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What are tissues made of?

A

Cells surrounded by matrix

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What is a matrix made of?

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Fibrous proteins and ground substance

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What is ground substance made of?

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Water, gases, and minerals

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What is epithelial tissue?

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Layers of closely spaced cells

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Where in the body do you find epithelial tissue?

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organ surfaces

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What is connective tissue?

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tissues with more matrix then cell volume

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What does connective tissue do?

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Bind together to protect organs

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What is nervous tissue?

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tissue with excitable cells and tranmits coded information

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What is simple squamous epithelium?

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thin, scaly cells

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What is simple cubiodal epithelium?

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square or round cells

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What is simple columnar epithelium?

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tall, narrow cells

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What is pseudostratified columnar epithelium?

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all cells touch the basement membrane

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What is stratified epithelium?

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2-20 layers of cells lying on top of each other

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14
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What is the most widespread epithelium in the body?

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stratified squamus

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15
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What is keratin?

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durable, waterproof protein

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16
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What is the most abundant tissue in the body?

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Connective

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What are the 8 functions of connective tissue?

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binding of organs, support, physical protection, immune protection, movement, storage, heat production, and transport

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What are the 6 cell types found in fibrous connective tissue?

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Fibroblasts, macrophages, leukocytes, plasma cells, mast cells, and adipocytes

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What are the 3 fibers found in fibrous connective tissue?

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Collagenous fibers, reticular fibers, and elastic fibers

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What are the 2 types of fibrous connective tissue?

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Loose and dense

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What is areolar tissue?

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loose connective and extremely variable

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What is reticular tissue?

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loose connective and contains fibroblasts

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23
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What is adipose tissue?

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loose connective tissue made of fat

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What is dense regular connective tissue?

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made of mostly fibroblasts and collagen fibers

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What is dense irregular connective tissue?
random collagen fibers
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What are the 3 types of cartilage?
hyaline, elastic, and fibrocartilage
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What type of tissue is bone composed of?
osseus
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What are the two types of bone?
Spongy and compact bone
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What are haversian canals?
transports blod vesses and nerves
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What is the bone matrix?
secreted by bone cells in rings
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What are osteocytes?
live bone cells
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What is the ground substance of blood called?
Plasma
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What are the 3 formed elements in blood?
erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets
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What are neurons?
nerve cells that carry electrical impulses across the body
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What are neuroglia cells?
they assist neurons
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What is skeletal muscle?
muscle attached to bones
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What is cardiac muscle?
muscle found only in the heart
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What is smooth muscle?
muscle that forms the walls of internal organs
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What are intercellular junctions?
protein structures that connect cells together
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What are tight junctions?
multiple proteins in adjacent cells
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What are desmosomes?
patch-like protein plaques
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What are gap junctions?
6 transmembrane proteins that form a tunnel that connects cytoplasm
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What is a gland?
a cell or organ that secretes substances elsewhere in the body
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What are exocrine glands?
secretions that reach the surface of an organ or through a duct
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What are endocrine glands?
secretions go to bloodstream
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What are the 3 types of glandular secretions?
serous, mucous, and cytogenic
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What are the 2 methods of secretion?
merocrine and holocrine
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What is merocrine secretions?
are released through exocytosis
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What is holocrine secretions?
are released when cell ruptures
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What is metaplasia?
change from one type of tissue to another
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What is hyperplasia?
tissue growth via cell replication
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What is hypertrophy?
tissue growth through cell enlargement
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What is atrophy?
shrinkage of tissue
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What is necrosis?
premature death of tissue
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What is infarction?
sudden death of tissue due to lack of blood
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What is apoptosis?
programmed cell death
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What is regeneration?
replacement of dead and damaged cells
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What is fibrosis?
replacement of damaged tissue with scar tissue

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