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Tissues of the Human Body

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4 Basic Types of Body Tissues   Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, Nervous  
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Fluid Extracellular Matrix of Blood   Plasma  
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Serous Membrane that lines Thorasic Cavity   Parietal Pleura  
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Tissue that Transports fluids and nutrients throughout the body   Blood  
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The type of connective tissue that stores excess energy in the form of fat   Adipose Tissue  
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Tissue that lines the intestines, stomach, and uterus   Simple Columnar Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines the ducts of the mammary glands   Stratified Cuboidal Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines the urinary bladder   Transitional Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines the oral cavity, outer layer of skin, throat, vagina, and anal cavity   Stratified Squamous Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines the walls of capillaries, blood and lymph vessels, and air sacs of the lungs   Simple Squamous Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines the kidney tubules and surface of ovaries   Simple Cuboidal Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines the respiratory passages   Pseudostratified Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines part of the male urethra and pharynx   Stratified Columnar Epithelium  
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Tissue that lines the salivary glands, sweat glands, and endocrine glands   Glandular Epithelium  
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Primary Characteristic of Muscle Tissue   Ability to contract  
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Membrane tissue that lines cavities and organs not open to the outside (simple squamous and loose connective)   Serous membrane  
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Membrane tissue that lines cavities and tubes open to the outside (loose connective)   Mucous Membrane  
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Skin membrane tissue   Cutaneous Membrane  
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Membrane tissue in the joints   Synovial Membrane  
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Type of glands that secretes into ducts   Exocrine Glands  
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Type of glands that secretes into tissue fluids or blood   Endocrine Glands  
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The most rigid connective tissue   bone  
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Connective Tissue cell that is largest, most common, star shaped, produces fibers   Fibroblast  
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Connective Tissue cell that engulfs other cells   Macrophages  
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Connective Tissue cells that release heparin and histamines   Mast Cells  
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Tiny projections in the small intestine that increase surface area for absorption   Microvilli  
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Glands that secrete fluids by exocytosis   Merocrine glands  
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Glands that secrete portions of cells   Apocrine Glands  
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Glands that secrete entire cells   Holocrine glands  
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Tissue in the nose, ends of bones, and rings in the walls of the respiratory passages   Hyaline cartilage  
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Tissue in the framework of the external ear and parts of the larynx   Elastic cartilage  
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Tissue between bony parts of the spinal column, parts of the pelvic girdle, and knee   Fibrocartilage  
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Tissue that makes up tendons, ligaments, and deeper layers of skin   Dense connective tissue  
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Tissue beneath the skin, between muscles, and beneath epithelial tissues   Areolar Tissue  
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Tissue that lines the walls of the liver and spleen   Reticular connective tissue  
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