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23 Cards in this Set
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Simple Columnar Epithelium |
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Location: GI tract Function: Absorption -Goblet Cells |
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Nervous Tissue |
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Location: Brain, spinal cord, nerves Function: Conductivity and irritability |
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Smooth Muscle |
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Location: Walls of hollow organs Function: Propels substances |
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Skeletal Muscle |
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Location: Attached bones and skin Function: Voluntary movement |
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Stratified Squamous Epithelium |
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Location: Skin, lines mouth, esophagus, vagina Function: To resist abrasion |
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Psuedostatified Ciliates Epithelium |
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Location: Lines upper and lower respiratory tract Function: Creates movement of a substance across surface -Goblet Cells |
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Transitional Epithelium |
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Location: Bladder, uterus Function: To allow stretching |
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Simple Cuboidal Epithelium |
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Location: Forms glands and ducts of glands (also kidney tubules) Function: Secretion or pathway for secretion |
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Simple Squamous Epithelium |
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Location: Lungs, kidneys, blood vessels, serous membranes Function: Rapid exchange of gases, nutrients, fluids, and used in filtration |
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Cardiac Muscle |
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Location: Heart walls Function: Contracts to pump blood |
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Adipose |
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Location: Primarily breast, hypodermis, around the eye, and kidneys Functions: Insulation, energy storage, and protection |
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Dense Irregular |
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Location: Dermis of skin, wrapping around organs, bones, and joint Function: Withstands mechanical tensions in many directions -Lots of collagen fibers |
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Dense Regular |
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Location: Ligaments and tendons Functions: Resists tensile force (stretching) and connects bone-bone and muscle-bone -Lots of collagen fibers |
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Osseous Tissue |
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Location: Bone Functions: Support, protection, enables movements, site of blood cell formation, calcium mineral storage -Very crystalline matrix -Very vascular |
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Blood Cells |
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Location: Blood vessels and bone marrow Function: Carries O2, fights infection, and blood clotting |
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Fibrocartilage |
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Location: IVDs and pads of the body Functions: Shock absorber and helps create stability |
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Elastic Cartilage |
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Location: Pinna (flap of ear) and epiglottis Function: Gives shape and flexibility -Lots of elastic fibers |
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Hyaline Cartilage |
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Location: Joint cartilage, end of ribs, nose, larynx, and trachea Function: To protect and gives shape -Avascular -Most common cartilage |
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Reticular C.T. |
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