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DEFINE THE TERM TISSUE |
A GROUP OF SIMILAR CELLS THAT USUALLY HAVE A COMMON EMBRYONIC ORIGIN AND FUNCTION TO CARRY OUT SPECIALIZED ACTIVITIES |
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NAME THE FOUR BASIC TYPES OF TISSUES |
1. EPITHELIAL 2. CONNECTIVE 3. MUSCLE 4. NERVOUS |
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WHAT ARE CELL JUNCTIONS |
CELL JUNCTIONS ARE POINTS OF CONTACT AMONG CELLS BETWEEN THE PLASMA MEMBRANES OF TISSUE CELLS |
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TIGHT JUNCTIONS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
TIGHT JUNCTIONS ARE A NETWORK OF PROTEINS THAT FUSE THE SURFACES OF CELL MEMBRANES TOGETHER --WATER TIGHT --LINES THE PLACES LIKE THE STOMACH, BLADDER, AND INTESTINES BECAUSE IT SLOWS DOWN THE PASSAGE OF SUBSTANCES BETWEEN CELLS AND THUS PREVENTS THE CONTENTS OF ORGANS FROM LEAKING INTO THE BLOOD |
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ADHERENCE JUNCTIONS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
CONTAIN PLAQUE A DENSE LAYER OF PROTEINS ON THE INSIDE OF THE PLASMA MEMBRANE THAT ATTACHES TO BOTH MEMBRANE PROTEINS AND TO MICROFILAMENTS OF THE CYTOSKELETON --A PROTEIN PLAQUE OR BELT WITHIN THE CELL THAT ANCHORS THE TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS |
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DESMOSOMES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
A PLAQUE OF PROTEINS ANCHOR TRANSMEMBRANE PROTEINS AND HAS INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS THAT PROVIDE STRONG ANCHOR SUPPORT --FOUND IN OUTER SKIN LINING, CARDIAC LINING BECAUSE IT'S A STRONG AND STABLE CONNECTION |
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HEMIDESMOSOMES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
A STRONG CONNECTION BETWEEN THE CELLS AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE ESSENTIALLY HALF OF A DESMOSOME BECAUSE IT CONNECTS A CELL WITH THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE, USUALLY JUST A BASEMENT MEMBRANE. CELL TO CONNECTIVE TISSUE CONNECTION |
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GAP JUNCTIONS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
SMALL PASSAGES BETWEEN ONE CELL TO ANOTHER FORMED BY PROTEINS, SO SMALL THAT ONLY IONS CAN PASS --ALLOWS FOR CHEMICAL/ELECTRICAL SIGNALS TO PASS EASILY BETWEEN CELLS AND HELPS THE MASS OF CELLS FUNCTION AS A UNIT |
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WHAT ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE? |
1. SHEETS OF DENSELY PACKED CELLS IN ONE OR MORE LAYERS 2. LITTLE EXTRACELLULAR SPACE BETWEEN PLASMA MEMBRANES OF ADJACENT CELLS 3. AVASCULAR 4. DEPENDS OF DIFFUSION 5. SUPPORTED BY BASEMENT MEMBRANE'S TWO LAYERS 6. MITOTIC 7. SENSORY ORGANS ALONG WITH NERVOUS TISSUE |
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WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE? |
1. SELECTIVE BARRIERS THAT LIMIT OR AID THE TRANSFER OF SUBSTANCES 2. SECRETORY SURFACES THAT RELEASE PRODUCTS 3. PROTECTIVE SURFACES THAT RESIST ABRASIVE INFLUENCES OF THE ENVIRONMENT 4. ABSORPTION |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF SURFACES FOR A CELL? |
1. BASAL 2. APICAL 3. LATERAL |
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WHAT ROLE DOES THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE PLAY IN EPITHELIAL TISSUE? |
IT SUPPORTS THE EPITHELIAL TISSUE. IT HAS TWO LAYERS: 1. BASAL LAMINA--CLOSER TO AND SECRETED BY EPITHELIAL CELLS. CONTAINS PROTEINS SUCH AS LAMININ AND COLLAGEN AS WELL AS GLYCOPROTEINS 2. RETICULAR LAMINA--CLOSER TO THE UNDERLYING CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND CONTAINS PROTEINS SUCH AS COLLAGEN PRODUCED BY CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS CALLED FIBROBLASTS |
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THREE FUNCTIONS OF BASEMENT MEMBRANES |
1. FORMING A SURFACE ALONG WHICH EPITHELIAL CELLS MIGRATE DURING GROWTH OR WOUND HEALING 2. RESTRICT PASSAGE OF LARGER MOLECULES BETWEEN EPITHELIUM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE 3. PARTICIPATE IN FILTRATION OF BLOOD IN THE KIDNEYS |
