Histology

Question 1

Histology

Answer 1

the study of tissues

Question 2

Tissue

Answer 2

group of cells with a similar structure working together to perform a similar job

Question 3

List body organism from smallest to largest

Answer 3

cell, tissues, organ, organ system, organism

Question 4

What is the job of a muscle cell?

Answer 4

contract and relax

Question 5

What is the function of a neuron?

Answer 5

receives and passes impulses

Question 6

What is the function of a red blood cell?

Answer 6

carries oxygen through the bloodstream

Question 7

What are the 4 types of tissues?

Answer 7

muscles, nervous, epithelial, connective

Question 8

What are the five types of connective tissue?

Answer 8

blood, fat, cartilage, bone, tendons, and ligaments

Question 9

What is epithelial tissue?

Answer 9

type of tissue that covers all internal and external body surfaces, line body cavities, and make up glands

Question 10

What does epithelial tissue do inside the body?

Answer 10

forms boundaries in the body

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What are the two forms of epithelial tissue?

Answer 11

covering and lining epithelium, glandular epithelium

Question 12

What are the two surfaces of epithelial?

Answer 12

apical and basal

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What is an apical surface of epithelial tissue?

Answer 13

not attached to surrounding tissue and exposed to either the outside of the body or the lining of an organ

Question 14

What is a basal surface of epithelial tissue?

Answer 14

attached to underlying connective tissue

Question 15

What is a basement membrane?

Answer 15

in between the epithelial and connective tissue

Question 16

What are epithelial cell’s classification based upon

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their shapes and layers

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What is the shape of a squamous cell?

Answer 17

flat cell

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What is the shape of a cuboidal cell?

Answer 18

box-like

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What is the shape of a columnar cell?

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tall and skinny cells

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Simple

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one layer of cells

Question 21

Stratified

Answer 21

two or more layers of cells

Question 22

pseudostratified

Answer 22

appears layered, but is only one layer

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What is the function of simple squamous?

Answer 23

thin to allow for diffusion

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where are simple squamous tissues found

Answer 24

lungs and blood vessels

Question 25

what is the function of a simple cuboidal tissue

Answer 25

secretions and absorption

Question 26

where are simple cuboidal tissues found?

Answer 26

glands and kidney tubules

Question 27

what is the function simple columnar tissue

Answer 27

tall, closely packed

Question 28

what is the function of simple columnar tissue

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absorption and secretion of mucus

Question 29

where is simple columnar found?

Answer 29

lines the digestive tract

Question 30

what is the functions of stratified squamous tissues?

Answer 30

protection from abrasion

Question 31

where is stratified squamous located?

Answer 31

skin, mouth, esophagus, and vagina

Question 32

where is stratified cuboidal found?

Answer 32

in the ducts of sweats glands and mammary glands

Question 33

where is stratified columnar found?

Answer 33

in pharynx and male urethra

Question 34

what does transitional form?

Answer 34

lining of the Urinary organs Ureters, urinary bladder, and parts of the urethra

Question 35

what is the function of transitional tissue?

Answer 35

stretches easily

Question 36

what is the function of pseudostratified columnar?

Answer 36

secretes substances, prepels particles forward

Question 37

where is pseudostratified columnar found?

Answer 37

trachea and fallopian tubes

Question 38

what is the most abundant tissue in your body?

Answer 38

connective tissue

Question 39

what are the four main classes of connective tissues?

Answer 39

proper, cartilage, bone, and blood

Question 40

what are the functions of connective tissue?

Answer 40

binding and supporting, protecting, insulation, storing fuel, and transporting substances

Question 41

why are connective tissues grouped together?

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they all develop from the same type of embryonic tissue known as mesenchyme, the have varying degrees of vascularity, have extracellular matrix

Question 42

what are the two ingredients of the matrix?

Answer 42

ground substance and fibers

Question 43

ground substance

Answer 43

watery, unstructured material that fills spaces between cells

Question 44

fibers

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proteins

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what are the three types of fibers?

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collagen, elastic, and reticular

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what is the most diverse type of connective type?

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connective tissue proper

Question 47

loose connective tissue

Answer 47

many spaces between fibers

Question 48

dense connective tissue

Answer 48

few spaces between fibers

Question 49

what is the most common type of connective tissue?

Answer 49

areolar

Question 50

what type of matrix does areolar have?

Answer 50

gellike ground substances; has all three fibers

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what is the function of areolar tissue?

Answer 51

serves as packing material for organs

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where is areolar tissue located?

Answer 52

under epithelial tissues and around organs

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what is the matrix of reticular tissue?

Answer 53

gellike ground substances but only has reticular fibers

Question 54

what is the function of reticular tissue?

Answer 54

forms a soft skeleton that supports other cells

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where is reticular tissue located?

Answer 55

lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow

Question 56

what type of matrix does adipose tissue have?

Answer 56

very little matrix, made mainly of tightly packed adipocytes

Question 57

what is the function of adipose tissue?

Answer 57

energy reserves, insulates body heat, cushions organs

Question 58

where is adipose tissue located?

Answer 58

under skin, around kidneys and heart

Question 59

what is the matrix for regular tissue?

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closely packed, parallel collagen fibers

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where is regular tissue located?

Answer 60

tendons and ligaments

Question 61

what is the function of regular tissue?

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tendons - connect muscles to bones muscles - ligaments connect bones to bones

Question 62

what type of matrix does irregular tissue have?

Answer 62

randomly arranged collagen fibers

Question 63

what is the function of irregular tissue?

Answer 63

strong when pulled in many directions

Question 64

where is irregular tissue located?

Answer 64

dermis, fibrous coverings that surround organs and joints

Question 65

what type of matrix does elastic tissue have?

Answer 65

high number of elastic fibers

Question 66

what is the function of elastic tissue?

Answer 66

allows tissue to bounce back after stretching