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HUCM Intro to Tissues
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Medical
Graduate
09/06/2011

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Term
What are the four main categories of tissues?
Definition
Epithelial, muscle, nerve, and connective
Term
What tissue cells line hollow organs?
Definition
epithelial
Term
what tissue is used for structural strength and defense?
Definition
connective
Term
what tissue is used in contraction?
Definition
muscle
Term
The lining of all blood vessels (endothelium) is done by simple ? epithelium
Definition
squamous
Term
Deletion of ? prevents the appearance of a stratified epithelium.
Definition
p63
Term
A novel protein called ? regulates the assembly of actin and microtubules in epithelial cells
Definition
SHROOM
Term
What cells have nuclei like purple cigars
Definition
skeletal muscle cells
Term
in cardiac muscle cells are joined at ends by ?
Definition
intercalated discs
Term
In cardiac muscle the nucleus is ?
Definition
at the center
Term
what are clusters of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system?
Definition
Nerve Ganglia
Term
Peripheral nerves are one or more bundles of axons; each with a surrounding ?
Definition
perineurium
Term
What tissue may have large amounts of extracellular matrix present? Also many different cell types may be mixed in together.
Definition
Connective tissue
Term
What are the most abundant cells in connective tissue?
Definition
Fibroblasts
Term
Blood cells have how many nuceli
Definition
NONE
Term
What has round cells (chondrocytes) embedded in a solid, rubbery ECM.
What is the hole called when chondrocytes fall out?
Definition
Cartilage
lacuna
Term
What type of epithelium is most often found in: the skin, ducts of glands, the intestine, blood vessels, and the respiratory system.
Definition
Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium
Term
What regulates the shape of the membrane and is connected to an internal cytoskeleton (actin)?
Definition
Spectrin
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