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THE TYPE OF TISSUE FOUND UNDER THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE |
CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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WHAT SPECIAL ORGANS ARE FORMED WHEN EPITHELIAL TISSUE COMBINES WITH NERVOUS TISSUE? |
THE SENSORY ORGANS |
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THE TWO TYPES OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE
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1. LINING/COVERING EPITHELIUM 2. GLANDULAR EPITHELIUM |
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LINING/COVERING EPITHELIUM AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
THESE FORM THE OUTER COVERING OF THE SKIN AND SOME INTERNAL ORGANS --FORMS INNER LINING OF BLOOD VESSELS, DUCTS, AND BODY CAVITIES --FORMS INTERIOR OF RESPIRATORY, DIGESTIVE, URINARY, AND REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS |
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GLANDULAR EPITHELIUM AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
MAKES UP THE SECRETING PORTION OF GLANDS SUCH AS THE THYROID GLAND, ADRENAL GLAND, AND SWEAT GLANDS |
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CLASSIFICATION OF EPITHELIAL TISSUE IS BASED ON WHAT TWO CHARACTERISTICS? |
1. NUMBER OF CELL LAYERS 2. CELL SHAPES |
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CELL SHAPES? |
1. SQUAMOUS = FLAT AND THIN/RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAPID TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL, SECRETION AND ABSORPTION 2. CUBOIDAL = CUBE-SHAPED/RESPONSIBLE FOR SECRETION AND ABSORPTION 3. COLUMNAR = TALL AND CYLINDRICAL/SECRETION AND ABSORPTION, AND ADDED FUNCTION OF PROTECTION BECAUSE OF THE TIGHT JUNCTIONS 4. TRANSITIONAL = CAN CHANGE SHAPE/FUNCTION IS THAT IT CAN CHANGE SHAPE ACCORDING TO THE NEED OF THE ORGAN |
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS OF CELLS IN EPITHELIAL TISSUE? |
CELLS CAN BE EITHER: --SIMPLE: ONE LAYER/ALLOWS DIFFUSION, EASY FILTRATION/SECRETION/ABSORPTION --STRATIFIED: MULTIPLE LAYERS/ALLOWS FOR PROTECTION --PSEUDOSTRATIFIED: REALLY ONLY ONE LAYER BUT APPEARS AS MULTIPLE. |
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SIMPLE SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--A SINGLE LAYER OF FLAT CELLS --NUCLEUS IS OVAL-SHAPED AND CENTRALLY LOCATED --PRESENT FOR SITE OF FILTRATION, DIFFUSION, AND SECRETION ARE NECESSARY --LOCATED LINING THE BLOOD VESSELS, LUNGS, AND LINING SEROUS MEMBRANES |
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SIMPLE CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--CELL NUCLEUS IS ROUNDED AND CENTRALLY LOCATED, VERY BIG --FUNCTIONS ARE FOR SECRETION AND ABSORPTION --FOUND ON THE SURFACE OF OVARIES, THE THYROID GLAND, PANCREAS, KIDNEYS |
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SIMPLE COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--TALLER THAN THEY ARE WIDE --OVAL NUCLEI ARE NEAR THE BASAL SURFACE --APPEARS AS EITHER CILIATED OR NONCILIATED --FOUND IN THE GI TRACT, FALLOPIAN TUBES, AND IN THE GALLBLADDER (NONCILIATED) |
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STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERSTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--CELLS ON THE APICAL SURFACE ARE FLAT BUT ON THE BASAL SURFACE CAN BE ROUNDED OR CUBOIDAL --EXIST AS EITHER KERATINIZED OR NON-KERATINIZED --FUNCTION FOR PROTECTION --FOUND IN MOUTH, TONGUE, VAGINA, ESOPHAGUS |
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STRATIFIED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--FUNCTION IS PROTECTION AND SECRETION --FOUND IN THE ESOPHAGEAL GLAND --PRETTY RARE |
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STRATIFIED CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--FUNCTION IS PROTECTION AND SECRETION AND ABSORPTION
--LOCATED IN SWEAT GLANDS, THE MALE URETHRA, AND SOME ESOPHAGEAL GLANDS |
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TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--IN RELAXED STATE IT LOOKS LIKE STRATIFIED CUBOIDAL CELLS BUT THE CELLS IN THE APICAL LAYER TEND TO BULGE AND LOOK LARGER AND ROUNDER. --FOUND IN THE URINARY SYSTEM LIKE THE URETERS AND URETHRA --FUNCTION IS FOR DISTENTION |
