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19 Cards in this Set
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Cells arrange together to form _______
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tissues
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What are the five primary tissue types?
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Connective tissue, blood, muscle tissue, epithelial (cells that line the surfaces throughout the body) tissue, nervous tissue
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What is a tissue?
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An aggregate of cells in an organism that have similar structure and function.
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What are the two major components of multicellular living systems?
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Cells and the extracellular matrix (ECM)
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What are the two components of the ECM?
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Fibres (visible by microscope)
Non-fibrous network of complex molecules that BIND TISSUE FLUIDS |
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What tissue group does ECM belong to?
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Connective tissue
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What are the two major contributions to difference between body structures?
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The properties of their cells AS WELL AS the composition of the ECM
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Tissues often arrange themelves in layers. Give two examples
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Wall of a blood vessel, gut wall
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What is found underneath epithelia?
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Connective tissue
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Blood vessels and nerves travel in __________ tissue
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connective
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Connective tissue is everywhere...apart from:
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CNS and epithelial sheets
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Where do blood vessels and nerves travel?
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In connective tissue
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Where is CT not present?
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CNS and epithelial sheets
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Where is CT found?
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Under epithelia
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What is ordinary connective tissue made from?
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ECM and fibroblasts
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What is a fibroblast?
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A type of cell that synthesizes the extracellular matrix and collagen
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What are the two types of tissue?
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Simple and Compound/mosaic
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Give two examples of simple tissue
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Blood and cartilage
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What are the two ways tissues are maintained?
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Through durable cells, or short lived cells that are constantly replaced
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