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29 Cards in this Set
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nervous
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sends and receives messages
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connective
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holds things together and provides structure and support
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muscle
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is a contractile tissue ( a tissue that can shorten itself )
not made of connective tissue |
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epithelium
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covers and lines much of the body
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involuntary
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not under conscious control
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voluntary
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under conscious control
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cardiac
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found in the heart
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smooth
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found in blood vessels and hollow organs
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skeletal
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attached to the bones
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4 types of tissues
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° nervous
° muscle ° epithelial ° connective |
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most abundant tissue type
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epithelial
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which is found in the brain + spinal cord
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nervous
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which provides movement + produces heat?
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muscular
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tissue that has flat + 1 layer thick. What name would be given to it?
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connective
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4 types of membranes
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° serous - moist
° mucous - mucous ° cutaneous - skin ° synovial - joints lines organs |
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types of cell shapes
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° squamous
° cuboidal ° column |
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types of cell arrangements
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° simple
° stratified ° pseudo stratified |
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squamous
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flat and irregularly shaped
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cuboidal
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cube shaped
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column
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tall and thin
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simple
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only one cell layer
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stratified
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several stacked cell layers
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pseudo stratified
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appears to have several layers, but actually does not
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Atherosclerosis, impaired wound healing, and gangrene are all possible complications of:
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diabetes
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college students and military recruits in crowded situations are at higher risk for developing:
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meningitis
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meningitis
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a type of skin cancer with a very high mortality rate
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melanoma
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epithelium tissue arrangement made up of several layers of cells
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squamous
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a cell that is flat or scalelike
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membrane
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a cell that is tall and thin, like a column
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