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PSEUDOSTRATIFIED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
--APPEARS TO HAVE SEVERAL LAYERS BUT ALL THE CELLS ARE ATTACHED TO THE BASEMENT MEMBRANE IN A SINGLE LAYER AND SOME CELLS DO NOT EXTEND TO THE APICAL SURFACE --UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT LIKE NASAL CAVITY, THROAT, AND TRACHEA |
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DEFINE A GLAND |
GLANDS ARE ONE OR MORE SPECIALIZED CELLS THAT SECRETE SUBSTANCES INTO DUCTS OR ONTO SURFACES OR INTO THE BLOOD |
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DEFINE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ENDOCRINE GLAND AND AN EXOCRINE GLAND |
ENDOCRINE GLAND -- SECRETES INTO THE BLOODSTREAM OR INTERSTITIAL FLUID EXOCRINE GLAND--SECRETES INTO A DUCT |
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WHAT IS THE MOST ABUNDANT AND WIDELY DISTRIBUTED TYPE OF TISSUE IN THE BODY? |
CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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DESCRIBE THE GENERAL FEATURES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
COMPOSED OF CELLS AND THE MATRIX |
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WHAT DOES THE MATRIX CONSIST OF? |
THE MATRIX IS COMPOSED OF FIBERS AND GROUND SUBSTANCE |
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DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CELLS THAT END IN THE "BLAST" AND "CYTE" SUFFIX SUCH AS FIBROBLASTS AND FIBROCYTES |
IMMATURE CELLS WILL END IN BLASTS SO FIBROBLASTS ARE IMMATURE CELLS THAT CAN UNDERGO CELL DIVISION AND STILL PRODUCES/SECRETES THE MATRIX |
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NAME THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CELLS FOUND WITHIN CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
1. FIBROBLASTS 2. MACROPHAGES 3. PLASMA CELLS 4. MAST CELLS 5. ADIPOCYTES 5. WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
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WHAT ARE FIBROBLASTS |
A TYPE OF CELL THAT LIVES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT ARE LARGE AND FLAT WITH BRANCHING PROCESSES, USUALLY THE MOST NUMEROUS AND FOUND IN ALL GENERAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE. SECRETES FIBERS AND GROUND SUBSTANCES |
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WHAT ARE MACROPHAGES |
THESE ARE A TYPE OF CELL THAT LIVES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT EAT FOREIGN OBJECTS AND DAMAGED CELLS OF THE BODY. THESE DEVELOP FROM A TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL. |
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WHAT ARE PLASMA CELLS |
THESE ARE A TYPE OF CELL THAT LIVE IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT DEVELOP FROM A TYPE OF WHITE BLOOD CELL CALLED A B-CELL AND PRODUCES ANTIBODIES, OR PROTEINS THAT ATTACK OR NEUTRALIZE FOREIGN SUBSTANCES IN THE BODY |
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WHAT ARE MAST CELLS |
THESE ARE A TYPE OF CELL THAT LIVE IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT PRODUCE HISTAMINES, A CHEMICAL THAT CAUSES INFLAMMATION IN ACCORDANCE TO THE BODY'S REACTIONS TO INJURY OR INFECTION |
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WHAT ARE ADIPOCYTES |
A TYPE OF CELL THAT LIVES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE ALSO CALLED FAT CELLS, THESE STORE TRIGYLCERIDES AS THE BODY'S MAIN SOURCE OF STORED ENERGY |
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WHAT ARE WHITE BLOOD CELLS |
THESE ARE A TYPE OF CELL THAT LIVES IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE THAT ARE NOT FOUND IN NORMAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE BUT INSTEAD ARE FOUND IN BLOOD AND CAN MIGRATE INTO NEIGHBORING CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
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WHAT IS GROUND SUBSTANCE AND WHAT FUNCTION DOES IT PERFORM IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE? |
