tissue-study Word Scramble

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Question	Answer
Forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes	Epithelium
Allows for organ movements within the body	Epithelium
Transmits electrochemical impulses	Nervous
Supports body organs	Connective
Cells of this tissue may absorb and/pr secrete substances	Epithelium
Basis of the major controlling system of the body	Nervous
The cells of this tissue shorten to exert force	Muscle
Forms hormones	Epithelium
Packages and protects body organs	Connective
Characterized by having large amounts of nonliving matrix	Connective
Allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and shoot an arrow	Muscle
Most widely distributed tissue type in the body	Connective
Forms the brain and spinal cord	Nervous
Lines the esophagus and forms the skin epidermis	Stratified Squamous
Forms the lining of the stomach and small intestine	Simple Columnar
Best suited for areas subjected to friction	Stratified squamous
Lines much of the respiratory tract	Simple Squamous
Propels substances across its surface	Pseudostratified columnar
Found in the bladder lining; peculiar cells that slide over one another	Transitional
Forms thin serous membranes; a single later of flattened cells	Simple squamous
Provides great strength through parallel bundles of collagen fibers; found in tendons	Dense fibrous connective tissue
Acts as a storage depot for fat	Adipose connectie tissue
Composes the dermis of the skin	Adipose connective tissue
Forms the bony skeleton	Osseous tissue
Composes the basement membrane and packages organs; includes a gel-like matrix with all categories of fibers and many cell types	Areolar connective tissue
Forms the embryonic skeleton and the surfaces of bones at the joints; reinforces the trachea	Hyaline cartilage
Provides insulation for the body	Adipose connective tissue
Structurally amorphous matrix, heavily invaded with fibers; appears glassy and smooth	Hyaline Cartilage
Contains cells arranged concentrically around a nutrient canal; matrix is hard due to calcium salts	Osseous tissue
Forms the stroma or internal "skeleton" of lymph nodes, the spleen, another lymphoid organs	Reticular connective tissue

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