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Simple Columnar Epithelium   Forms lining of stomach and intestines. Also elongated cells with elongated nuclei located near basement membrane.  
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium   Lines kidney tubules and ducts of salivary glands  
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Simple squamous Epithelium   Single layer of flattened cells and forms walls of capillaries and air sacs of lungs.  
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Pseudo-stratified columnar Epithelium   Commonly possesses cilia that move dust and mucus out of the respiratory airways. Nuclei located at different levels within a single row of aligned cells. Appear layered (stratified) but are a single layer of cells. (Simple)  
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Stratified Squamous Epithelium   Deeper cells cuboidal, or columnar; older cells flattened nearest the free surface. Forms lining of oral cavity, esophagus, anal canal, and vagina.  
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Transitional Epithelium   Consists of several layers of cells, allowing an expandable lining and forms inner lining of urinary bladder.  
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Adipose Tissue   Functions as heat insulator beneath skin  
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Areolar Tissue   Contains larger amounts of fluid and transports nutrients, wastes, and gases.  
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Blood   Cells in solid matrix arranged around central canal  
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Bone (compact)   Main tissue of tendons and ligaments  
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Dense connective Tissue (regular)   Forms framework of outer ear  
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Elastic cartilage   Occurs in some ligament attachments between vertebrae and larger artery walls  
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Elastic connective Tissue   Pads between vertebrae that are shock absorbers  
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Fibrocartilage   Forms the ends of many long bones  
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Hyaline Cartilage   Binds skin to underlying organs  
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Reticular connective Tissue   Forms supporting Tissue in walls of liver and spleen  
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Cardiac muscle   Striated and involuntary. Muscle that composes heart. Contains intercalated discs.  
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Nervous Tissue   Coordinates, regulates, and integrates body functions. Contains neurons and neuroglia. Conducts impulses along cellular processes.  
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Skeletal muscle   Muscle attached to bones. Strained and voluntary.  
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Smooth muscle   Moves food through the digestive tract. Muscle that lacks striations.  
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Apocrine sweat gland   Become active at puberty in a axillary and groin regions  
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Arrector pili muscle   Causes hair to stand on end and goose bumps to appear  
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Dermis   Inner layer of skin  
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Epidermis   Responds to elevated body temperature  
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Hair follicle   General name of entire superficial layer of the skin  
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Keratin   Tubelike part that contains the root of the hair  
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Melanin   Tough protein of nails and hair  
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Merocrine sweat gland   Epidermal pigment  
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Sebaceous gland   Gland that secretes an oily mixture  
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Sebum   Oily secretion that helps to waterproof body surface  
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Stratum Basale   Cell division and deepest layer of epidermis  
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Stratum corneum   Outermost layer of epidermis  
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