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A ______is a group of similar cells that usually have a common embryonic origin and functions together
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tissue
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_______is the science that deals with the study of tissues
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histology
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______the sudy of diease
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pathology
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A______is the removal of a sample i living tissue for a microscopic examination
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biopsy
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______tissue covers body surfaces;lines hollow organs, body cavities and ducts;and forms glands
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Epitheial
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______tissue protects and supports the body and itd organs;binds organs together; stores energy reserves as fat; and provides imminuity
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connective
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_______tissue is reponsible for movement and generation of force
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muscle
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______tissue initiates and transmits action potentials that help coordinate body activities
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nerve
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The points of contact between adjacent plasma membranes are called_______ _____
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cell junction
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______ ______junctions form fluid-tight seals between cells like seals
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Tight
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________junctions fasten cells to one another or to the extracellular material
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anchoring
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_______junctions permit electrical or chemical signals to pass from cell to cell
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gap
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______form firm attachments between cells somewhat like spot weld
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decmosomes
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_____junctions connect microfilaments of cytoskeleton and link cells to one another or anchor cells to extracellular fluid
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omit
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______tissue forms the lining off blood vessel
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epitheial
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Epithelial cells have an______(free) surface which is exposed to the body cavity, lining of an internal organ or the exterior of the body
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Apical
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Epithelial cells have a ______surface which is attached to the basement membrane
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basal
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Epithelial are ______which means without blood vessels.
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avasicular
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The basement membrane of epithelia consists of two layers, the _______lamina and the ______lamina
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basal, reticular
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If epithelial is a sinlge layer it is called______epithelium
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simple
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If the layers are stacked in several layers it is called _____epithelium
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strasified
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_________epithelium has only one layer, however some o the cells do not reach the surface
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Psuedestrafied
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_____cells readily change shape and found when there is a great degree of distension(stretching) in the body
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Transitional
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Simple squamous epithelium that lines the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels and forms the walls of capillaries is known as________
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endotheilium
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____is the production and release by cells of fluid that may contain a variety of substances such as mucus, perspiration,or enzymes
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Secertion
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_____is the in take of fluids or other subsatnces by cells
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Absorbotion
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______are microscopic finger like prjections that serve to increase the surace area of the plasma membrane
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Microvlli
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_______cells secrete mucus that accumulate in the upper half o the cell, causing that area to bulge out
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Goblet
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___is a protein that is waterproof and resistant to friction and helps repel bacteria in epithelial cells
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Keratin
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A_______may consist of one cell or group of highly specialized epithelial cells that secrete sudstances into ducts, onto a surface,or into the blood
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Gland
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_____glands secrete their products into ducts that empty at the surface of covering and lining epithelium or directly ont a free surface
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Exocrine
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______glands accumlate a secretory product in their cytosol
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Holocrine
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_____glands are ductless; their seceretory products eneter the extracellular flud and diffuse into the blood
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Endocrine
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One example of a holocrine gland is a _________(oil) gland of the skin
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sebaceous
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_______glands simplely form the secertory product and discharge it from the cell by exocytosis
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Merocine
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Examples of ______glands are the salivary glands and pancreas
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Merocine
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_______glands accumlate their seceratory product at the apical(free) surface of the secerting cell, and the portion ofthe cell pinches off from the rest; example is the mammary glands
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Aporine
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In connective tissue,______are large, flat, spindle-shaped cells with branching process;they secrete the molcules that form the matrix
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fibroblasts
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______develop from monocytes; have an irregular shape with short branching projections capable of engulfing bacteria and cellular debris by phagoctosis
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Macrophages
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_______cells are abundant along side blood vessels,they produce histamine, a chemical that dilates small blood vessels during inflammation
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Mast
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______contains protein fibers embedded in a fluid, gek of solid ground substance
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Matrix
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________acid is a viscous, slippery substance that binds cells together, lubricates joints, and helps maintain the shape of the eyeballs
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Hyaluronic
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_______is the most abundant protein in your body, representing about 25% of the total protein
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Collagen
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______fibers are smaller than collagen fibers and can be stretched 150% of their relaxed lenght; they are plentiful in the skin, blood vessels and lungs
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Elastic
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___________fibers consist of collagen and a coating if glycoprotein; provide support in the walls of blood vessels, and form a network around fat cells, nerve fibers and muscle fibers
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Reticular
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The embryonic connective tissue found almost exclusively in the embryo is ________;the tissue from which all other connective tissues eventually arise
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mesenchyme
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_______connective tissue is one of the most widely distributed connective tissue in the bidy; it contains several cells, and all three types of fibers , collagen. elastic. and reticular
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Areolar
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Combined with adipose tissue, areolar cnnective tissue forms the_______layer, the layer o tissue that attaches the skin to underlying tissue and organs
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subctaneous
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This tissue is a loose connective tissue in which the cells , called _________are specialized for storage of triglycerides
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adipocytes
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The cells of mature cartilage, called________occur singly or in groups with in spaces
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chondrocytes
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These spaces in which mature cartilage cells are found in are called_____
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lucana
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The surace of cartilage is surrounded by a membrane of dense irregular connective tissue called the __________
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perchondrium
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_______cartilage also called gristle,contains a resilient gel as its ground substance and is the most abundant kind of cartilage in the body
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Hyaline
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______contains chondrocytes scattered among clearly visible bundles of collagen fibers
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Fibrocartilage
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Together cartilage, joints and______tissue comprise the skeletal system
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bone/osseous
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Mature bone is called_____
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osteocytes
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______is a connective tissue with a liquid matrix called plasma
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Blood
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_____is the straw-colored liquid that conatins mostly water
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Plasma
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______functionin transportting oxygen to body cells and removing carbon dioxide from them
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Erthrocytes
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A_______membrane lines a bidy cavity that opens directly to the exterior
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mucus
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A serous membrane contains a areolar connective tissue layer whuch contains two portion, one portion attaches to the cavity wall and is called the ________portion; the other attaches to the cavity wall and is called the_______ portion
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parietal;visceral
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________membranes line the cavities of freely movable joints
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synovial
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These membranes secerte _________ fluid which lubricates the cartilage at the end of bones during their movements and nourishes the cartialge covering the bones at joints
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synovial
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______tissue consists of fibers(cells) that are beautifully constructed to generate force contraction
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Muscle
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______muslce tissue attach to bones, are straited and are voluntary
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Skeltal
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______muscle tissue forms the bulk of the wall of the heart,is involuntary
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Cardiac
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______muscle tissue is located in the walls of hollow internal structures such as blood vessels, airways, the stomach, intestines;are involuntary and non-straited
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Smooth
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_____are highly speciallized cells that convert stimuli into nerve impluse
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Nervous
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In nerve cells that_____ _____ contains the nucleus and other organelles
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cell body
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_______are highly branched , tapered process of the neuron that carries signals toward the cell body
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Dendrities
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______are single,long processes of the cell body that usually conduct nerve impluse away from the cell body
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Axons
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In some cases of tissue repair immature, undifferentiated cells called______cells divide to replace lost or damaged cells
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stem
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The process by which scar tissue is formed is called_____
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fibrosis
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Scar tissue can cause ______ which is the abnormal joining of tissue
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adhesions
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_______is an insoluble protein in a blood clot. that seals the open tissue by hardening into a scab
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Fibrin
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