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What are the two types of glands? Where do they release their product? |
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Exocrine and endocrine. Exocrine glands secret products into ducts. Endocrine glands secret products directly into the bloodstream or interstitial fluid. |
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What are the two shapes of exocrine glands? What do they look like? |
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Tubular and alveolar. Tubular glands look like a test tube. Alveolar glands look like light bulbs. |
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What are the four shapes of epithelial tissues? |
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Squamous, cubodial, columnar, and pseudostratified. |
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What are the three layers of epithelial tissues? |
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Simple, stratified, and transitional. |
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What are the four main tissue types? |
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Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous. |
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What are the three types of muscle tissue? |
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Skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, and cardiac muscle. |
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Describe skeletal muscle. Where is it located? |
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Striated voluntary. Skeletal muscle is attatched to the bones. (ie: quadriceps, hamstrings, biceps, triceps) |
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Describe smooth muscle. Where is it located? |
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Nonstriated involuntary. Smooth muscle lines internal organs. (ie: stomach, intestines, kidneys, liver) |
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Describe cardiac muscle. Where is it located? |
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Striated involuntary. Smooth muscle is found in the heart. |
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What are the four types of connective tissue? |
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Fibrous, bone, cartilage, and blood. |
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What is an osteon (Haversion System)? |
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The basic unit of structure of compact bone. |
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What are the three parts of an osteon? |
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Lacunae, lamellae, canaliculi. |
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Small spaces where osteocytes are located. |
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Concentric layers of bone matrix. |
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Canals that join lacunae with the central Haversion canal. |
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What are the three parts of a neuron? |
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Soma (cell body), axon (stem, transmits signals away), dendrites (branches, transmits signals in). |
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Cardiac muscle has dark bands called ____________ _____. |
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What are the two unique connective tissues? Why are they unique. |
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Blood and bone. Blood has a liquid matrix. Bone has a solid matrix. |
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