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30 Cards in this Set
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Intercellular Junctions |
tightly packed cells |
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Tight Junction |
membranes of adjacent cells converge and fuse |
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Desmosome |
rivets or spot welds |
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Gap Junction |
organs interconnected by tubular channels |
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Epethelial |
covers body surfaces, organs, forms inner lining of body cavities, and lines hollow organs |
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Basement Membrane |
non living layer, anchors epithelium to underlying connective tissue |
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Simple Squamous |
lines air sacs (alveoli), forms capillaries, lines lymph vessels |
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Simple Cuboidal |
lines kidney tubules, cover ovaries, lines follicles of thyroid gland, secretes |
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Simple Columnar |
secretes digestive fluids And absorbs nutrients, have cilia and microvilli |
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Pseudostratified Columnar |
lines respiratory system, secrete mucus |
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Stratified Squamous |
keratin, named for shape of cells, lines oral cavity, vagaina, and anal canal |
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Stratified Cuboidal |
lines lumen, mammary glands, sweat glands salivary glands, and pancreas, forms lining of ovarian follice |
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Stratified Columnar |
found in male urethra and ductus deferens and pharynx |
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Glandular Epithelium |
secrete substances into ducts or into body fluids |
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Merocrine |
release fluid by exocytosis |
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Apocrine |
lose small portions of their glandular cell bodies |
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Holocrine |
release entire cella |
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Fibroblast |
fixed cells, produce fibers by secreting proteins |
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Macrophages |
white blood cells, defense for infection |
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Mast Cell |
prevents blood clotting and release histamine (allergies) |
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Ligaments |
connects bones to bones |
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Tendons |
connect muscles to bones |
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Areolar |
binds skin to underlying organs and fill spaces between muscles |
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Dense Irregular |
found in dermis |
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Hyaline |
founds in ends of bone, respiratory system, development and growth |
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Elastic |
external ears and larynx |
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Fibrocartilage |
intervetebral disk |
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Platelets |
blood clotting |
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RBC |
transport gas |
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Synovial Membrane |
lines joints |
