Tissue Types Flashcards

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Four tissue types

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Epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous

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Epithelial tissue

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Lines other tissues; has exposed surface; polar, junctional complexes, a vascular, most innervated

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3
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Basement Membrane

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Cements epithelial cell to underlying connective tissue

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4
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Functions of epithelial

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Protective/sensory, absorptive, filter and excretion/secretion

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5
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Surface specialization

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Microvili, cilia and keratin

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6
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How to classify epithelial cells

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1) how many layers?
2) what shape are they?

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7
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Simple

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One layer of epithelial cells

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8
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Stratified

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More than one layer of epithelial cells

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9
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Squamous

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Squished or flat cell

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10
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Cuboidal

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Cube shaped cells

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11
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Columnar

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Coleman shaped with nucleus in a row

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12
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Types of epithelial tissue

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Simple squamous
Simple cuboidal
Simple columnar
Stratified squamous
Stratified cuboidal
Pseudostratifed columnar
Transitional

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13
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Connective tissue

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Extracellular fibers, ground substance and cells

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Connective tissue definition

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Surrounds&separates cells and organs
Important structural and nutrional support
Tendons and ligaments
Connects, insulates, absorbs
Vascular

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15
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Extracellular fibers

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Collagenous, reticular and elastic

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16
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Ground substance

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Amorphous, homogenous material/ gel, liquid and calcified solid

17
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Cells

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Fibroblast, adipocyte, reticular

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What makes the matrix?

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Fibers+ground substance

19
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Loose connective tissue

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Areolar, adipose and reticular

20
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Dense connective tissue

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Dense regular, dense irregular and elastic

21
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Specialized connective tissue

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Cartilage, bone and blood

22
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Muscle tissues

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Skeletal, smooth and cardiac

23
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Skeletal muscle

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Voluntary/ striated

24
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Smooth muscle

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Involuntary/ no striations

25
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Cardiac muscle

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Involuntary/striated/intercalated disks

26
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Nervous tissue

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Neurons