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Tissues and Oncology

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What are the four types of tissue? 1.epithelium 2.Connective3.Muscle 4.Nervous
What is simple Squamous Epithelium? Provides barrier and transport
Where is simple squamous located? 1.alveolus(lung)2.glomerulus(kidney)
What is mesothelium? Simple squamous that covers outside of an organ.
What is endothelium? Simple squamous that lines blood vessels.
Where is simple cuboidal located? 1.Tubules of kidney2.Glands
Where is simple Columnar located? 1.Lines digestive system 2.Fellopine tube
What are the three special features of simple columnar? 1.Cilia 2.Microvilli 3.Goblet cells
What is statified squamous epithelium? 1.Forms epidermis of skin and mucous membrane 2.Provides protection
What is transitional epithelium? 1.Multilayered2.Expands and contracts
Where is transitional epithelium located? Urinary bladder
Where is pseudostratified columnar located? Respitory tubing lining
What is connective tissue? Matrix between cells and all use hydrogenous acid
What are the 7 types of connective tissue? 1.Soft 2.Adipose 3.Recticular 4.Dense 5.Structural 6.Bone 7.Fluid
What is soft connective tissue? Areolar located under all epithelia
What is adipose connective tissue? 1.Fat 2.Under epithelia 3.Outside of some organs.
What is recticular connective tissue? Framework for large solid organs
What is dense connective tissue? 1.Regular arranged 2.Irregulary arranged
Where are the regular arranged dense tissues located? 1.Tendons 2.Ligaments 3.Aponeurosis
Where are the irregular arranged dense tissues located? 1.Dermis of skin 2.Capsule around organs3.Joints
What is structural connective tissue? Cartilage
What is cartilage? Chandrotin sulfate,avascular,
What are the 3 types of cartilage? 1.Costal 2.Articular3.Intervertebal disc
What is the frame work of the nose and ear? Cartilage
What is osseous connective tissue? 1.Bone 2.Rigid part of skeleton
What is fluid connective tissue? Functionally connects organ systems?
What are the 2 types of fluid connective tissues? 1.Blood2.Lymph
What are the 3 types of muscle connective tissue? 1.Skeletal-bones 2.Cardiac-heart3.Smooth-organs
What 2 muscle tissues are striated? 1.Skeletal 2.Cardiac
What is nervous tissue? Control body with electronic impulses
What is oncology? Study of cancers
What is a tumor? Overgrowth of tissue cells
What are the 2 types of tumors? 1.Benign2.Malignant
What are the 4 types of malignat tumors? 1.Carcinoma 3.Sarcoma2.Adenocarcinoma 4.Leukimia,Lyphomas
What is a carcinoma? Cancer of the epithelial
What is adenocarcinoma? Gland tumor
What is a sarcoma? Cancer of connective tissue or muscle
What is leukimia? Cancer of fluid connective tissues
What is a primary tumor? Initial location of the tumor
What is a secondary tumor? Tumor that spreads into adjacent tumors
What is metastasis? Tumor that spreads through blood or lymph to another remote area.
What are the 3 major sites of metastasis? Local nymphnodes, lungs, and liver.
What are the 2 minor sites of metastasis? Bone and brain.
What are the 5 leading causes of cancer? Radiation, carcinogen, heredity, age, and viruses.
Give 3 examples of radiation that causes cancer. UV, nuclear, and X-rays.
What is carcinogen? A chemical that stimulates cells to become cancerous.
What are the two types of treatment for cancer? Surgery or radiation.
What 2 types of surgery will treat cancer? curative and debulking
What 2 types of radiation will treat cancer? Radio active isotopes and special x-rays
What does chemotherapy do? The drugs target the cancer rapidly reducing the cells. The drug goes every where, however there are lots of side effects.
What are the side effects of chemotherpy? It damages normal reproducing cells.
How does it affect the bone marrow? Anemia, infections, and bleeding.
How does it affect the digestive lining? Diarrihea, vomiting, nausea.
How does it affect hair follicles? Hair loss.
What is remission? The temporary shut down of cancer.
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