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98 Cards in this Set
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What type of muscle is related to the heart?
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What type of muscle is found all over, but primarily in the small are large intestines?
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Smooth Muscle |
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What type of muscle is related to all muscles that deal with the skeleton?
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Skeletal Muscle |
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Name the correct order of these five items from smallest to largest: Organ system, Cells, Organs, Organism, Tissues
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Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems, Organisms |
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How many cells are in the human body? |
Over 75 trillion cells |
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What are the four types of tissues? |
2. Connective 3. Neural 4. Muscular |
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What are the eight tissues subtypes for epithelial tissue?
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Simple squamous, stratified squamous, simple cuboidal, stratified cuboidal, simple columnar, stratified columnar, psuedostratified columnar, transitional |
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What is the cell type for simple squamous? |
Squamous |
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What is the cell type for stratified squamous? |
Squamous
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What is the cell type for simple cuboidal?
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Cuboidal |
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What is the cell type for stratified cuboidal? |
Cuboidal
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What is the cell type for simple columnar?
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What is the cell type for stratified columnar? |
Columnar |
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What is the cell type for puedostraified columnar? |
Columnar |
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What is the cell type for transitional? |
Squamous or cuboidal |
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What is the definition of a tissue?
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Tissues are collections of cells and cell products that perform specific, limited functions |
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How would you classify squamous epithelia?
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Thin and flat |
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How would you classify cuboidal epithelia?
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Square shaped
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How would you classify columnar epithelia?
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tall, slender rectangles |
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How would you classify simple epithelium? |
Single layer of cells |
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How would you classify stratified epithelium? |
Several layers of cells
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Where could you expect to find stratified squamous cells?
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Skin, mouth, and esophagus
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What is the function of stratified squamous cells?
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Physical protection |
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Where could you expect to find simple cuboidal cells?
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Glands, urinary tubes, kidney tubes |
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What is the function of simple cuboidal cells?
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Protection, secretion, absorption |
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Where could you expect to find simple squamous cells?
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Capillaries and alveoli |
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What is the function of simple squamous cells?
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Physical protection |
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Where could you expect to find stratified cuboidal cells?
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In the male urethra
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What is the function of stratified cuboidal cells?
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Protection, secretion, absorption |
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Where could you expect to find simple columnar cells?
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Trachea, small intestine, uterine tubes |
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What is the function of simple columnar cells?
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Protection, secretion, absorption |
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Where could you expect to find stratified columnar cells?
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Parts of the male urethra
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What is the function of stratified columnar cells?
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Protection
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What is psuedostratified epithelial tissue?
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One layer of cells with nuclei at different heights |
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Where could you expect to find psuedostratified columnar cells?
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Non-ciliated: Ductus Deferens |
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What is transitional epithelial tissue?
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It repeatedly stretches and recoils and returns to normal shape without damage |
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Where could you expect to find transitional epithelial cells?
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Only in the bladder |
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Epithelial tissue definition
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Cells that make up the inside or outside lining of an organ |
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Muscle tissue definition
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Cells that have ability to contract and relax |
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Connective tissue definition
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Cells that have some sort of matrix |
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Neural tissue definition |
Cells that have ability to transmit an impulse and are associated with the brain and spinal cord |
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What is the cell type for skeletal muscle tissue?
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Muscle fibers |
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What is the cell type for smooth muscle tissue?
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Myocyte |
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What is the cell type for cardiac muscle tissue? |
Myocyte or cardiocyte |
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Name two characteristics of how skeletal muscle tissue appears to our eyes
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looks like burnt bacon, has striations |
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Where could you expect to find skeletal muscle cells?
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In arm muscles and leg muscles |
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Skeletal muscles have what type of contractions?
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Voluntary contractions |
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Name two characteristics of how cardiac muscle tissue appears to the eyes
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contain intercalated discs, striations
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Where could you expect to find cardiac muscle cells?
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Only in the heart |
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Cardiac muscles have what type of contraction?
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Rhythmic contractions |
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Name two characteristics of how smooth muscle tissue appears to our eyes
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Cell and nucleus are spindle shaped, no striations
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Where could you expect to find smooth muscle cells
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sphincters, myometrium of uterus, and walls of blood vessels |
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Smooth muscles have what type of contraction? |
Involuntary contraction |
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What three tissue subtypes are within muscular tissue?
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Skeletal, smooth, cardiac |
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What two tissue subtypes are within neural tissue? |
neural and neural (annoying right?) |
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What are the two different cells types within both neural tissue subtypes? |
1. Neuron 2. Glial |
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What is the main part of the neuron called?
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Soma |
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What are the branches off of the soma?
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The longer branches are axons and the shorter branches are dendrites |
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Where could you expect to find neurons?
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Within the brain and the nerves |
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What is the function of a neuron? |
Conducts impulses |
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Where could you expect to find glial cells?
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Surrounds the neuron |
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What is the function of glial cells?
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Provides protection for the neurons |
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What is contained in the central nervous system?
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Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia |
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What is the function of the astrocyte?
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Forms connections between neurons and blood vessels
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What is the function of the microglia?
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Defends against pathogens |
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What is the function of oligodendrocytes? |
Myelinates the central nervous system axons |
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What does the peripheral nervous system deal with?
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Cranial and spinal nerves |
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What is contained in the peripheral nervous system?
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What is the function of satellite cells? |
Protect the somas |
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What is the function of neurolemmocytes or Schwann cells? |
Myelinate the peripheral nervous system
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What are the eight tissue subtypes within connective tissue?
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Adipose, areolar, reticular, dense regular, dense irregular, blood, cartilage, bone |
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Adipose tissue is what cell type?
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Adipocytes |
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Areolar tissue is what cell type? |
Fibroblast |
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Reticular tissue is what cell type? |
Fibroblast |
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Dense regular tissue is what cell type?
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Fibroblast
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Dense irregular tissue is what cell type? |
Fibroblast
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Blood tissue is what cell type?
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Erythrocytes, leukocytes, thrombocytes |
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Cartilage tissue is what cell type? |
Chrondocytes |
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Bone tissue is what cell type? |
Osteocytes |
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What are the four types of matrix in connective tissue?
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Fiber matrix, Liquid matrix, Gel matrix, Solid matrix |
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What types of tissue are in the fiber matrix?
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Loose connective and dense connective |
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What is a loose connective tissue example?
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Areolar, adipose, reticular
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What is a dense connective tissue example?
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Dense |
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What is a gel matric example?
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Cartilage |
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What is a solid matric example? |
Bone |
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What is a liquid matrix example? |
Blood |
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What is a physical characteristic of areolar tissue?
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thin, hair-like fibers |
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Where could you expect to find areolar tissue?
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Between skin and muscles |
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What is the function of areolar tissue? |
Physical attachment of skin to muscle |
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What is a physical characteristic of adipose tissue?
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Appear empty but contain a lipid molecule
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Where could you expect to find adipose tissue? |
Found deep to the skin, around organs, and breasts |
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What is the function of adipose tissue? |
Helps with insulation, padding, cushion |
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What is a physical characteristic of reticular tissue?
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Short and dark fibers |
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Where could you expect to find reticular tissue?
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Liver, spleen, appendix, tonsils, lymph nodes |
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What is the function of reticular tissue? |
Makes up the framework of organs
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What is a physical characteristic of dense tissue?
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Usually parallel fibers |
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Where could you expect to find dense tissue?
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ligaments, tendons, aponeurosis(connects muscle to muscle) |
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