Question | Answer |
Types of Tissues | Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nerve |
Nerve | Fn: Transmit electrical impluses
Ln: Spinal Cord
SpFt: Axon |
Types of Connective Tissue | Proper
Cartilage
Bone
Blood |
Types of Muscle Tissue | Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth |
Skeletal Muscle | Fn: Moves bones
Ln: Attached to bones
SpFt: Striations |
Cardiac Muscle | Fn: Pumps Blood
Ln: Heart
SpFt: Intercalated discs |
Smooth Muscle | Fn: Contract to move material through the tube
Ln: Small intesting
SpFt: Nucleus |
Types of CT Proper Tissue | Loose
Dense |
CT Proper Loose | - Areolar
- Adipose
- Reticular |
CT Proper Dense | - Regular
- Irregular
- Elastic |
Areolar | Fn: Surrounds and protects
Ln: Skin
SpFt: Fibroblast and collagen fiber |
Adipose | Fn: Store energy
Ln: Subcutaneous
SpFt: Adipocytes |
Reticular | Fn: Provides supportive framework
Ln: Spleen and thymus
SpFt: Reticular fibers and leukocytes |
Dense Regular | Fn: Attach m to b and b to b
Ln: Ligaments and tendons
SpFt: Collagen fibers and fibroblast |
Dense Irregular | Fn: Resist multidirectional stress
Ln: Fascia
SpFt: Collagen fibers and fibroblast |
Elastic | Fn: Allows Stretching
Ln: Walls of artery and resp system
SpFt: Elastic fibers and fibroblast |
Cartilage | - Hyaline
- Fibrocartilage
- Elastic |
Hyaline | Fn: Reduces friction (cover joints)
Ln: Articular ends of long bones
SpFt: Chondrocytes |
Fibrocartilage | Fn: resist Compression
Ln: IVD (Intervertebral disc)
SpFt: Chondrocytes |
Elastic | Fn: Allows flexibility
Ln: Ear and epiglottis
SpFt: Chondrocytes and elastic fibers |
Bone | Fn: Support and protect
Ln: Bones
SpFt: Osteocytes |
Blood | Fn: Transport
Ln: Vessels and heart
SpFt: Nucleus in WBC (leukocytes) |
Epithelial | Convers, protects and lines |
# of cell layers (Epithelial) | - Simple = 1 cell layer thick
- Straified = multiple layers |
Epithelial Shapes | - Squamous = flat, wide, irregular
- Cuboidial = cube shaped
- Columnar = column shaped |