds of connective tissue proper?

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Loose connective tissue

Dense connective tissue

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What are the 2 names for supporting connective tissue?

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Cartilage and bone

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9
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What is the name of connective fluid tissue?

A

Blood

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What are the three classifications of connective tissue?

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Connective tissue proper, supporting connective tissue, and fluid connective tissue

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What are the three types of loose connective tissue?

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Areolar, adipose, reticular

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What are the three types of dense connective tissue?

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Regular, irregular, elastic

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13
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What are the 3 types of cartilage?

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Hyaline, fibrocartilage, and elastic

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14
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What are the 2 types of bone?

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Spongy and compact

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What are the 3 types of muscle?

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Cardiac, skeletal, and smooth

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16
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What are 2 main parts in the nervous tissue?

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Neurons, neuroglial cells

17
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What are the 2 classifications of epithelial tissues?

A

Simple and stratified

18
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Name the formed elements of blood

A

Erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets

19
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What are the two general types of nervous tissue ?

A

Neuron and neuroglia cells

20
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What are the functional properties of a neuron?

A

Cell body integrates and sends nerve impulses

21
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What are the things branching out of the cell body?

A

The dendrytes

22
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What is the one thing branching out of cell body?

A

The axon

23
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What connects the cell body to the axon?

A

The axon hillock

24
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Dendrites direct information…

A

Toward cell body

25
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Axons directs information…

A

Away from cell body

26
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What is the transfer between nerve cells called?

A

Synapse

27
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What is the surface exactly above the basement membrane in stratified epithelium called?

A

Basal surface

28
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What are the two hair-like fibers that layer the outside of some epithelium?

A

Cilia and microvilli

29
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What is one function of microvilli?

A

Increases surface area for diffusion

30
Q

What is the name of the undifferentiated cell that can become anything connective?

A

Mesenchyme

31
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What are the two main areas of spongy bone?

A

Marrow cavities and trabeculae

32
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What is the name of the circular structures of compact bone?

A

Osteon

33
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What is the outer fibrous layer of bone called?

A

Periosteum

34
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What are the layers of bone, that the osteon creates, called?

A

Lamellae