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lining and covering tissues
(line all hallow organs/structures, very little matrix) |
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produces force or movement
(movement of body parts or fluid) |
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sends signals
(impulses -electrical- or chemical, coordinates body activities) |
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largest and most diverse category of tissue
(has lots of matrix) |
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| several layers of epithelium |
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| simple squamous epithelium |
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single layer of flat cells
(found lining blood vessels and alveoli of lungs) |
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| stratified squamous epithelium |
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several cell layers - thick deeper cells are kind of blocky, and upper cell layers are flat
(found in places that are subject to abrasion -skin, oral cavity, rectum) |
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| simple cuboidal epithelium |
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one layer of blocky cells
(found forming ducts of many glands) |
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| simple columnar epithelium |
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single layer of tall and narrow cells - all nuclei are at same height
(found lining of stomach and intestines) |
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| pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
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one layer of tall cells that seem like several layers - nuclei at different heights
(found lining airways of respiratory system) |
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| loose (areolar) connective tissue |
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scattered arrangement of fibers,
weakest of all c.t.
(bodies packing material) |
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connective tissue that connects structures and fills in spaces
(very flexible) |
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| dense irregular connective tissue |
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collagen fibers don't run parallel,
forms tough layer in many different directions
(dermis of skin) |
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| dense regular connective tissue |
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collagen fibers run parallel,
(found in tendons and ligaments) |
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type of dense regular c.t.
connects muscle to bone |
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type of dense regular c.t.
connects bone to bone |
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fat tissue
(for storing energy and cushioning) |
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| supporting connective tissue |
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tissues that are stiff or rigid,
helps provide framework and shape for body |
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type of supporting c.t.
stiff but flexible,
normally has no blood vessels |
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type of cartilage (most common),
(protects at joints and supports air passages) |
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type of cartilage (least common),
more flexible and resilient
(found in voice box and auricle of ear) |
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type of cartilage,
no blood vessels
(found in knee and between vertebrae) |
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type of supporting connective tissue
hardest tissue of body, matrix is full of calcium salt crystals, has right blood supply |
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type of bone,
all space filled with bone |
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type of bone,
space has spongy area not filled with bone tissue |
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fluid connective tissue,
made of several types of cells and liquid matrix (plasma) |
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| force and movement production tissue of body, works by pulling (can only produce motion or force in one direction) |
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most common type of tissue in body,
attached to bones (muscle that moves skeleton), can be moved voluntarily, cells are long and straited |
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| straited and cells connected by intercalated discs, only found in heart, involuntary muscle |
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cells are not straited and short/cylindrical, found surrounding many hallow organs, involuntary muscle,
(ex. wall of stomach and large intestines) |
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| tissue that makes up nervous system |
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| main functional cells (signaling and coordinating cells) |
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| support cells of nervous system, physically anchor and support neurons, perform maintenance |
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