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Chap 4 Tissues AP
A&P Chap 4- Tissues
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| referring to fats or a type of connective tissue that stores fat. | adipose |
| Referring to loose connective tissue, any small space, or to an areola, a circular area of marked color. | areolar |
| Type of hard connective tissue found at the ends of bones, the tip of the nose, larynx, trachea, and the embryonic skeleton. | cartilage |
| Cell that produces and maintains cartilage. | chondrocyte |
| flexible white protein that gives strength and resilience to connective tissue, such as bone and cartilage. | Collagen |
| Referring to a gland that secretes into the bloodstream. | endocrine |
| One of the four main types of tissues; forms glands, covers surfaces, and lines cavities; | epithelium |
| Referring to a gland that secretes through a duct | exocrine |
| Band or sheet of brous connective tissue. | fascia |
| cells that produce the various fibers in all connective tissue. | fibroblast |
| Study of tissues. | histology |
| The nonliving background material in a tissue; the intercellular material. | matrix |
| Thin sheet of tissue. | membrane |
| Lining membrane that produces mucus; mucous membrane. | mucosa |
| Thick protective uid secreted by mucous mem-branes and glands; adj., mucous. | mucus |
| Fatty material that covers and insulates the axons of some neurons. | myelin |
| Supporting and protective cells of the ner-vous system; glial cells. | neuroglia |
| Conducting cell of the nervous system. | neuron |
| Mature bone cell; maintains bone but does not produce new bone tissue. | osteocyte |
| Pertaining to the wall of a space or cavity. | parietal |
| Serous membrane; epithelial membrane that secretes a thin, watery uid. | serosa |
| Cell that has the potential to develop into different types of cells. | stem cell |
| smooth muscle | visceral |