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1
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Functions of epithelial tissues

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Provide physical protection, control permeability, absorption, and produce secretions

2
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Basement membrane

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Bottom layer that is attached to connective tissues

3
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Two criteria epithelial tissue is classified by

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Shape and layers

4
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Avascular

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Lacking blood vessels

5
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Simple epithelial functions

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Filtration, diffusion, secretion, absorption

6
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Stratified epithelial tissue

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More resistant to wear

7
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Transitional epithelium

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Can contract and stretch out

8
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Characteristics all connective tissues have in common

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Specialized cells, solid extra cellular protein fibers, fluid “ground substance”

9
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Functions of connective tissues

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Support and protection, transportation of materials, storage of energy reserves, defense of the body

10
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Extra cellular matrix

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Extra cellular components of connective tissues, it is the majority of tissue volume

11
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Three types of cartilage and where they are found in the body

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Hyaline- synovial joints, rib tips, sternum, and trachea
Elastic- external ear and epiglottis
Fibrous- found between pubic bones and intervertebral discs

12
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Muscle tissue functions

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Contract in order to provide movement

13
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Skeletal

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Striated, multinucleated, voluntary, attached to connective tissues

14
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Cardiac

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Striated, uninucleated, involuntary, found in heart

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Smooth

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No striations, uninucleated, involuntary, found in the walls of hollow organs

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Nervous tissue functions

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Conduct electrical impulses, senses internal or external environments, processes information, and controls responses

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Nervous tissue location

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The brain and the spinal chord

18
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Two types of cells and how they are different

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Neurons- nerve cells that perform electrical communication

Neuroglia- supporting cells that repair and supply nutrients to the neurons

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Three parts of a neuron

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Dendrite, cell body, axon

20
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Location of epithelial tissues

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Skin, lining of digestive, urinary, reproductive, respiratory tracts, lining of body cavities, lining of fluid filled brain cavities, lining of blood vessels and heart