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| Name the 4 types of tissue |
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1. Epithelial Tissue
2. Muscle tissue
3. Nervous=Neural Tissue
4. Connective Tissue |
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(Endothelium in cardiovascular system)
Very cellular, avascular, protects, sensory, glands, permeability
Ex:outer layer of the skin (epidermis), the lining of the digestive and respiratory tracts |
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Capable of contraction
Ex: where skeleton attaches, heart primarily made of muscle
most of your muscles in viscera |
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| Control and communication (Neutrons) |
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Most Common (blood and Fat)
Most abundant tissue in the body
Framework, structural, surrounds, connects, transports, protects, storage
Ex. bone, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, blood and fat |
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| Fibroblasts are the most abundant fixed connective tissue cells and produce and maintain fibers and ground substance. other cells could (depending on the type of connective tissue) be adipose cells, osteocytes, chondrocytes, or blood cells |
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A) Ground Substance
B) Fibers |
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| Fluid to semisolid homogeneous background made by the connective tissue cells |
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1. Collagen
2 Elastic
3. Reticular |
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Rope like, strong protein fibers
Big strong ropes
Most common |
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| stretchy fibers such as those in the vocal cords |
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Short and thin fibers such as those of the spleen, liver, and lymph nodes
Mesh Like |
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| Explain how epithelium and connective tissue combine to form 4 different types of membranes. |
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| Somewhere in between tissue and organ the. They are barriers that cover or protect |
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| membranes, moist with mucus, that line cavities such as the oral and nasal cavities |
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| permeable membranes that are moist with a watery fluid found lining the thoracic and abdominal cavities |
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| Line the joint vacuities and produce synovial fluid |
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