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Types of tissues
Goes through tissues, locations, and functions
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Biology
10th Grade
05/23/2011

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Term
Epithelial Tissue Locations
Definition
skin, hair, nails, cover organs, line organs
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Epithelial tissue finctions
Definition
protection, sensory, secretion, absorbtion
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Connective Tissue Location
Definition
Most abundant in body, skeletal system, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, fat, blood, immune system
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Connective tissue 6 things
Definition

 

  • Tendons-binds skeletal muscle to bone
  • Ligaments-bone to bone
  • cartilage-structures (nose, ears)
  • fat-cushions, protects, energy
  • blood-carries O2, CO2, nutrients, and waste
  • Immune System- tonsils, lymph nodes

 

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Connective Tissue functions
Definition
shape, protect, support, bind, movement
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Muscle Tissue Location and involuntary or voluntary
Definition

  • Skelatal-attached to bone (V)
  • Cardiac-heart muscle (IV)
  • smooth- "walls" (IV)-paristolic motion

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Muscle Tissue Function
Definition
Movement
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Nervous Tissue Location
Definition

Central Nervous System-Brain & Spinal Cord

Peripheral Nervous System- nerves that branch out from CNS

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Nervous Tissue Function
Definition

"Master" System of body, coordinates all activities 

Neuron=major cell type in system 

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