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Tissue Human Anatomy 232 Brown S14

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Skeletal Muscle   Striated, mutlinucleated, voluntary movement, attached to bones and sometimes skin  
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Striations   the overlapping pattern of parallel thick and thin contractile protein filaments inside the cell  
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Smooth muscle   non-striated, centrally located nucleus, involuntary movement, Located in hollow organs  
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Cardiac muscle   striated, intercalated discs, involuntary movement, located in the heart  
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Intercalated disk   strong gap junctions between cells  
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4 types of tissue   Epithelial, connective, nervous, muscle  
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Tissue   Group of cells working together, for a purpose, through the body  
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Epithelial Tissue   covers exposed surfaces and lines body cavities  
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Connective Tissue   Protects/supports and interconnects body parts & organs  
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Muscle Tissue   shortens to produce movement  
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Nervous Tissue   conducts impulses for internal communication  
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Adipocytes   fat cells  
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Function of Simple Squamous   Allows diffusion  
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Location of Simple Cuboidal   kidney tubules  
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Location of Simple Columnar   GI lining  
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Location of Simple Squamous   Alveoli of lungs  
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What is lumen?   middle of an artery where things flow  
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What is the basement membrane?   is a thin extracellular layer between epithelium and underlying connective tissue  
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Neurons   Sends electrochemical signals  
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Fibrocyte   fiber cell  
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Collagen Fiber   bundles of protein  
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What does microvilli do?   increase the surface area for secretion and absorption  
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Where are microvilli located?   on the surface of cells  
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Simple cuboidal (function)   Absorption and secretion  
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Simple columnar (function)   absorption and secretion, secretion of mucin  
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Goblet cell   secrete mucin  
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Pseudostratified ciliated columnar   Protection, secretion of mucin, and movement of mucus across surface  
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Cilia   Hair like structures that provide movement  
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Stratified squamous – keratinized   Protection of underlying tissue  
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Hyaline cartilage   supports soft tissue, and model for bone growth  
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Chondrocyte   mature cartilage cells  
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Matrix (Ground substance)   consists of protein and carbohydrate molecules and variable amounts of water  
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Areolar   binds and packs around organs  
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Elastic fiber   contain the protein elastin;allows skin, lungs, and arteries to return to normal after stretching  
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Adipose   protects; stores fat; and insulates  
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Blood    
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Erythrocyte   red blood cells  
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Leukocyte   white blood cells  
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Platelet   cell fragment that helps with blood clotting  
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Neurons    
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Axon   carries outgoing signals to other cells  
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Cell body of neuron   controls the cell and produces protein for the cell  
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Cardiac striations   light and dark bands in/on tissue  
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Transitional epithelium   varies in appearance depending on whether it is in a relaxed or stretched state  
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Fascia   sheath of fibrous tissue that envelops the body beneath the skin  
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