Question | Answer |
covers body surface and organs | epithelial tissue |
word meaning "layered" | stratified |
cells that are elongated | columnar |
have a basement membrane and an apical surface | epithelial tissue |
cells that are shaped like a square | cuboidal |
word meaning flat and irregularly shaped | squamous |
tissue that is layered, with cells that are flatter at the top layer | stratified squamous epithelium |
pseudo- means | fake or false |
elongated cells that appear to be in more than layer but really aren't | pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
word describing tissues that have one layer | simple |
a single layer of square-shaped cells | simple cuboidal epithelium |
gives connective tissue strength | collagen |
gives connective tissue the ability to stretch | elastin |
scientific name for fatty tissue | adipose |
connective tissue with liquid matrix | blood |
the most common type of cartilage | hyaline |
osseous tissue | bone |
tissue that has connections called intercalated discs | cardiac muscle |
involuntatry and not striated | smooth muscle |
involuntary and striated | cardiac muscle |
voluntary and striated | skeletal muscle |
striated means | stiped or having lines |
type of cell that secretes mucus | goblet cell |
two types of tissue that have goblet cells | psuedostatified columnar and simple columnar epithelium |
type of gland that has ducts that carry secretions | exocrine glands |
type of gland that secretes directly into the surrounding tissue | endocrine glands |
the pituitary, thyroid and adrenal are this type of gland | endocrine |
the sebaceous and sudoriferous are this type of gland | exocrine |
This gland becomes activated at puberty. When its secretions combine with bacteria, an odor ensues | apocrine |
the word ending -blast refers to this type of cell | young and active |
this connective tissue has minerals in its matrix | bone |