Unit 2 Flashcards
Epithelial
Protects surfaces and absorbs,secrets material
Connective
Provides support and holds parts together
Muscular
Provides support and power
Nervous
Irritable and conducts impulses
Function of Epithelials
Fist line of defense, some produce specialized secretions, some have cilia to get dust, dirt, particles out and create a current
Types of E
Simple,stratified squamous(flat) Simple and stratified cuboidal Pseudostratified columnar Simple columnar Transitional Endothelium- blood vessels
Muscular tissue basic unit
Muscle fiber
Types of M
Striated/Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
Nervous system basic unit
Neurons
Three parts of Nervous
Soma, axon,dendrite
Functions of Connective
Structural framework, transport, protection of organs, store energy, defense against microbes, support and interconnect with other tissue
Elastin fibers
Branched and flexible
Collagen
Rubbery
Reticular
Loose and spread out
Types C
LCT, DCT(regular = ligament,tendon;irregular provide support for other cells), adipose, bone,