| Question | Answer |
| What is tissue | groups of cells with similar structure and function |
| what are the four main types | Epithelium
connective
nervous
muscle |
| what is epithelial tissue | the body covering and lining |
| what is the lower surface of epithelial tissue bounded to | basement membrane |
| avascular | no blood supply (epithelial tissue) |
| where is simple squamous found | lines the lungs |
| where os simple cuboidal found | forms the walls of the kidney tubules |
| what kind of cells does simple columnar have | goblet cells |
| where is the simple columnar found | lines the digestive tract from the stomach to the anus |
| where is the pseudo-stradified ciliated columnar found | lines most of the respiratory tract |
| what is the stratified squamous | a protective covering |
| where is the stratified squamous | skin |
| what is the structure of transitional | cells shape depends on stretching |
| where is transitional found | urinary bladder |
| endocrine glands= | ductless |
| what product does endocrine secrete | hormones |
| exocrine gland= | ducts |
| what products do exocrine glands produce | sweat, tears, and oil glands |
| what do connective tissues do | support
protect
stores energy |
| what do connective tissues have | extracellular matrix |
| two main elements of extracellular matrix | ground substance and fibers (protein) |
| what is the structural unit of bone | "osteon" or haversain system |
| what is in bone | calcium and phosphate |
| cartilage is | avascular |
| function of hyaline cartilage | flexibility and support |
| hyaline cartilage components | collagen fibers and rubbery |
| dense fibrous elements | collagen with fibroblast cells in between |
| tendon | attaches muscle to bone |
| dense fibrous ex. | tendons and ligaments |
| areolar | most widely distributed connective tissue |
| what d areolar contain | all 3 fiber types (collagen, elastic, reticular) |
| areolar does what to protect the body | edema or swelling |
| cells in adipose | fat (lipid) |
| skeletal muscle is | voluntary |
| skeletal muscle cells are | elongated, cylindrical, multinucleate, striated |
| where is the cardiac muscle found | only in the heart |
| cardiac muscle is | involuntary |
| cardiac muscle cells are | short, branched, striated, uninucleate |
| cardiac muscles cells attach at | intercalated disks |
| where is smooth muscle found | walls of hallow organs |
| the supporting cells of nervous tissue | neuroglia |
| what is a neurons function | sends impulses to other areas of the body |
