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Tissue Types
types, breakdowns and definitions
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Anatomy
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11/27/2012

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Term
tissue types
Definition

epithelial

connective

muscle

nervous

Term
epithelial tissue
Definition
  • squamous-flat or scale like
  • cuboidal-cube shaped
  • columnar- column like
  • transitional-strechy and varaibly shaped
  • stratified-any of the above in several layers
  • simple-any of the above in a single layer
  • pseudostratified-looks multiple layered but isn't

 

Term
epithelial membrane
Definition

cutaneous

serous-parietal/visceral

mucous

Term
cutaneous membrane
Definition

known as your skin

makes up 16% of total body weight

the largest visible organ

 

Term
serous membrane
Definition

two layered membrane with potential (fluid-filled) space in between comprised of the parietal and visceral layers

 

parietal-lines the walls of the ventral body cavities in which organs reside and produces serous fluid

 

visceral-wraps around the individual organs also produces serous fluid

Term
mucous membrane
Definition

lines openings to the outside world such as your digestive tract, respitory system, urinary and reproductive tracts

contain specialized cells that produce mucus

Term
connective tissue
Definition

most common tissue found through out the body

 

connective tissue proper

cartilage

bone 

blood

Term
connective tissue proper
Definition
  • areolar tissue-fine delicate webs of loose connective tissue
  • adipose tissue-fat
  • tendons and ligaments are densely packed connective tissue that form cordlike structures
Term

cartilage

&

bone

Definition
  • cartilage has its cells embedded in tiny holes(lacunae) in a gelatinous matrix
  • bone is the hardest bone cells(osteocytes)live in holes called lacunae but bones matrix is made up mainly of calcium and phosphate
Term
blood and lymph
Definition
they are fluid considered connective tissue because they are a liquid mixture comprised of cells that have specialized functions
Term
muscle tissue
Definition

skeletal or striated

cardiac

smooth

Term
skeletal muscle
Definition
is attached to bones and causes movement by contracting and relaxing voluntary we control
Term
cardiac muscle
Definition
  • found in the walls of the heart 
  • involuntary in movement
  • straited but the cells are branched and have a single nucleus each
  • cells interlock with each other promoting more efficient contraction
Term
smooth muscle
Definition
  • forms the wall of hollow organs
  • also called viseral muscles
  • involuntary muscle
Term
nervous tissue
Definition
  • acts as rapid messenger
  • neurons-conductors of information
  • neuroglia-cells function as support cells
  • dendrites-branch like formations that make up neurons
  • axon-trunk like structuretransports information away from the cell body
  • meninges-membranes associated with nervous tissue covering the brain and spinal cord
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