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- Simple Squamous Epithelium
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| Simple Cuboidal Epithelium |
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| Stratified Squamous Epithelium |
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| Simple Columnar Epithelium |
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| Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar Epithelium |
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| Simple Squamous Epithelium |
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- lubrication of body cavity
- permits free movement of organs
- transport across cells
- Lung aveoli
- Look like flattened eggs
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| Stratified Squamous Epithelium |
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- prevents water loss
- protection
- epidermis of skin
- Newer cells on the bottom and slowly move up
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| Simple Cuboidal Epithelium |
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- Secretion
- protection
- manholes
- lines surface
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| Simple Columnar Epithelium |
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- secretion
- absorption
- protection
- lubrication
- lining lumen of digestive tract
- nucleus line up perfectly
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| Pseudstratified Columnar Epithelium |
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- lines lumen of respiratory tract
- secretion
- protection
- faciliates transport of substances on surfaces
- only one with cilia
- looks like a combination of stratified and columnar
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| Chondrocytes, which reside in the lacunae, produce the matrix, which consists of calcium salts
Canaliculi allow for diffusion of nutrients to and wastes from the chondrocytes
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| Chondrocytes, which reside in the lacunae, produce the matrix, which consists of calcium salts
Canaliculi allow for diffusion of nutrients to and wastes from the chondrocytes
Haversian canals run lengthwise
Volkmann's canals run perpendicularly
blood vessels run within the canals |
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- dense and strong
- pads the meniscus of the knee
- makes up the intervertebral discs
- the material of the pubis symphysis
- Matrix contains wavy strands of collagen fibers
- relatively few chondrocytes
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- Found in epiglottis
- Pinnae
- Stains distinctly dark
- Withstands repeated bending
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- Smooth matrix (chondroitan sulfate)
- occasional chondrocytes in lacunae (holes)
- common tissue in the body
- found on the articular surfaces of bones
- supports the trachea and costae (ribs)
- gives the nose its shape
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| Dense Irregular Connective Tissue |
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| Dense Irregular Connective Tissue |
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- the chaotic, wavy reddish tissue deep to the epidermis
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| Dense Regular Connective Tissue |
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| Dense Regular Connective Tissue |
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- wavy
- collagen fibers
- there is order
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- Energy storage in heterotrophs
- push nucleus to perimeter of cytoplasm
- large cells
- fat droplets
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- Very stretchy
- providing cushioning of organs and easy muscle movement
- Appear red under slides
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- The thin, dark lines are elastic fibers.
- Gelatinous hyaluronic acid fills in the space between cells and fibers
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Artery and Vein Comparison
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- Striated
- coluntary
- skeletal muscles in body
- defined
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- Nonstriated
- involuntary
- walls of digestive tract and blood vessels, uterus and urinary bladder
- squiggles
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- strated
- involuntary
- heart
- far more red and condensed than skeletal
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| fingerlike projections from the cell surface, covered by plasma membranes and containing a core of microflaments. Mainly located at luminal surfaces of absorptive cells |
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| motile organelles extending into the lumen, consisting of a covering of plasma membrane and a core of specifically arranged microtubules. Mainly located in respiratory epithelium and a part of female reproductive tract |
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| actually very elongated microvilli |
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| composed of cells or myocytes that are contractile in nature. Function to move the skeletal sustem and body viscera |
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| Composed of neurons that respond to external and internal stimuli and have the capability to transmit a message from one area of the body to another |
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| What does nervous tissue compose? |
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| What are the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, ganglia, receptors, eye, ear, taste budds and olfactory region composed of? |
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| covers the external surfaces of the body and lines the internal tubes and cavities. Also forms the glands of the body |
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| Characteristics of epithelial tissues |
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has compacted aggregated cells
has limited intercellular spaces and substances
is avascular
has a basally located basal lamina and usually attached to underlying connective tissue
has cells that form sheets and are polarized
is derived from all three germ layers |
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The packing and supporting materal of the body tissues and organs
Develops from mesoderm |
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| Composition of Connective Tissue |
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ground substance
cells
fibers |
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