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Epithelial
Connective
Nervous
Muscle |
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Makes up lining of organs and forms glands
e.g. Skin, linings of mouth, stomach, pancreas, etc.
Die at a rapid rate; repaired via mitosis |
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Used to connect one thing to another
Supports, cushions, and insulates
e.g. Bones, cartilage, tendons, etc. |
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Brain and nerves
Allows different parts of the body to communicate |
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| Functions of Epithelial Tissue |
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Protection
Absorbtion
Secretion
Diffusion |
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Top - free surface
Bottom - basal surface; attached to basement membrane via glue
Basement membrane is avascular - no blood vessels -> no blood
Surface cells are covered with mucus |
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| Classify Epithelial Tissue |
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Number of layers - simple or stratified
Shape - flat = squamous; tall = columnal; cubey = cuboidal |
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Top layer of skin
Make of epithelial tissue
Function - forms barrier; protects body |
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| Stratified Tarnsitional Epithelial |
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| Pseudostratified Epithelial |
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pseudo = false
stratified = layers
e.g. found in airways of lungs
Mucus traps particles; cilia move particles out of airways |
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| Secrete hormones into bloodstream |
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Secrete substances out through a duct (openings)
all have a secretory portion
e.g. Stomach, sebaceous (skin), salivary |
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| Ways Exocrine Glands Secrete Chemicals |
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Merocrine - via exocytosis
Apocrine - stinky; portion of cell is cut off and secretes into duct
Holocrine - whole cells rupture and secrete contents |
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Forms infrastructure
Holds the body up, together, and insulates
Extracellular matrix - chemical substances located between conn. tiss. cells
Ground substance - chemical mixture within extracellular matrix |
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1/3 of bone tissue
Protein fiber
Holds conn. tiss. together |
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Connective Tissue proper
Cartilage
Bone
Blood |
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Loose conn. tiss.
Adipose tiss. - fatty
Dense irregular conn
Dense regular conn
Formed by fibroblasts - spindle-shaped cells |
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Light duty binding
Pulls back the skin |
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"Fatty" tissue
Similar to loose conn.
Function - energy storage and insulation
Collagen orientated in many different ways
Gives skin its strength |
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Collagen orientated in many different ways
Gives skin its strength; won't tear |
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Colagen fibers lined up in same direction
Provides rope-like strength
e.g. Tendons - hold muscles to bone
Found in ligaments, attach bone to bone |
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Outer part of the ear, bridge of nose, etc.
Avascular
Lives in lacuna - small hollowed out space |
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Hyaline
Elastic
Fibrocartilage |
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Chondro = cartilage
A mature cartilage cell |
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| Hardening of ground substance |
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Vascular tiss.
Connective tiss.
Has RBCs (red blood cells), WBCs (white blood cells), ground substances, and fluid |
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| Made of epi. and conn. tiss.: Mucous, Synovial, and Serous |
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Found in lining of mouth, stomach, digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive tracts
Line tubes which open to outside of body for protection |
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Forms thin, double layers around organs; fluid between layers
Reduces friction between organs |
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Found in movable joints
Prevents bone from rubbing against bone |
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