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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Adipose Loose Connective Tissue - sparse matrix; closely packed adipocytes; nucleus pushed to the side.
- Cells - Adipocytes, fibroblasts, fibrocytes, macrophages, mast cells, white blood cells, fat cells.
- Fibers - Elastic, collagen, reticular.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Adipose Loose Connective Tissue
- Located: Under skin; around kidneys & eyeballs; within abdomen; in breasts
- Functions: Reserve fuel; insulation against heat loss; supports & protects organs
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Areolar Loose Connective Tissue: Gel-like matrix
- Cells: Fibroblasts, fibrocytes,macrophages, mast cells, white blood cells, fat cells.
- Fibers: Elastic, collagen, reticular.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Areolar Loose Connective Tissue
- Located: Widely distributed under epithelia; forms lamina propria of mucous membranes; packages organs; surrounds capillaries.
- Function: Wraps & cushions organs; macrophages phagocytize bacteria; plays important role in inflammation; holds & conveys tissue fluids.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Reticular Loose Connective Tissue
- Cells: Fibroblasts (aka reticular cells), fibrocytes, fat cells, white blood cells, mast cells, macrophages
- Fibers: Reticular
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Reticular Loose Connective Tissue
- Located: Lymph nodes, bone marrow, spleen.
- Functions: Fibers form meshwork to supports other cell types.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Dense Regular Connective Tissue: scant ground substance
- Cells: Rows of fibroblasts in between collagen fibers, fibrocytes, white blood cells, fat cells, macrophages, mast cells.
- Fibers: Primarily closely packed, parallel collagen fibers, a few elastic fibers.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Dense Regular Connective Tissue
- Located: Tendons, most ligaments, fascia, aponeuroses (flat, sheetlike tendons).
- Function: Attaches muscles to bones or muscles or bones to bones; withstands great tensile stress when pulling force is applied in one direction.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Dense Irregular Connective Tissue: scant ground substance
- Cells: Fibroblasts, fibrocytes, mast cells, white blood cells, macrophages, fat cells.
- Fibers: Irregular, thick bundles of collagen fibers, some elastic fibers.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Dense Irregular Connective TissueLocated: Fibrous capsules of organs & joints; dermis of the skin; submucosa of the digestive tract.
- Functions: Able to withstand tension exerted from many directions; provides structural strength.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Elastic Connective Tissue
- Cells: Fibroblasts, fibrocytes, macrophages, mast cells, fat cells.
- Fibers: Dense regular connective tissue (collagen fibers) containing a high proportion of elastic fibers
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Elastic Connective Tissue
- Located: Walls of large arteries; within certain ligaments associated with the vertebral column; within the walls of the bronchial tubes.
- Functions: Allows recoil of tissue following stretching; maintains pulsatile flow of blood through arteries; aids passive recoil of lungs following inspiration.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Hyaline Cartilage (gristle): Amourphous but firm matrix that appears glassy and blue-white to the naked eye.
- Cells: Chondroblasts (produce matrix) that lie in lacunae when mature chondrocytes.
- Fibers: Imperceptible collagen fibers.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Hyaline Cartilage (gristle)
- Located: Covers the ends of the long bones in joint cavities; costal cartilages of the ribs, cartilages of the nose, trachea & larynx; forms most of embryonic skeleton.
- Functions: Supports & reinforces; resilient cushioning; resists compressive stress.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Elastic Cartilage: Similar to hyaline cartilage but stretchier.
- Cells: Chondroblasts, chondrocytes.
- Fibers: Collagen and elastic fibers.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Elastic Cartilage
- Located: External ear (pinna); epiglottis.
- Function: Maintaining shape while allowing great flexibility.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Fibrocartilage: Less firm than hyaline cartilage.
- Cells: Chrondroblasts, Rows of chondrocytes that alternate with...
- Fibers: Rows of thick collagen fibers
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Fibrocartilage
- Located: Intervertebral discs; pubic symphysis; discs of knee joint (minisci).
- Functions: Tensile strength with ability to absorb compressive shock.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Osseous Tissue: Hard, calcified matrix containing inorganic calcium salts (bone salts); very well vascularized.
- Cells: Osteoblasts, osteocytes in lacunae.
- Fibers: Collagen fibers
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Osseous Tissue
- Located: Bones!
- Functions: Supports & protects; provides levers for muscles; stores fat, calcium & other minerals; hematopoiesis.
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Name the tissue and what types of cells and fibers you may find in it.
- Blood: Plasma forms matrix
- Cells: Erythrocytes (RBC), leukocytes (WBC), platelets
- Fibers: Fibrin (forms clots)
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Blood
- Located: Within blood vessels & the heart.
- Functions: Transport of respiratory gases, nutrients, wastes & other substances.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Simple squamous epithelium
- Located: Kidney glomeruli; air sacs of lungs; lining of heart, blood vessels and lymphatic vessels; lining of ventral body cavity (serosae)
- Functions: Allows diffusion, filtration, secretes lubricating substances in serosae
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Simple cuboidal epithelium
- Located: Kidney tubules; ducts & secretory portions of small glands; ovary surface
- Functions: Secretion & absorption
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Simple columnar epitheliumLocated: Non-ciliated type lines most of the digestive tract from stomach to anal canal, gallbladder, excretory ducts of some glands; ciliated variety lines small bronchi, uterine tubes, some regions of uterus.
- Function: Absorption; secretion of mucus, enzymes, etc; ciliated type propels mucus or reproductive cells.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Pseudostratified columnar epithelium
- Located: Ciliated variety lines trachea, most of upper respiratory tract; non-ciliated type in male's sperm-carrying ducts & ducts of large glands.
- Functions: Secretion, particularly of mucus; propulsion of mucus by ciliary action.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Stratified squamous epithelium
- Located: Keratinized variety forms epidermis of the skin (dry membrane); non-keratinized type forms the moist linings of esophagus, mouth & vagina.
- Functions: Protects underlying tissues in areas subjected to abrasion.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Transitional epithelium
- Location: Lines ureters, urinary bladder & part of urethra.
- Functions: Stretches & permits distension of urinary organs.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Nervous tissue
- Located: Brain, spinal cord, nerves.
- Functions: Communication, transports electrical signals.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Skeletal muscle
- Located: Attached via tendons to bones.
- Functions: Movement, facial expressions.
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Cardiac muscle
- Located: Walls of the heart
- Functions: Propel blood into circulation
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Name the tissue, where you might find it, and one of it's functions.
- Smooth muscle
- Located: Walls of hollow organs, such as small intestines.
- Functions: Propels substances or objects along internal passageways.
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