GROUND SUBSTANCE IS A PART OF THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE'S MATRIX AND IS THE SUBSTANCE THAT TRANSFERS MOLECULES OF NUTRIENTS AND WASTE AND IS A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE --PLAY A ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT AND MIGRATION AND DETERMINES SHAPE AND PROLIFERATION --MADE UP OF A COMPLEX COMBINATION OF POLYSACCHARIDES AND PROTEINS |
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WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FIBERS FOUND IN CONNECTIVE TISSUE? |
THERE ARE THREE TYPES: 1. RETICULAR 2. COLLAGEN 3. ELASTIC |
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WHAT ARE RETICULAR FIBERS AND WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR? |
THESE ARE COLLAGEN FIBERS WITH A GLYCOPROTEIN COAT AND LOOK LIKE TANGLES THAT ALLOW FOR A NETWORK OF STRUCTURE AND FLUID MOBILITY --EXAMPLE OF INSIDE LYMPH NODES THAT ALLOWS FOR STORAGE OF IMMUNE SYSTEM CELLS AND HELPS RETAIN SHAPE |
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WHAT ARE COLLAGEN FIBERS AND WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR? |
THIS IS THE MOST ABUNDANT FIBER AND MOST ABUNDANT PROTEIN IN THE BODY --VERY STRONG FIBER THAT RESISTS PULLING IN ONE DIRECTION --ALSO RELATIVELY FLEXIBLE |
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WHAT ARE ELASTIC FIBERS AND WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR? |
ELASTIC FIBERS ARE ALSO STRONG BUT STRETCHABLE AS IN ABOUT 150% OF ITS RESTING STATE --ALSO ARE ABLE TO SNAP BACK TO NORMAL LENGTH --WALLS OF MAJOR BLOOD VESSELS HAVE ELASTIC FIBERS BECAUSE OF STRETCHING PROPERTIES |
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AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATION |
--A TYPE OF LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE --MOST WIDELY DISTRIBUTED --HAS ALL THREE FIBER TYPES --ALL SEVERAL CELL TYPES --GROUND SUBSTANCE: SEMIFLUID --LOCATED IN THE SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER OF THE SKIN AND THE LAMINA PROPRIA OF MUCUOS MEMBRANE; SURROUNDS BODY ORGANS |
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ADIPOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATION |
--A TYPE OF LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE --FUNCTIONS INCLUDE INSULATION, ENERGY STORAGE, PROTECTION OF ORGANS, AND GENERATES HEAT LOCATED IN THE SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER OF SKIN AND AROUND HEART AND KIDNEYS AS WELL AS IN YELLOW BONE MARROW |
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DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATION |
--COMPOSED OF DENSE BUNDLES OF COLLAGEN FIBERS ARRANGED IN PARALLEL FASHION PROVIDING A STRONG ATTACHMENT POINT FOR TISSUES --LOCATED IN TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS |
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DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATION |
COMPOSED OF COLLAGEN FIBERS IN A RANDOM ARRANGEMENT THAT MOVE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WHICH ALLOWS FOR STRENGTH IN MULTIPLE AREAS --FUNCTIONS ARE STRENGTH IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS --LOCATED IN PERIOSTEUM OF BONES, PERICONDRIUM AND JOINT CAPSULES |
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ELASTIC CONNECTIVE TISSUE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATION |
A TYPE OF DENSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE --FIBERS LOOK CURLY WHEN NOT STRETCHED --FUNCTION: ALLOWS FOR STRETCHING LOCATED IN LUNGS, TRACHEA, BRONCHIAL TUBES, AND MAJOR ARTERIES |
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CARTILAGE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATION |
--A DENSE NETWORK OF BOTH COLLAGEN AND ELASTIC FIBERS --THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CARTILAGE: 1. HYALINE 2. ELASTIC 3. FIBROCARTILAGE |
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HYALINE CARTILAGE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
PRODUCES SURFACE FOR MOVEMENT, FLEXIBILITY AND SUPPORT --FOUND IN NOSE, ENDS OF RIBS, ENDS OF LONG BONES, LARYNX |
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FIBROCARTILAGE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
STRONGEST TYPE OF CARTILAGE BECAUSE ITS INCREASE OF COLLAGEN FIBERS AND PROVIDES SUPPORT, STRENGTH, AND RIGIDITY --FOUND IN PUBIC SYMPHYSIS AND INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS |
