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forms mucus serous and epidermal membranes
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epithelium
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most widely distributed tissue type in body
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epithelium
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produce a lubricating mucus. often present in simple columnar epithelium
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goblet cells
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single layer of tall cells that fit closely together
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simple columnar epithelium
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epithelial membranes that line body cavities open to the body exterior
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mucosae or mucous membranes
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structureless material secreted by cells
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basement membrane
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most concerned with absoroption secretion and filtration
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simple epithelia
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slick membranes that line the ventral body cavity and cover the organs in that cavity
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serous membranes or serosae
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rest on a basement membrane
some cells are shorter than others |
pseudostratified columnar epithelium
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consists of several layers and most common stratified epithelium in the body
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stratified columnar epithelium
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highly modified stratified squamous epithelium that forms the lining of only few organs urinary
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transitional
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consists of one or more cells that make and secrete a particular product
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a gland
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products made in a gland
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secretion
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lose their connection to the surface often called ductless glands
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endocrine glands
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retain their ducts and secretions empty through the ducts to the epithelial surface
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exocrine glands
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connects body parts found everywhere in the body
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connective tissue
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good blood supply
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vascularized
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nonliving substances found outside the cells in connective tissues
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extracellular matrix
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bone, composed of bone cells sitting in cavities called lucanae surrounded by layers of hard matrix
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osseous
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most widespread cartilage has abundant collagen fibers
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hyaline cartilage
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forms cushion like disks between the vertebrae of the spinal column
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fibrocartilage
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found where a structure with elasticity is desired
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elastic cartilage
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collagen fibers as its main matrix element
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dense connective tissue or dense fibrous tissue
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crowded between the collagen fibers that manufacture the fibers
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fibroblasts
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attach skeletal muscles to bones
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tendons
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connect bones to bones at joints
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ligaments
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widely dist. connective tissue variety in the body, is a soft, pliable tissue
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areolar tissue
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when a body region is inflamed swells and becomes puffy a condition called...
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edema
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fat tissue
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adipose tissue
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consists of a delicate network of interwoven reticular fibers
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reticular connective tissue
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considered a connective tissue
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blood
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highly specialized to contract to produce movement
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muscle tissues
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packaged by connective tissue sheets into organs called...
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skeletal muscle
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found only in the heart
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cardiac muscle
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junctions that branching cells fit tightly together in
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intercalated disks
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no striations are visible have single nucleus and are spindle shaped
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smooth or visceral muscle
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two major functional characteristics
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irratibility and conductivity
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insulate and support or protect the delicate neurons, make up the structures of the nervous system
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supporting cells
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replacement of destroted tissue by the same kind of cells
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regeneration
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repair by dense connective tissue
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fibrosis
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Allows fluid rich in clotting proteins and other substances to seep into the injured area from the bloodstream
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Capillaries become permeable
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A delicate pink tissue composed of new capillaries that grow into the damaged area from undamaged blood vessels
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Granulation tissue forms
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An abnormal mass of proliferating cells
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Neoplasm
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Body tissues enlarge because there is some local irritant or condition that stimulates the cells
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Hyperplasia
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Decrease in size
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Atrophy
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Bone hyaline cartilage finrocartilage dense fibrous areolar adipose
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Connective tissues
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Consist of two or more cell layers considerably durable
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Stratified epithelia
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Fit closely together to form continuous sheets
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Epithelial cells
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Group of cells that are similar in structure and function
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Tissues
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Transfer of Information from DNAs base sequence into the complementary base sequence of mRNA
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Transcription
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