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| covering, protection, absorption, filtration, excretion |
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| connective tissue (fcn & types) |
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protect, support, & bind other tissues together
proper: loose & dense; cartilage; bone; blood |
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| muscle tissue (fcn & types) |
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contracts to produce body muscle
skeletal; cardiac; smooth |
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| initiates, transmits, & coordinates impulses throughout the body |
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| simple squamous epithelium |
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fcn: allows passage of materials; secretes lubricating substances in serosae
loc: kidney glomeruli, air sacs of lungs, lining of heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, lining of ventral body cavity |
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| stratified squamous epithelium |
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*dark pink w/ wavy edge=basement membrane
fcn: protects underlining tissues
loc: moist linings of esophagus, mouth, vagina; epidermis of skin |
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| simple cuboidal epithelium |
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*nucleus in center of square cell
fcn: secretion & absorption
loc: kidney tubules & ducts; secretory portions of small glands; ovary surface |
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| simple columnar epithelium |
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*nucleus at top or bottom of rectangle
fcn: absorption & secretion of mucus, enzymes, etc; propels mucus
loc: digestive tract; gallbladder; excretory ducts of some glands; small bronchi; uterine tubes & parts of uterus |
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| areolar connective tissue |
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fcn: wraps & cushions organs
loc: under epithelia
elastic fibers (thin, dark, branched)/ collagen fibers (thicker, lighter) fibroblasts (round) |
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| adipose connective tissue |
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fcn: provides reserve food fuel; insulates against heat loss; supports & protects organs
loc: under skin; around kidneys; around eyeballs; within abdomen; within breast |
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| reticular connective tissue |
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fcn: supports other cell types, including WBC, mast cells, & macrophages
*grapes=fibroblasts; vines=reticular fibers
loc: lymphoid organs (lymph node, bone marrow, & spleen) |
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| dense regular connective tissue |
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fcn: attach muscles to bones or to muscles; attaches bones to bones
loc: ligaments; most tendons; aponeuroses
* collagen fibers seem continuous; fibroblasts look like darker hyphens/ fibroblasts have nuclei |
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| hyaline cartilage (connective tissue) |
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fcn: supports & reinforces; cushions; resists compressive stress
loc: embryonic skeleton; ends of long bones; joint cavities; costal cartilage (lower ribs); nasal cartilage; cartilage of trachea rings & larynx
* looks like eyeballs in grape jelly; lacuna=white w/ multiple chondryocytes; matrix=jelly |
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| elastic cartilage (connective tissue) |
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fcn: maintains shape of structure w/ flexibility
loc: external ear; epiglottis
* elastic fibers=wet hair; chondrocytes= slits in lacunae |
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fcn: supports & protects; provides levers for muscles to act on; stores calcuim, other minerals, & fat
loc: bones
*central/ haversian canal= largest central black or white circle; lamellae=rings around the central canal; canaliculli= lines coming from osteocytes; osteocytes= small black dots on rings |
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| blood (connective tissue) |
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fcn: transport of respiratory gases/nutrients/waste
loc: within blood vessels
*erythrocytes= RBCs= numerous pale pink dots; leukocytes=WBCs=fewer purple dots |
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fcn: voluntary movement; locomotion; manipulation of environment; facial expression
loc: skeletal muscles
*striations but no intercalated discs |
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fcn: propels blood into circulation
loc: walls of heart
*striations, nucleus, intercalated discs |
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fcn: propels substances or objects (foodstuffs, urine, baby) along internal passageways
loc: walls of hollow organs
*no striations |
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fcn: propels substances or objects (foodstuffs, urine, baby) along internal passageways
loc: walls of hollow organs
*no striations |
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fcn: transmit electrical signals
loc: brain, spinal cord, nerves
* neuron, neuron nucleus, cell processes, cell body |
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