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What are the 4 types of tissues
Epithelial, connective, muscle, and neural
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Where is epithelial tissue?
Lining the internal passageways
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What are two ways to classify epithelial tissue?
Shape and layers
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What are characteristics of cuboidal epithelial?
Large nuclei and appear square
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What are two physical properties of connective tissue proper?
To connect and protect
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What physical property does fluid connective tissue have?
Transports
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What connective tissue provides structural strength?
Supportive
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What absorbs shock and gives you energy?
Adipose tissue
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What connective tissue attaches muscle to bone?
Tendons
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What connective tissue attaches bone to bone?
Ligaments
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What are two types of fluid connective tissue?
Blood and lymph
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What are plasma, interstitial fluid, and lymph?
Extracellular
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What type of cartilage is translucent, and stiff but flexible?
Hyaline
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What type of cartilage is supportive but bends easily?
Elastic
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What type of cartilage is very dense collagen fibers and strong?
Fibrocartilage
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What connective tissue is for weight support?
Bone
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Where are 4 different places mucous membranes are located in the body?
Digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive
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Why do epithelial surfaces need to be moist?
To reduce friction and facilitate absorption and excretion
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What are three serous membranes?
Pleura (lungs), Peritoneum (abdomen), and pericardium (heart)
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What contains hyaluronic acid?
Synovial membranes
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What are 3 types of muscle tissue?
Skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
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What does muscle tissue do?
Produces all body movement specializing in contractions
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Which muscle type is striated and voluntary?
Skeletal
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What are the characteristics of the cardiac muscle?
It is found only in the heart, it is striated, and involuntary
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Smooth muscles are classified as____________
Contracting organs
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Which muscle is not striated?
Smooth
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What does nerve cells rapidly sense?
Internal or external environment
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What specializes in conducting electrical impulses?
Nervous/nerve tissue
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What job does nerve tissue have?
Processes information and controls response
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What are nerve cells that perform electrical communication?
Neurons
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What receives incoming signals as part of the neuron?
Dendrites
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What cell part of the neuron is short branches extending from the cell body?
Dendrites
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What carries outgoing signals as part of the neuron?
Axon
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What cell part of the neuron is a long, thin extension of the cell body?
Axon (nerve fibers)
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What is tissue destruction?
Necrosis
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What happens when the speed and efficiency of tissue repair decreases?
Slow metabolism, hormonal alterations, reduced physical activity
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