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1
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Classified as liquid connective tissue:

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Blood

2
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A method of exocrine secretion in which the apical surface of the cell membrane is pinched off and released with the secretory product

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Apocrine

3
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An apical cell surface modification that is present on the pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells of the trachea

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Cilia

4
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The type of membrane that releases watery secretions

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serous

5
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An epithelial layer that is two or more cells thick

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stratified

6
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the base of a hair follicle

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bulb

7
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Classified as dense regular connective tissue

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tendon

8
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the structural unit of compact bone

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osteon

9
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the more common name for sudiferous gland

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sweat gland

10
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the resident cell type fo adult cartilage

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chondrocytes

11
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does your instructor think that ground substance is a good descriptive name for the complex network of proteoglycans and glycosaminoglycans that create the aqueous environment in connective tissue?

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No

12
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An abbreviation for glycosaminoglycan

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GAG

13
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The major class of proteins that infers strength on connective tissue

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collagens

14
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the structural unit of living matter

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cells

15
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the transmembrane glycoproteins that hold adjacent lateral membranes together in adherens junctions and desmosomes

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cadherins

16
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a specialized form of connective tissue that stores lipid

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adipose

17
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the epithelial layer of the skin

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epidermis

18
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common name for mucous secreting exocrine cells found in the epithelium of the gastrointestinal tract

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goblet cells

19
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pigment secreting cells in the basal layer of the epidermis

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melanocyte

20
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found on the dorsal surfaces of the distal portions of digits

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nails

21
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a short cell process tha receives input to a neuron

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dendrite

22
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the type of epithelium found in the bladder

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transitional

23
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connective tissue that has an extensive collagenous component

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dense

24
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at least one of these is present in all exocrine glands but not in endocrine glands

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ducts

25
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the major resident cell-type in connective tissue

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fibroblast

26
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flattened epithelial cells

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squamous

27
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there is one big droplet of this in white adipose cells

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fat

28
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discs found in cardiac muscle

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intercalated

29
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supporting cells in nervous tissue

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neuroglia

30
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voluntary muscle

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skeletal muscle

31
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the outer layer of the epidermis is the stratum _____

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corneum

32
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removal of a small piece of living tissue for microscopic examination

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biopsy

33
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epithelium that is only one layer thick

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simple