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©THEBRIGHT EXAM SOLUTIONS 2024/2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 1 Tissue Chapter 6-7 human body in health and illness Study Guide. Epithelial tissue - Answersalso called epithelium forms large continuous sheets, it helps form the skin and covers the entire outer surface of the body epithelium func...

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Epithelial tissue - Answers✔also called epithelium forms large continuous sheets, it helps form
the skin and covers the entire outer surface of the body

epithelium functions - Answers✔protection and transport

epithelium characteristics - Answers✔1) tissue forms continuous sheets, like tiles they fit
together, 2) has 2 surfaces always unattached and attaches to membrane, 3) no blood supply of
its own, 4) able to regenerate or repair itself quickly

squamous epithelium cells - Answers✔are thin and flat like fish scales

cuboidal epithelium cells - Answers✔are cubelike and look like dice

columnar epithelium cells - Answers✔are tall and narrow and look like columns

simple squamous epithelia - Answers✔are so thin they are concerned primarily with the diffusion
or filtration (like alveoli)

simple cuboidal epithelium - Answers✔most often found in glands in the kidney tubules, for
transport and secretion

simple columnar epithelium - Answers✔tall tightly packed cells line the entire length of the
digestive tract and play a major role in absorption of the products of digestion

pseudostratified - Answers✔cells are irregularly shaped they appear multilayered similar to
simple columnar cells they facilitate absorption and secretion

stratified epithelia - Answers✔multilayered and are stronger than simple epithelia, everyday
wear and tear such as mouth and skin

transitional epithelium - Answers✔found primarily in organs that need to stretch, (called
transitional)

exocrine glands - Answers✔have ducts or tiny tubes exocrine secretions are released before
reaching body surface

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endocrine glands - Answers✔secrete hormones and are ductless

connective tissue - Answers✔the most abundant of the 4 tissue types widely distributed
throughout body, in blood under skin in bone and around many organs

intercellular matrix - Answers✔is what makes the various types of connective tissue so different,
composed of fibrous protein and ground substance

areolar tissue - Answers✔is made up of collagen and elastin fibers in a gel like intercellular
matrix

adipose tissue - Answers✔fat composed primarily of adipocytes or cells that store fat.

tendons - Answers✔cordlike structures that attach muscles to bone

chondrocytes - Answers✔cartilage cells, secrete a protein containing intercellular matric that
becomes firm smooth and rubbery

ligaments - Answers✔cross joints and attach bones to each other

fascia - Answers✔dense fibrous connective tissue also forms tough capsules around certain
organs and forms sheets of tissue

osseous tissue - Answers✔bone tissue immature bone cells are called osteoblasts

nervous tissue - Answers✔makes up the brain spinal cord and nerves

muscle tissue - Answers✔is composed of cells that shorten, or contract

skeletal muscle - Answers✔also called striated muscle move skeleton maintain posture and
stabilize joints

smooth muscle - Answers✔visceral muscle found in walls of viscera or organs such as stomach,
intestines and urinary bladder.

cardiac muscle - Answers✔found only in the hear long branching cells that fit together tightly at
junctions

serous membrane - Answers✔line the ventral body cavities that are not open to the exterior of
the body

parietal layer - Answers✔part of the membrane that lines the walls of the cavity,

visceral layer - Answers✔the part of the membrane that covers the outside of an organ

list 3 serious membranes - Answers✔pleura, pericardium nd peritoneum


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