Not AP Primer Flashcards
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germ layers?
- Endoderm
- Mesoderm
- Ectoderm
Inner germ layer name? forms what?
- Endoderm
2. lining of digestive tract and derivatives
Inner germ layer name? Forms what?
- Mesoderm
2. Tissues as muscle, bone, and blood vessels
Outer germ layer name?
Forms what?
- Ectoderm
2. skin and neuroectoderm
Primary tissue levels of organization?
- Epithelial
- Connective
- Muscle
- Nervous
functions of Epithelia?
- Protect underlying structures
- Act as a barrier
- Permit the passage of substances
- Secrete substance
- Absorb substance
What are the functions which are determined by cell layers and shapes?
- Diffusion
- Filtration
- Secretion
- Absorption
- Protection
Function of Microvilli ?
Increase surface area absorption or secretion
Function of Cilia?
Move materials across cell surface
3 types of cell connections?
- Desmosomes
- Tight
- Gap
What type of glands have ducts?
Exocrine
What type of glands have no ducts?
Endocrine
Epithelium consists almost entirely of?
Cells
What type of tissue covers body surfaces and forms glands ?
Epithelium
Two types of surfaces epithelium has?
- Free
2. Basal
Is epithelium vascular?
no
Does epithelium undergo mitosis or meiosis?
Mitosis
Epithelial tissue cells are joined by?
Junctional complexes
What does junctional complexes do?
increase strength and create barrier
What separates epithelium from underlying tissue?
Basement Membrane
functions of cell connections?
- Bind cells together
- Form permeability layer
- Intercellular communication
Types of cell connections?
- Desmosome
- Hemidesmosome
- Tight
- Gap
What types of proteins are used in a desmosome junction?
cadherins
What types of proteins are used in a hemidesmosome junction?
integrins