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HISTOLOGY
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
06/05/2011

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Simple Squamous Epithelium

 

- reduction of friction, gas exchange

- serous membranes, alveoli of the lungs, inner layer of blood vessels

 

Term
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Simple Cubodial ET

 

-used for secretion and absorption by cells of the kidney tubules, thyroid gland

 

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Simple Columnar ET

 

- found in the lining of the intestines and stomach

-used for secretion, absorption and protection

 

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Stratified Squamous ET

 

-found in epidermis and lining of oral cavity

 - used for physical protection

Term
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Pseudostratified Columnar ET

 

-found in trachea

-used for secreting and protection

Term
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Areolar CT proper

 

-found throughout the body

-packing material

 

-mostly collagen with a few elastic fibers

 

 

Term
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Adipose

 

- cushioning and energy reserves

- around kidney and eyeballs

Term
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Dense Regular Connective Tissue

 

-found in tendons

-used for the ability to withstand great pulling force

- stretches and recoils

 

 

Term
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Hyaline Cartilage

 

-found in bones

-used for growing long bones, allows growth

 

-cells are within lacunae, the collagen fibers are small and evenly dispersed

Term
Dense irregular CT
Definition

- strength and resistance

- reticular layer of the dermis

 

Term
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Definition

Elastic Cartilage

 

-found in ears

- used to provide rigidity with even more flexibity

-has elastic fibers which allow it to return to its original shape

-cells in lacunae

Term
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Bone

 

-found in bones

-used for strength and support

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Blood

 

-found in blood vessels

-used to transport oxygen

 

less white blood cells than red blood cells

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Definition

Skeletal Muscle

 

-attaches to bone

-movement of the body

 

Term
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Definition

Cardiac Muscle

 

-found in heart

-pumps blood

 

-connected by intercalated disks

 

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Smooth Muscle

 

-found in stomach

-used to regulate the size of organs

Term
Histology
Definition
the branch of anatomy that deals with the microstructure of tissues
Term
tissue
Definition
a group or unit of cells specialized to perform a particular function
Term
Anterior
Definition
front of body
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ventral
Definition
front of body (belly)
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posterior
Definition
back of body
Term
dorsal
Definition
back of body
Term
cranial
Definition
closer to the head than another structure
Term
superior
Definition
a structure above another
Term
caudal
Definition
closer to the tail than another structure
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inferior
Definition
a structure below another
Term
medial
Definition
toward the midline
Term
lateral
Definition
away from the midline
Term
proximal
Definition
closer to the point of attachment to the body than another structure
Term
distal
Definition
farther from the point of attachment to the body than another structure
Term
superficial
Definition
closer to the surface
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deep
Definition
toward the interior of the body
Term
transverse plane
Definition
runs parallel to the floor separates the body into superior and interior
Term
sagittal plane
Definition
runs parallel to the body and separates the body into right and left
Term
frontal plant
Definition
runs vertically from right to left and separates the body into anterior and posterior
Term
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Definition

Transitional epithelium

expansion and recoil

urinary bladder and ureters

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