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Four major types of tissue

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Epithelial, connective, muscle & nervous

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Major type of tissue that has tightly packed cells and a basement membrane

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epithelial tissue

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This layer of glycoproteins attaches epithelium to connective tissue

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Basement membrane

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Tissue with one layer of cubed shape epithelial cells

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Simple cuboidal

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Tissue with one layer of tall epithelial cells

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Simple columnar tissue

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Tissue with many layers of epithelial cells that are cube shaped at the free surface

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Stratified cuboidal tissue

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Tissue found lining abdominal cavity

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Simple squamous (mesothelium)

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Tissue found lining the mouth

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Stratified squamous

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Epithelial tissue that functions in absorption and secretion

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Simple cuboidal and simple columnar epithelium

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Cell junction that weld cells together

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Desmosome

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Communication junction between cells

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Gap junction

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Dead cells filled with the protein keratin at the surface of the epithelium

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Keratinized epithelial cells

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Single cell that makes mucus in the epithelium

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Goblet cell

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Epithelium containing cells that can change their shapes

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Transitional epithelium

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Epithelium looks like it is in layers but each cell touches the basement membrane

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Pseudostratified epithelium

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Tissue found lining the bladder and ureters

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Transitional epithelium

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Tissue found lining most of the respiratory system

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Pseudostratified tissue

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Tissue that lines the stomach and intestines

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Simple columnar system

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Major type of tissue that makes up an endocrine gland

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epithelial tissue

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exocrine gland where the tip of the cell breaks off together with its secretion

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Apocrine gland

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Exocrine gland where only the secretion leaves the cell

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Merocrine gland

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Exocrine Gland where the entire cell is secreted together with the excretory product

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Holocrine gland

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Type of gland that secretes into a duct

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Exocrine gland

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Major type of tissue that is characterized by scattered cell in a matrix

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Connective tissue

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Connective tissue that has no blood vessels
Cartilage
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Two components of connective tissue matrix
Ground substance and fibers
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Three types of fibers found in connective tissue
Reticular collagen and elastic
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Connective tissue cell that produces histamine
Mast cell
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Type of cell in connective tissue that makes fibers
fibroblast
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Type of cells in connective tissue that eats foreign material
Macrophage
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embryonic connective tissue
Mesenchyme
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Three types of loose connective tissue
Adipose areolar reticular
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A major component of ground substance in areolar tissue
Hyaluronic acid
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Connective tissue found below epithelium of most organs
Areolar tissue
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Type of connective tissue providing framework for the spleen and lymph nodes
Reticular connective tissue
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Tissue that makes up tendons and ligaments
Dense regular connective tissue
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Tissue that makes up the dermis of the skin and periosteum of bone
Dense irregular connective tissue
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Tissue that has chondroitin sulfate and Glucosamine as its ground substance
hyaline cartilage
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Tissue that makes up most of the intravertebral disc
Fibrocartilage
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If you found in the ear and epiglottis
Elastic cartilage
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Collagenous structure that connects bone to bone
Ligament
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Vertical canals in compact bone that contain blood vessels for nourishment
Haversian canals
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Mature bone cell that lives in a lacuna
Osteocyte
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Ground substance of compact bone
calcium salts
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Connective tissue without fibers
Blood or lymph
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Types of involuntary muscle tissue
Smooth and cardiac
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Types of striated muscle tissue
Cardiac and skeletal
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Cells in nervous tissue that conducts nervous impulses
Neurons
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Cells in nervous tissue that undergo mitosis
neuroglia
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Membrane that contains an epithelium with goblet cells and lamina propria (areolar connective tissue)
Mucus membrane
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Membrane that contains stratified squamous epithelium and areolar connective tissue
Cutaneous membrane
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Membrane that contains areolar connective tissue (a few scattered cells on top)
Synovial membrane
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Membrane that contain simple squamous cells and areolar tissue
Serous membrane
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Type of membrane that lines the urinary tract
Mucus membrane
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Type of membrane that makes up the pleura
Serous membrane
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Type of membrane that surrounds movable joints
Synovial membrane
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Type of junction found in an intercalated discs
Desmosomes and gap junction
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Muscle tissue that has branching cells
Cardiac
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Functional cells of an organ
parenchymal cells
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Also called stromal cells the cells create the collagen scar
Fibroblast
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Proliferating blood vessels and connective tissue in tissue repair
Granulation tissue
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First basic step in tissue repair
Inflammation
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Chemical largely responsible for inflammation
Histamine
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Of tissue found in endothelium
Simple squamous epithelium
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Scattered cell found in adipose tissue
adipocyte
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Dense irregular tissue around cartilage that provides nutrients to the cartilage
perichondrium
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Organic part of the bone matrix
Collagen fibers
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Tissues that have cells and Lacunae
Cartilage and bone
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Cells in nervous tissue that undergo mitosis
Neuroglia
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Collagenous structure that connects muscle to bone
Tendon
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Gland that secretes its products into the blood
Endocrine gland
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Specific name of tissue that lines blood vessels
Endothelium
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Types of cartilage characterized by a collagenous matrix
Fibrocartilage

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