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39 Cards in this Set
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Epithelial Tissues
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*covers body surface, internal organs, compose glands
*lack blood vessels |
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Simple Squamous Epithelium
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*air sacs of lungs, capillary walls, lining of blood and lymph vessels
*single layer, thin, flattened |
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Simple Cuboidle Epithelium
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*surface of ovaries, linings of kidneys, ducts of certain glands
*single layer, cube shaped |
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Simple Columnar Epithelium
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*lining of uterus, stomach, intestines
*single layer, elongated |
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Pseudostratified Columnar Epithelium
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*linings of resipratory passage
*two or more levels of aligned cells |
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Stratified Squamous Epithelium
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*outer layer of skin, linings of oral cavity, throat, vagina, anal cavity
*thick |
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Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium
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*linings of larger ducts of mammary glands, sweat glands, salivary glands, pancreas
*two or three layers |
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Stratified Columnar Epithelium
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*part of the male urethra, parts of pharynx
*several layers |
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Transitional Epithelium
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*inner lining of urinary bladder, ureters, urethra
*change in response to increased tension |
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Glandular Epithelium
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*salivary glands, sweat glands, endocrine glands
*within columnar or cuboidal |
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Connective Tissue
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*bind structures, stores fat, produce blood cells, repair tissue damage, protect against infections
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Areolar Tissue
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*loose connective tissue
*beneath skin, between muscles, beneath epithelial tissues *delicate, thin |
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Adipose Tissue
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*loose connective tissue
*beneath skin, around kidneys, beneath eyeballs, surface of heart *fat |
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Recticular Connective Tissue
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*walls of liver, spleen
*thin, 3-D network |
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Dense Connective Tissue
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*tendons, ligaments, deeper layers of skin
*closely packed, thick |
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Hyaline Cartilage
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*nose, end of bones, rings in the walls of respiratory passage
*very fine |
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Elastic Cartilage
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*framework of external; ear, parts of larynx
*flexible |
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Fibrocartilage
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*between bony parts of spinal column, parts of pelvis girdle and knee
*very tough |
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Bone
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*skeleton
*most rigid connective tissue |
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Blood
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*throughout body
*transports materials |
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Muscle Tissue
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*bones, walls of hollow internal organs, heart
*3 types |
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Skeletal Muscle Tissue
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*attached to bones
*voluntary *long, thread like, striated |
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Smooth Muscle Tissue
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*walls of hollow internal organs
*non striated, involuntary |
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Cardiac Muscle Tissue
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*heart
*striated and branched |
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Nervous Tissue
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*brain, spinal cord, nerves
*cells communicate with each other and other body parts |
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Fibroblasts
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*connective tissue component
*produce fibers *large, star shaped |
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Macrophages
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*connective tissue component
*carry on phagocytosis |
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Mast Cells
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*connective tissue component
*secret heparin and histamine |
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Collagenous Tissue Fiber
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*hold structures together with great tensile strength
*thick threads of protein |
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Elastic Tissue Fiber
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*stretch easily
*yellow fibers |
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Reticular Tissue Fiber
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*lend delicate support
*very thin |
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Merocrine Gland
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*salivary, pancreas, sweat glands
*release fluid by exocytosis |
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Apocrine Gland
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*mammary, ceruminous glands
*loose portions of cells during secretion |
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Holocrine Gland
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*sebaceous Glands
*release entire cells |
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Epithelial Membrane
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*thin sheet like structures
*cover body surface, lines body cavities |
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Serous Membrane
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*thorax, abdomien
*line body cavities that lack opening to the outside *secrets watery serous fluid |
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Mucous Membrane
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*lines cavities and tubes that open to the outside
*oral, nasal, digestive, urinary, respiratory, reproductive *goblet cells secret mucous |
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Cutaneous Membrane
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*the skin
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Synovial Membrane
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*lines joints
*composed of connective tissue |
