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16 Cards in this Set
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What kind of secretion does a salivary gland produce?
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Merocrine secretion
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What kind of secretion does a mammary gland produce?
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Apocrine secretion
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What kind of secretion does the skin produce via sweat?
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Holocrine secretion
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Why is the matrix of bone said to be calcified?
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Because it contains mineral deposits, esp. calcium salts, that give provide rigidity
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What are the 2 types of fluid connective tissue?
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Blood and lymph
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The two types of supporting connective tissues are ________ and ________.
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Cartilage and bone
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What is the first connective tissue to appear in an embryo?
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Mesenchyme
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What tissue is also known as Wharton’s jelly?
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Mucous connective tissue
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What are the 2 connective tissues that can only be found in embroyos?
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Mesenchyme and mucous connective tissue
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Cartilage is avascular; why is it that blood vessels cannot grow into it?
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Because chondrocytes produce a chemical (antiangiogenesis factor) that discourages their formation
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What separates cartilage from surrounding tissues?
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Perichondrium
Peri - around; chondro - cartilage |
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Cartilage grows by what two mechanisms?
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Interstitial growth and appositional growth
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What kind of growth gradually increases the size of cartilage by adding layers to its outer surface?
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Appositional growth
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Identify the the process that enlarges the cartilage from within via cell division.
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Interstitial growth
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Which cartilage growth process begins early in embryonic development and continues through adolescence?
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Interstitial growth
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If an adult suffers severe cartilage damage, what will the cartilage be replaced with?
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Dense fibrous patch
Interstitial nor appositional growth DOES NOT occur in the cartilages of normal adults. |
