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| Above or higher in position |
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| Below or in lower position |
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| Nearer or at the front of body |
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| Nearer to attachment of limb |
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| Inner wall, surrounding organs |
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| Outer wall, away from organs |
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| On the same side of the body's midline as another structure |
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| Depression above clavicle |
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| Inside depression of elbow |
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| Superior & lateral to gluteus maximus |
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| Separates top from bottom |
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| Separates front from back |
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| Right lobe of liver, gallbladder, stomach, transverse colon, left lobe of liver |
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| High energy radiation that penetrates living tissue. Creates an image with radio dense tissue (such as bone) appearing white, less dense tissue appearing shades of gray/black |
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| Reconstructs the human the 3D structure of the human body |
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| MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) |
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| Uses magnetic field and radio waves to portray subtle structural differences |
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| PET (positron emission tomography) |
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| Positron emitting substance is injected into the body where it's take up by tissue. Collision produce gamma rays which are picked up by gamma cameras. |
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| High frequency sound waves |
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| Visual examination of the inside of body organs or cavities using lightened instrument with lenses. |
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| Examining body proportions, posture, and patterns of movement |
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| Use of hands or fingers to feel the body. |
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| Tapping fingers or hand to determine density of underlying tissues |
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| Listening to body sounds, usually with stethoscope |
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| Tissues that cover body surfaces, inside or outside |
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| Simple Squamous Epithelia |
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| Alveoli of lung, cornea of eye, endothelial lining of heart & blood vessesl |
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| Stratified Squamous Epithelia (keratinized/non-keratinized) |
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| Surface of skin, and lining of mouth, anus, and vagina |
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| Stratified Cuboidal Epithelia |
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| Lining of some ducts, rare |
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| Urinary bladder, renal pelvis, ureters |
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| Simple Columnar Epithelia |
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| Stomach, intestinal lining, and excretory ducts |
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| Trachea, nasopharynx, bronchi, and portions of male reproductive tract. Typically posses cilia |
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| Stratified Columnar Epithelia |
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| Ducts of salivary glands, pharynx, epiglottis, anus, mammary ducts, urethra |
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| Non-living layer between epithelial and connective tissue |
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| Cells separated by a matrix of loosely or densely packed intrecellular material. The matrix consists of fibers and of loose or dense ground substance |
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| Most abundant, large, star-shaped, produce fibers |
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| Irregularly shaped and utilized to engulf invaders and damaged cells |
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| Fat cells, number varies between types of connective tissue |
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| Mesenchymal Cells (fixed) |
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| Stem cells, respond to local injury or infection by dividing to produce new cells |
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| Produce melanin (dark brown pigment) common in epithelial tissue but also found in connective tissue |
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| Like fixed version, called monocytes when in the blood |
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| Small, mobile cells found near blood vessels secrete histamine and heparin to stimulate local inflammation in response to injury/infection |
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| Migrate through body and increase in number where tissue damage occurs. Can develop into plasma cells |
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| Migrate through body and respond to chemicals released by macrophages and mast cells |
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| Thick, thread-like, composed of collagen and occuring in long, parallel bundles. Can withstand much force. Don't stain well |
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| Thinner and form complex networks; branched. Return to original length after stretching |
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| Highly branched & delicate supporting networks. Able to resist forces applied from many directions |
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| Areolar Connective Tissue (loose) |
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| Found below epithelium in most parts of the body. Made up mostly of fibroblasts with elastic and collagenous fibers |
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| Reticular Connective Tissue (loose) |
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| Resembles areolar tissue but the matrix is made up of only reticular fibers. Found in bone marrow, spleen, liver, and lymph nodes |
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| Adipose Connective Tissue (loose) |
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| Modified fibroblast which store fat and thus become swollen, pushing the nucleus to the edge of the cell |
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| Dense Regular Connective Tissue |
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| Thickly packed collagenous fibers in a regular, parallel arrangement. Contains fibroblasts and a few elastic fibers. Found in tendons, ligaments, aponeuroses, and covering skeletal muscle |
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| Dense Irregular Connective Tissue |
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| Resembles dense regular connective tissue except the collagenous fibers are irregularly arranged. Found in fibrous capsules of organs and joints, periostea, perichondria, nerve and muscle sheaths, and makes up dermis. "cloud" appearance |
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| Elastic Connective Tissue (dense) |
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| Found in walls of aorta and other blood vessels, in the vocal cords, respiratory passages. Often underlies transitional epithelium |
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| Supporting connective tissue. Made up of chondrocytes surrounded by a semisolid gel-like matrix. Avascular |
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| Matrix of closely packed collagen fibers not easily seen under the light microscope. Has a clear glassy appearance. Found in tracheal rings, costal cartilages of the ribs, and covers bone surfaces at synovial joints. Tough but flexible |
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| Matrix is supported by collagenous fibers which are densely packed and regularly arranged. Found in intervertebral discs, makes up the menisci of the knee joint and in the symphysis pubis. Tough and durable |
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