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