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| epithelial tissue functions |
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Definition
| protection, absorption, excretion, filtration, secretion and sensory reception |
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Term
| epithelia tissue characteristics |
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Definition
| polarity (apical/basal), avascularity, basement membrane (connective tissue base), regenerative |
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Term
| simple squamous (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| filtration and exchange of substances. air sacs of lungs and blood vessel lining. thin permeable |
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| simple cuboidal epithelium (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| secretion and absorption. glands. |
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Term
| simple columnar epithelium (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| secretion, absorption. has microvilli and goblet cells. digestive tract. |
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Term
| pseudostratified columnar (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| contains many goblet cells. lines most upper respiratory passages |
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Term
| stratified squamous epithelium (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| apical layer-simple squamous. adapted to resist abrasion. lines esophagus, vagina. keratinized version forms skin epidermis |
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Term
| stratified cudoial epithelium (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| rare. male urethra and transitional places between other epithelial types |
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Term
| transitional epithelium (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| modified stratified squamous. responds to stretch. urinary system organs. |
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Term
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Definition
| exocrine/endocrine. unicellular/multicellular. simple/compound. tubular/avelar/tubuloaveolar. Merocrine (secret by exocytosis)/Holocrine (secrete via rupture). |
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Term
| connective tissue functions |
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Definition
| support, protection, binding, insulation, transportation |
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Term
| connective tissue characteristics |
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Definition
| all from embryonic mesenchyme. matrix. varying vascularization |
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Term
| connective tissue structure |
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Definition
| extracellular matrix (ground substance [cell adhesion proteins, proteoglycans] and fibers [collagen, elastic, reticular]). primary cell type (fibroblast, chondroblast, osteoblast, hematopoietic) |
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Term
| connective tissue proper - loose - areolar (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| stores nutrients as fat. holds body fluids. defends infections. contains collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers. forms packaging around organs |
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Term
| connective tissue proper - loose - adipose (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| hold many nutrients. 90% fat. insulates and protects body organs. energy reserves for certain hard-working organs. |
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Term
| connective tissue proper - loose - reticular (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| like areolar but only reticular cells within a reticular fiber network in soft ground substance. soft internal skeleton. bone marrow and spleen. |
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Term
| connective tissue proper - dense - regular (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| parallel bundles of collagen fibers. few cells and ground substance. tendons, ligaments, aponeruoses. fibers are dominant element |
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Term
| connective tissue proper - dense - irregular (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| fibers arranged irregularly. resists tension from different directions. dermis of skin and organ capsules |
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Term
| hyaline cartilage (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| firm ground substance containing collagen fibers. resists compression.bone surfaces, trachea. |
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Term
| elastic cartilage (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| elastic fibers dominate. flexible support. ear and epigottis. |
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Term
| fibrocartilage (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| corse parallel collagen fibers. support with compressibility. intervertrbral discs and knee cartilages. |
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Term
| bone (osseous tissue) (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| hard, collagen-containg matrix with calcium salts. cavities for fat storage and blood synthesis. skeleton. |
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Term
| blood (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| blood cells (red and white) and plasma matrix. carried nutrients, waste, respiratory gases, etc. |
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Term
| nervous tissue (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| composed of neurons and supporting cells. brain, spinal cord, nerves. receive and transmit impulses. react to stimuli. |
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Term
| skeletal muscle tissue (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| attached to bone. movement. cylindrical and striated. MUSCLE FIBERS. |
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Term
| cardiac muscle tissue (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| walls of heart. branched. uninucleate. contracts to propel blood. inercalated disks between branches. |
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Term
| smooth muscle tissue (functions, description, location) |
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Definition
| walls of hallow organs. involuntary. squeezes substances through with contraction/relaxation. no striations |
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Term
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Definition
| cutaneous membrane (skin), mucus membrane (lines body cavities, stratified or simple columnar), serous membrane (lines body cavities [parietal - outer, visceral - internal] simple squamous above areolar tissue) |
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Term
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Definition
| dilation of blood vessels (increase permeability), redness, heat, swelling, pain. |
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Term
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Definition
| blood clot replaced with granulation tissue. regeneration of cells via mitosis or fibrosis (fibers grow and form scar tissue). surface epithelial is pushed to the apical surface and scab falls off. regenerates with scar tissue underneath. |
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Term
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Definition
| ectoderm (nervous tissue and epithelial), mesoderm (muscle and connective tissue and epithelium), endoderm (mucosae and epithelial) |
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