Tissues Flashcards
The most abundant protein in the body, making up over 1/4 of all of the body’s protein is what?
Collagen
Most efficient at diffusion, this epithelium is found in capillaries, alveoli (air sacs in lungs), and serous membranes. Forms, endothelium, and mesothelium. 
Simple squamous
This epithelium lines the upper respiratory tract and secretes mucus. The nuclei or at many levels, and all cells are attached to the basement membrane. 
Ciliated pseudostratified columnar
What tissues are vascularized (have a direct blood supply)? Which does not?
Does:
Nervous
Connective
Muscle
Does not:
Epithelial
What epithelium can appear cuboidal or squamous, and is found in the urinary bladder? 
Transitional
Found in the skin, tongue, mouth, and vagina, this protective epithelium has a basal layer of dividing cells in upper layers of dehydrated, shrunken, hardened cells, and can include keratin
Stratified squamous
What is the transition involved in transitional epithelium? 
It is cuboidal when relaxed and squamous when stretched
An exocrine gland excretes _____ into _____
Substances, such as digestive enzymes, sweat, saliva, and earwax
Ducts
What is the difference between endocrine and exocrine glands? 
Endocrine: secrete into bloodstream
Exocrine: secrete through ducts
One specific location the basement membrane might be found is what? 
Around cells
What is considered to be connective tissue?
Blood
Fat
Bone
A type of connective tissue that functions as packing material between organs and other structures, soaks up fluid easily, and is widely distributed in the body
Loose areolar
Dense regular connective tissue differs from dense irregular based on what
Fiber direction
Type of connective tissue with a delicate network of interwoven fibers, found in the stroma (support tissue) of lymphoid organs 
Reticular
Strongest type of cartilage, with thick bundles of collagen, found in the pubic symphysis, intervertebral discs, and menisci
Fibrocartilage
