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tissues4
tissues for chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| glands that secrete through ducts | exocrine |
| flat irregular epithelial cells | squamous |
| type of connective tissue that stores fat and serves as a heat insulator | adipose |
| a term that means in layers | stratified |
| hard connective tissue that acts as a shock absorber and as a bearing surface to reduce friction between moving parts | cartilage |
| secretion that traps dust and other inhaled foreign particles | mucous |
| a band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue around muscles | fascia |
| scientific name for a nerve cell | neuron |
| flexible white protein that makes up the main fibers in connective tissue | collagen |
| strong band of connective tissue that supports a joint | ligament |
| fatty insulating material that covers and protects some nerve fibers | myelin |
| the result of excess production of collagen in the formation of a scar | keloid |
| a layer of fibrous connective tissue around a bone | periosteum |
| tissue that forms a protective covering for the body and lines the digestive, respiratory, and urinary passages | epithelium |
| a cord of connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone | tendon |
| tumors that spread and grow rapidly often causing death | malignant |
| tumor that does not spread and is usually confined to a local area | benign |
| special sac that encloses the heart | pericardium |
| membrane that covers each lung | pleura |
| tissue that forms when cartilage gradually becomes impregnated with calcium salts and phosphate | bone |
| type of lining found in the various parts of the respiratory tract | mucous membrane |
| membrane that covers cartilage | perichondrium |
| a tough membranous connective tissue that encloses an organ | capsule |
| most common type of cancer, on that originates in epithelium | carcinoma |
| spreading | metastasis |
| carries impulses | axon and dendrite |
| most common type of connective tissue | areolar |
| non-living | matrix |
| study of tissues | histology |
| tumor | neoplasm |
| protects and supports nervous tissues | neurogila |
| classifying tumors by how they are spreading | staging |
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