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18 Cards in this Set
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Epithelial Tissue |
covers exposed surfaces, lines internal passageways and forms glands |
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Connective Tissue |
provides structural support for other tissues, transports materials throughout the body and stores energy reserves |
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Muscle Tissue |
specialized for contraction. includes skeletal muscles of the body. |
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Neural Tissue |
carries information from one part of the body to another in the form of electrical impulses |
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Functions of the Epithelial Tissue |
1. provide physical protection 4. produce specialized secretions
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Cell adhesion molecule (CAMS) |
bind to each other and to extracellular materials |
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Intercellular Cement |
a thin layer of proteoglycans that contain polysaccharide derivatives |
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Hyaluronan |
glycosaminoglycans |
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Cell Junctions |
specialized areas of the plasma membranes that attach a cell to another cell or to extracellular materials |
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Tight Junction |
the lipid portions of the two plasma membranes that are tightly bound together by interlocking membrane proteins |
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Gap Junction |
Two cells are held together by interlocking junctional proteins called connexons |
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Macula adherens / desmosome |
CAMS and proteoglycans link the opposing plasma membranes |
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Germinative Cells |
stem cells, located near the basal lamina in a relatively protective location |
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Simple Squamous Epithelium |
Location: lining of the ventral body cavities; heart and blood vessels, portions of kidney tubules, inner lining or cornea, alveoli of lungs |
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Stratified Squamous Epithelium |
Location: Surface of skin, lining of mouth; throat; esophagus; rectum; anus; vagina |
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium |
Location: glands, ducts, portions of kidney tubules, thyroid gland |
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Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium |
Location: lining of some ducts |
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Transitional Epithelium |
Location: Urinary Bladder, renal pelvis, ureters Function: permits expansion and recoil after stretching |
