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Compartmentation: Cells And Tissues Flashcards

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What are the basic functional unit of living organisms, and that can carry out all the processes of life?

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Cells

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What are the three major cavities that the body is anatomically divided into?

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Cranial cavity
Thoracic cavity
Abdominopelvic cavity

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The cranial cavity contains what?

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The cranial cavity contains the brain, our primary control center.

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What does the thoracic cavity contain?

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The thoracic cavity contains the heart, which is enclosed in a membranous pericardial sac, and the two lungs, enclosed in a separate pleural sac.

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The abdomen and pelvis form one continuous cavity, the abdominopelvic cavity, which contains what?

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Stomach, intestines, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and spleen.

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What is the tissue that lines the abdomen?

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The peritoneum lines the abdomen and surrounds the organs within it.

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What organs are not found in the abdominopelvic cavity?

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The kidneys lie outside the abdominal cavity, between the peritoneum and the muscles if the back.

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What is the location of Simple Squamous Ept?

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Lung alveoli, the blood vessel wall, the lining of the heart, the kidney glomeruli, and the corpuscles

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What is the Function of Simple Squamous Ept?

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Diffusion & filtration

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Where is the location of Stratified Squamous Ept?

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Esophagus, and the vagina

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What is the function of Stratified squamous Ept?

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Protection

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Where is the location of Simple Cuboidal Ept?

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Kidney tubules, ducts of small glands, ovary surface

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What is the function of Simple Cuboidal Ept?

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Absorption & secretion

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Where is the location of Pseudostratified ciliated columnar Ept?

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Trachea, Lung bronchus

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What is the function of Pseudostratified ciliated columnar?

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Secretion and propulsion of mucus up and out of the respiratory tract

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Where is the location of Transitional Ept?

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Lines the ureters and bladder, and part of the urethra

17
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Where is the location of Loose areolar c.t. ?

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Under the epithelial of the body, packages organs, surrounds capillaries, and between the muscles

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What is the function of Loose areolar c.t. ?

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Wraps and cushions organs and protection

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Where is the location of Adipose c.t. ?

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The hypodermis, around the kidneys, eyeballs, within the abdomen, in the breasts, and around the heart

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What is the function of Adipose c.t. ?

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Insulates, supports, protects and provides a reserve source of fuel and energy storage

21
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Where is the location of Hyaline cartilage?

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Embryonic skeleton, covers the ends of long bones, forms costal cartilages of the nose, trachea and larynx.

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What is the function of Hyaline cartilage?

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Supports and reinforces

23
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Where is the location of Bone (Osseous) tissue?

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The skeleton

24
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What is the function of Bone (Osseous) tissue?

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Support, protection, and mineral storage

25
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Where is the location of the blood?

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Within the cardiovascular system

26
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What is the function of blood?

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Transport gases, wastes, glucose & hormones etc…

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What are the four main classes of connective tissue?

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  1. Connective Tissue Proper
  2. Cartilage
  3. Bone Tissue
  4. Blood
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What is the body location of skeletal muscle?

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Skeletal muscle is found within the skeletal muscle that is attached to bones

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What are the structural features of Skeletal Muscle?

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Long cylindrical, multinucleated cells, has striations also referred to as bands.

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What is the function of Skeletal Muscle?

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It is voluntary movement, locomotion facial expression, support

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What is the body location of Cardiac Muscle?

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The walls of the heart

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What are the structural features of Cardiac Muscle?

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Striated, uninucleated cells, that (branch) interdigitate at specialized Jxns called intercalated discs

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What is the function of Cardiac Muscle?

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When it contracts, it propels blood into and through the cardiovascular system. (Circulation)

Involuntary control

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Where is the body location of Smooth Muscle?

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Mostly in the walls of hollow organs. Blood vessels, uterus, and urinary organs

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What are the structural feature of Smooth Muscle?

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Spindle shaped cells with central nuclei.

No Striations

Cells are arranged to form sheets

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What is the function of Smooth Muscle?

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Propels substances or objects (foodstuff, urine, a baby) along internal passage ways

Involuntary Control

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