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ELASTIC CARTILAGE AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS |
FORMED FROM DENSE ELASTIC FIBERS AND PROVIDES SUPPORT AS WELL AS FLEXIBILITY FOUND IN THE EARS AND EPIGLOTTIS |
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BLOOD AND ITS CHARACTERISTICS AS CONNECTIVE TISSUE |
BLOOD IS CONSIDERED TO BE CONNECTIVE TISSUE. --PLASMA = GROUND SUBSTANCE --FORMED ELEMENTS = FIBERS WHICH ARE RED AND WHITE BLOOD CELLS, AND PLATELETS |
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NAME THREE TYPES OF MUSCLE TISSUE |
1. SKELETAL 2. SMOOTH 3. CARDIAC |
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BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SKELETAL MUSCLE TISSUE |
NAMED AFTER ITS LOCATION --KNOWN FOR STRIATION --MULTIPLE NUCLEI --CONSIDERED TO BE VOLUNTARY BECAUSE IT CAN BE MOVED WITH CONSCIOUS CONTROL |
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BRIEFLY DESCRIBE CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE |
NAMED FROM WHERE IT IS, FORMING MOST OF THE WALL OF THE HEART --STRIATED --INVOLUNTARY BECAUSE WE CANNOT CONTROL HEART CONTRACTIONS --CONNECTED TOGETHER THROUGH INTERCALATED DISCS WHICH CONTAIN DESMOSOMES AND GAP JUNCTIONS. --GAP JUNCTIONS HELP WITH RAPID SIGNAL TRANSMISSION FOR ACTION POTENTIALS |
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BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SMOOTH MUSCLE TISSUE |
FOUND IN THE WALLS OF HOLLOW INTERNAL STRUCTURES LIKE BLOOD VESSELS, AIRWAY TO LUNGS, STOMACH, INTESTINES, GALLBLADDER, AND URINARY BLADDER. --NONSTRIATED --CONSIDERED TO BE INVOLUNTARY --MUSCLE FIBERS ARE SPINDLE SHAPED AND HAVE ONE NUCLEI --CONNECTED BY GAP JUNCTIONS |
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WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF CELLS FOUND IN NERVOUS TISSUE? |
NEURONS AND NEUROGLIA |
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DEFINE WHAT A MEMBRANE IS |
MEMBRANES ARE FLAT SHEETS OF PLIABLE TISSUE THAT COVER OR LINE A PART OF THE BODY. |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE PRINCIPLE TYPES OF MEMBRANES IN THE BODY? |
1. SEROUS 2. MUCOUS 3. SYNOVIAL |
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MUCUOUS MEMBRANES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
LINES A BODY CAVITY THAT OPENS DIRECTLY TO THE EXTERIOR. LINES THE ENTIRE DIGESTIVE, RESPIRATORY AND REPRODUCTIVE TRACTS, AND MUCH OF THE URINARY TRACT |
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SEROUS MEMBRANES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
LINES A BODY CAVITY THAT IS NOT DIRECTLY OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR AND COVERS ORGANS THAT ARE WITHIN THE CAVITY --CONSISTS OF AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE SURROUNDED BY EPITHELIUM --THE MESOTHELIUM SECRETES SEROUS FLUID |
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SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS |
LINES STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOT OPEN TO THE EXTERIOR AND HAS TO DO WITH PLACES WHERE THERE IS BONE TO BONE INTERACTION. --COMPOSED OF SYNOVIOCYTES WHICH SECRETE SYNOVIAL FLUID. |
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WHAT IS THE MEMBRANE CALLED IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY, HEART CAVITY, AND ABDOMINAL CAVITY? |
1. PLEURA 2. PERICARDIUM 3. PERITONEUM |
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WHAT IS SEROUS FLUID AND WHAT FUNCTIONS DOES IT PERFORM |
SEROUS FLUID IS A LUBRICANT THAT HELPS AGAINST FRICTION AND AIDS IN MOVEMENT OF ORGANS |
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WHERE ARE THE SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES FOUND? |
SURROUNDING MOVEABLE JOINTS AND JOINTS OF LONG BONES |
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DO SYNOVIAL MEMBRANES CONTAIN EPITHELIUM? |
NO, THEY ARE COMPOSED OF SYNOVIOCYTES AND A LAYER OF AREOLAR AND ADIPOSE TISSUE |
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF SYNOVIAL FLUID? |
LUBRICATES AND NOURISHES THE CARTILAGE COVERING BONES AND CONTAINS MACROPHAGES THAT REMOVE MICROBES AND DEBRIS FROM THE JOINT CAVITY |
