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13 Cards in this Set
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Forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes
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Epithelium
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Allows for organ movements within the body
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Muscle
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Transmits electrochemical impulses
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Nervous
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Supports body organ
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Connective
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Cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances
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Epithelium
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Basis of the major controlling system of the body
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Nervous
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The major function of the cells of this tissue type is to shorten
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Muscle
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Forms hormones
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Epithelium
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Packages and protects body organs
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Connective
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Allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot and arrow
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Muscle
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Characterized by having large amounts of nonliving matrix
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Connective
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Most widely distributed tissue type in the body
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Connective
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Forms the brain and spinal cord
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Nervous
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