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Where can simple squamous epithelium be found?
lining blood vessels
what provides strength in many directions?
dense irregular connective tissue
What chromosomal structure limits the number of cell divisions of a cell?
telomere
What loose connective tissue allows the skin to move easily over the underlying muscles?
hypodermis
What fiber type is NOT present in connective tissue?
basal fibers
what is the skin layer underneath the stratum germinativum?
papillary
What adhesion is required for cell-to-cell communication?
gap junctions
what membrane type lines the ventral cavity of the body?
serous membrane
Within this cell division process replace more superficial cells which eventually die and fall off.
germinativum
What instrument is essential to the study of histology?
microscope
what tissue always has an apical surface?
eptithelium
what is the tissue that covers cartilage?
perichondrium
Epithelial cells with important transport functions such as absorption and secretion often bear what on their free surfaces?
microvilli
what is the skin layer that contains areolar connective tissue?
hypodermal
What are the two types of striated muscle tissue?
skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle
What two layers is the dermis composed of?
papillary layer and reticular layer
The urinary bladder is lined by?
transitional epithelium
what is the mitosis stage in a cell's life in which the cell performs its normal functions?
interphase
In order, what are the stages of Mitosis?
interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase, cytokinesis
During which phase of the cell cycle does DNA duplication, or replication, take place?
interphase
When a double helix of DNA is replicated, two complete helices are formed. Together, these helices are called
sister chromatids
During which phase of mitosis do sister chromatids line up at the center of the cell?
metaphase
During which phase of mitosis do the sister chromatids move apart?
anaphase
During which phase of mitosis do nuclear envelopes and the nucleoli reappear?
telophase
During which phase of mitosis do nuclear envelopes and the nucleoli disappear?
prophase
What is the name of the process by which the cytoplasm divides in two?
cytokinesis
What membrane type lines joint capsules?
synovial
What is not a property of neuroglia?
They do not conduct electrical impules
Many types of epithelial cells perform what function?
secretion
The cells of stratum corneum were initially produced in what?
stratum germinativum
Cerumen is produced by glands located where?
ear canal
What type of gland lubricates the hair shaft?
sebaceaous gland
unlike normal cells, cancer cells are never what?
benign
Merocrine glands are most abundant in what?
hands
Which of the following builds new strands of DNA?
DNA polymerase
Which statement best describes strand characteristics as it relates to DNA replication?
The leading strand is built continuously, and the lagging strand is built in pieces
During DNA replication, which nucleotide will bind to an A nucleotide in the original or parental DNA strand?
T
Which protein joins together the Okazaki fragments of DNA in the lagging strand?
DNA ligase
What adds nucleotides to the lagging strand?
DNA ligase
The epidermis recieves blood from what?
dermal arteries called papillary plexus
What muscle likes microscopic striations?
smooth
what cells produce the fibers found within the reticular layer of the dermis?
fibroblasts
Which cell is present in many connective tissues that can differentiate into different types of cells?
mesenchymal
What is the serous membrane lining the thoracic cavity?
pleura
In mitosis, daughter chromosomes seperate from chromatids during which phase?
anaphase
Which layer of skin is responsible for the strength of the skin?
reticular
What structures do you find within the hypodermis?
fat and cutaneous plexus
During which phase does chromatin condense and become chromosomes?
prophase
During which phase does DNA replication occur?
synthesis
Which lists, in correct order, the phases of interphase?
G1, S, and G2
Which enzyme works simultaneously along both DNA strands to synthesize complementary strands of DNA?
DNA polymerase
What is an alternate term for tumor?
neoplasm
What epidermal layer consists almost entirely of keratin?
stratum corneum
The nail bed is covered by what?
nail body
The process of skin repair after injury begins with what?
formation of the blood clot
What stops materials from moving between cells across an epithelium?
occluding junction
What glands help cool the body?
merocrine sweat glands
What carries information electrically from one part of the body to another?
Axons
What gland secretes sweat into the hair follicle?
apocrine
Bone is also called what?
osseous tissue
What do cancer cells exhibit?
metastasis