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12 Cards in this Set
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# of cell types in humans
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200
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Four primary tissue types
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Epithelial, Connective, Muscular, Nerve
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What tissue is composed of elongated, exitable cells specialized for contraction?
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Muscular
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What tissue is composed of layers of closely spaced cells that cover organ surfaces? Also form glands, serve for protection, secretion, and absorption.
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Epithelial
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Where is epithelial tissue found?
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Epidermis, liver, digestive tract
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What tissue contains excitable cells specialized for rapid transmission of coded info to other cells?
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Nerve
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Where is nerve tissue found?
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Brain, spinal cord, nerves
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What tissue has more matrix than cell volume? Also, often specialized to support, bind together, and protect organs.
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Connective
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Where is connective tissue found?
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Tendons, ligaments, cartilage, bone blood.
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Where are muscular tissues found?
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Skeletal muscles, heart, walls of viscera.
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Define histology
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microscopic anatomy; study of tissues and how they form organs
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Define organ
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structure with discrete boundaries; composed of two or more tissue types
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