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A&P Chap 4 Key Words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Adipose tissue | Fatty or fatlike |
| Aponeurosis | Flattend sheet of white, fibrous connective tissue; holds one muscle to another or to the periosteum |
| Areolar tissue | A type of connective tissue that surrounds various organs and supports both nerve and blood vessels |
| Bactericidal | Causing the death of bacteria |
| Calcify | To deposit mineral salts |
| Cardiac muscle | Muscle of the heart |
| Cartilage | White, semiopaque, non vascular connective tissue |
| Collagen | Fibrous protein occurring in bone and cartilage |
| Connective tissue | Cells whose intracellular secretions (Matrix) support and connects the organs and tissues of the body |
| Elastin | |
| Elasticlike fibers found in connective tissues | |
| Epithelial tissue | Protects the body by covering external and internal surfaces |
| Fascia | Band or sheet of fibrous membranes covering or binding and supporting muscles |
| Gastric mucosa | Mucosa that lines the stomach |
| Graft | To transplant tissue into a body part to replace damaged tissue |
| Granulation | Tiny red granules that are visible in the base of a healing wound; granules consists of newly-formed capillaries and fibroblast |
| Hyaline | Type of cartilage that forms the skeleton of the embryo |
| Intestinal mucosa | Lines the small and large intestines |
| Ligament | A band of fibrous tissue connecting bones or supporting organs |
| Membrane | I thin layer of tissue that covers a surface or divides an organ |
| Mucosa | Mucous membrane |
| Mucous membrane | Type of tissue that lines surfaces and spaces that lead to the outside of the body |
| Muscle tissue | Contains cell material that has the ability to contract and move the body |
| Nervous tissue | Compound of two types of cells,neurogila and neutrons, that react to stimuli and conduct an impulse |
| Osseous (bone) tissue | Bony; composed of or resembling bone |
| Parietal membrane | Lining of a body cavity |
| Pericardial membrane | Lining of the heart cavity |
| Peritoneal membrane | Serous membrane lining of abdominal cavity; also referred to as peritoneum |
| Pleural membrane | Serous membrane protecting the lungs and the lining of internal surface of thoracic cavity; also called pleura |
| Primary repair | Repair of epithelial tissue when no infection is present; new epithelial cells push themselves up toward the skin surface to repair the damage |
| Respiratory mucosa | Lining of the respiratory passages |
| Scab | Dried capillary fluid that seals a wound |
| Secondary repair | Repair of a wound with small or large tissue loss |
| Serosa | Name given to a double walled serous membrane |
| Serous fluid | (1) normal lymph fluid; (2) thin, watery body fluid |
| Serous membrane | Double-walled membrane that produces serious fluid |
| Skeletal muscle | Muscle attached to a bone or bones of a skeleton that AIDS and body movements, also known as voluntary and striated muscle |
| Suture | (1) a line of connection or closure between bones, as in a cranial suture; (2) in surgery, I find thread-like catgut or silk used to repair or close a wound |
| Synovial membrane | Double layer of connective tissue that lines joint cavities and produces synovial fluid |
| Tendon | Cord or fibrous connective tissue that attaches a muscle to a bone or other structure |
| Visceral membrane | The membrane covering each organ in a body cavity |
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Staceyleeann1972
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