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Type of Tissue: Epithelium
Specific Name: Simple Cuboidal
Definition: Single layer of cube-shaped epithelial cells, each with a central nucleus
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Type of Tissue: Epithelium
Specific Name: Pseudostratified Columnar
Description: Single layer of epithelial cells where some are longer than others giving the "false" appearance of stratification. Goblet cells are found between the pseudostratified cells. |
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Type of Tissue: Connective
Specific Name: Loose or Areolar
Description: Soft packaging tissue that cushions and protects body organs.
Slide: Most of the cells are fibroblasts surrounded by a scattered-like arrangement of collagen and elastic fibers. |
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Type of Tissue: Connective
Specific name: Andipose (fat)
Description: Dense concentration of fat cells within a framework of areolar tissue.
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Type of Tissue: Connective
Specific Name: Hyaline Cartilage
Description: Type of cartilage with a smooth matrix (between the cells.) |
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Type of Tissue: Connective
Specific Name: Bone
Description: Supports the body and serves as a site for the attachment of skeletal muscles.
Slide: The cells are called osteocytes and they are found in cavities called lacunae. The structural units of a compact bone are osteons. |
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Type of Tissue: Connective
Specific Name: Blood
Description: Red and white blood cells suspended in a fluid called plasma.
Slide: Red blood cells lack a nucleus and are red. White blood cells have a stained nucleus. Red blood cells outnumber white blood cells about 800:1.
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Type of Tissue: Muscle
Specific Name: Skeletal
Description: Attaches to the bones of the body.
Slide: They have many nuclei within each cell and have stripes down their length called cross-striations. |
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Type of Tissue: Muscle
Specific Name: Cardiac
Description: Only found in the wall of the heart.
Slide: They are striated (striped) and have intercalated discs.
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Type of Tissue: Muscle
Specific Name: Smooth
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Type of Tissue: Nervous
Specific Name: Motor Neuron
Description: Consists of neurons and their support cells. Specialized to conduct nerve impulses.
Slide: Motor neurons have several dendrites (A crystal mass with a branching, treelike structure) and an axon (long threadlike part of a nerve cell) that extend out from the body. |
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