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Ch 5 - Tissues Flashcards

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What are the four major types of tissues

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Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous

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What tissue forms the protective coverings and function in secretion and absorption

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Epithelial tissues

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What tissue supports soft body parts and bind structures together

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Connective tissue

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What tissues produce body movement

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Muscle tissue w

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What tissue conducts impulses that help control and coordinate body activities

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Nervous tissue

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the underside of epithelial tissue is anchored to connective tissue by a thin nonliving layer called what

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The basement membrane

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Epithelial tissues lack blood vessels, how do they get nutrients?

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The nutrients diffuse through underlying connective tissue

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What is the result of epithelial cells readily dividing?

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Injuries heal rapidly as new cells replace damaged ones

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Epithelial cells are tightly packed, which means what

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Which means they form protective barriers such as the outer layer of the skin and the lining of the mouth

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How are epithelial cells classified

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According to shape and number of cells

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What are squamous

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Thin, flattened cells

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What are cubodial

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Cube-shaped

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What are columnar

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Tall and elongated

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What are simple

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Single layers

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What are stratified

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Two or more layers of cells

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What consists of a single layer of thin, flattened cells?

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Simple squamous epithelium

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Substances can easily pass through simple squamous epithelium by what

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Diffusion

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Where do you find simple squamous epithelium

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Line the air sacs (alveoli) of the lungs where oxygen and CO2 are exchanged

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Why are simple squamous epithelium easily damaged

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They are so thin

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What cells are elongated?

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Simple columnar epithelium

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Where are simple columnar epithelium located

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Near the basement membrane

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Are simple columnar epithelium ciliated

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Yes

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These cells move constantly and are commonly found in the female reproductive tubes

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Simple columnar epithelium

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What lines the uterus and most organs of the digestive tract, including the stomach and small/large intestines?

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Non-ciliated epithelium

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What appears layered but are not and has cilia??
Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
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Where is pseudostratified epithelium found
Lining the passages of the respiratory systems
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What epithelium has many layers and is very thick?
Stratified squamous epithelium
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What does stratified squamous epithelium form
The outer layer of the skin
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As the stratified squamous epithelium skin cells age, they accumulate a protein called ________ and then harden and die.
Keratin
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What does keratinization produce
A covering of dry, tough protective material which prevents water and other substances from escaping underlying tissue
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Where does keratin remain moist, soft and the cells remain alive
Oral cavity, anal canal, vagina, and esophagus
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What epithelium is specialized to change in response to increased tension
Transitional epithelium
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What does transitional epithelium form
The lining of the urinary bladder, lines the ureters, and the urethra
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What happens when the walls contract (transitional epithelium)
The tissue stretches and adjusts to the contractions
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What are glands that secrete their products into ducts that open onto surfaces, such as the skin or the lining of the digestive tract
Exocrine glands
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What are glands that secrete their products into tissue fluid or blood
Endocrine glands
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What tissues bind structures, provide support and protection, serve as frameworks, fill spaces, store fat, produce blood cells, protect against infections, and help repair tissue damage
Connective tissues
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What two things are fixed cells
Fibroblasts and mast cells
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What are the most common type of fixed cell in connective tissues
Fibroblasts
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What are the three types of connective tissue fibers that fibroblasts produce
Collagenous fibers, elastic fibers, and reticular fibers
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What fibers are thick threads of the protein collagen that are flexible but only slightly elastic
Collagenous fibers
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Collagenous fibers have great _________ and hold structures such as _______ and _______ together
Tensil strength, ligaments and tendons
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Tissues containing abundant collagenous fibers are called _________________. It appears white and is sometimes called __________.
Dense connective tissue, white fiber
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What fibers are composed of a protein called elastin? They weaker than collagenous fibers but stretch easily and can resume their original shape
Elastic fibers
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Where are elastin fibers commonly found
In body parts that are frequently stretched such as vocal cords
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What fibers are very thin collagenous fibers that lend delicate support to organs such as the spleen
Reticular fibers
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What two categories is connective tissue classified into
Loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue
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What does connective tissue proper include
Loose connective tissue and dense connective tissue
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What does specialized connective tissue include
Cartilage, bone, and blood
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What does loose connective tissue include
Adipose tissue
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What is adipose tissue
Fat
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What does dense connective tissue do
Binds muscle to muscle and bone to bone, it is very strong and can withstand pulling forces
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What is a rigid connective tissue that provides support, framework and attachments, protects underlying tissue and forms structural models for developing bones
Cartilage
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Why is cartilage slow to heal
It lacks direct blood supplies
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What are the three types of cartilage
Hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage
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What is the most common type of cartilage
Hyaline
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This type of cartilage has very fine collagenous fibers and is found at the end of bones in many joints, in the soft part of the nose, and is important in the growth/development of most bones
Hyaline cartilage
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What type of cartilage has a dense network of elastic fibers and forms the frameworks for the ears and the larynx
Elastic cartilage
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What cartilage is a very tough tissue and acts as a shock absorber for structures subject to pressure
Fibrocartilage
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Where is fibrocartilage found
Form the intervertebral discs between the vertebrate of the spinal column, it also cushions bones of the knees and pelvic girdle
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What is the most rigid connective tissue
Bone
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What is bones hardness due to
Mineral salts, such as calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate between cells
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What are bones cells called
They are called osteocytes
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What are osteocytes
They are clustered around a central canal to form a cylinder shaped osteon
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What do many osteons cemented together form
Substance of bone
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What is blood formed from
Elements suspended in a fluid called blood plasma
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Why are simple columnar epithelium found in the reproductive tubes
The cilia help push the egg out of the ovary
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What three elements are found in blood
Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets
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What are platelets
Cell fragments
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Where are most blood cells formed
In red marrow in hollow parts of certain long bones
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What are the four major types of epithelial membranes
Serous membranes, mucous membranes, the cutaneous membrane, and a synovial membrane
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What epithelial membrane lines the body cavities that lack openings to the outside and form the inner linings of the organs within the thorax and abdomen
Serous membrane
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What does a serous membrane consist of
A layer of simple squamous epithelium and a thin layer of connective tissue
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What epithelial membrane lines the cavities and tubes that open to the outside of the body, including the oral/naval cavities, digestive tubes, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive systems
Mucous membranes
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What within the mucous membrane releases mucous
Goblet cells
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What epithelial membrane is known as the skin
The cutaneous
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What membrane lines joints and is composed entirely of connective tissues
Synovial membrane
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_________________ is found in the muscles that attach to bones and is controlled by conscious effort. This is called __________ muscle tissue. This tissue is __________, meaning is has long threadlike cells.
Skeletal muscle tissue Voluntary Striated
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________________ has cells that are smooth, and it is ___________, meaning it moves without conscious effort.
Smooth muscle tissue | Involuntary
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Smooth muscle tissue comprises the walls of hollow internal organs such as what
Stomach, urinary bladder, intestines, uterus, and blood vessels
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_____________ muscle tissue is only found in the heart. It's cells are ___________ and branched and joined end to end to form an intricate network. It is also ____________.
Cardiac Striated Involuntary
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_______ tissue is found in the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. The basic cell is called a _________.
Nervous | Neuron
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Neurons transmit nerve impulses along cellular processes called __________.
Axons
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Neurons communicate with each other and with __________ and __________ cells
muscle and gland
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Neurons do what for many body functions
coordinate, regulate, and integrate

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