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Chapter 2 Study Section 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adipose tissue | collection of fat cells |
| catilage | flexible connective tissue attached to bones at joints |
| epithelial cells | skin cells that cover the external body surface and line the internal struture of organs |
| histologist | specialist in the study of tissue |
| larynx | "voice box"; located at the upper part of the trachea |
| pharynx | throat. serves as the common passageway for food and air |
| pituitary gland | endocrine gland at the base of the brain |
| thyroid gland | endocrine gland that surrounds the trachea in the neck |
| trachea | "windpipe"(tube leading from the throat to the bronchial tubes) |
| ureter | one of two tubes, each leading from a single kidney to the urinary bladder |
| urethra | tube from the urinary bladder to the outside of the body |
| uterus | the womb. the organ that holds the embryo/fetus as it develops |
| viscera | internal organs |