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tight junction
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A very close junction that is woven together and no fluid can leak through (its in the digestive track)
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desmosomes
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it is connected but it is flexible (skin)
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gap junction
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there is a space between it. it is like a hallway where they are connected (heart)
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peroxisomes and free radicals
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peroxisomes make peroxide to get rid of free radicals (unpaired electrons)
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Epithelium
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they are the lining for parts of the body
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apical surface
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top layer
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basement membrane
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bottom layer
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simple
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only one layer
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Stratified
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more than one layer
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pseudostratified
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it looks like it has multiple layers
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transitional
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found it the urinary system
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squamous
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flat layer
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cuboidal
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cube shaped layer
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columnar
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column shaped layer
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goblet cells
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it puts of mucus
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endocrine gland
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it makes hormones and sends them into the blood
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exocrine gland
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it make hormones and sends ti through ducts
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connective tissue
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ligaments
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cytology
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the study of cell
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histology
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study of tissue
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bone
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osseous tissue
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osteocyte
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bone cell
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matrix
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a mix of non cellular chemicals and proteins
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chondrocyte
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cartilage cell
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tendons and ligaments
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dense regular tissue
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areolar tissue
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the thin layer under the skin
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adipose tissue
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fat
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muscle tissue
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they move things
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skeletel muscle
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you can control it , unbranched, more then 1 nucleus, striated, arm muscle
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striations
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when you look at it and it as strips
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smooth muscle
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cant control it, not striated, does not branch but look it is does
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cardiac muscle
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cant control it, striated, branched
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intercalated discs
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gap junction between muscles, they look like darker lines
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voluntary
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you can control it
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involuntary
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you cant control it
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nervous tissue
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receives and sends signals
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neuron
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the cell that transmits its nerve impulses
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neuroglia
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supporting cells in the nervous system
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edema
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fluid int he connective tissue
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neoplasm
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tumor
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benign
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not growing (cancer)
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malignant
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growing (bad) (cancer)
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hyperplasia
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excessive numbers of cells
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hypertrophy
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the individual structure is growing
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atrophy
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the structure is getting smaller
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