Anatomy Chapter 5- Tissues – Flashcards
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long straight unbranched fibers that are composed of 3 sub units that wrap around each other like a rope
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collagen
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collagenous sheets or bands that surround organs
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fasciae
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thin fibers that branch to form an interwoven network are called
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reticular fibers
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chords of dense regular connective tissue that attach skeletal muscles to bones are called
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tendons
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branched wavy fibers that return to their original shape if stretched are called
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elastic fibers
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collagenous bands or ribbons that resemble tendons and that assist in attaching muscle to another structure
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aponeuroses
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tissue that covers all body surfaces isw
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epithelial tissue
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the intracellular material that separates connective tissue cells is called
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desmosome
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a single layer of flattened epithelium that would constitute the tissue called
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simple squamous
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the band that occurs where two cardiac muscle cells join together is called
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intercalated disc
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the most common cells on connective tissues are called
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fibroblasts
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the primary characteristic of muscle tissues is their ability to
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contract
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cartilage cells occupy small chambers called
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lacunae
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the intervertible discs that separate the individual parts of the backbone are composed of
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fibrocartilage
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vascular tissue is composed of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets that are suspended in a fluid intercellular matrix called plasma
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false- extracellular
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general characteristics of muscle tissue are that it conducts nerve impulses from one neuron to another and coordinates body activities
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false- nervous tissue
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bone cells or osteocytes are arranged in concentric circles around the osteonic or haversian cannels
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ture
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the tissue that constitutes the outer most layer of the skin is a type of connective tissue
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false- eptithelial
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a nerve cell can also be called a neuroglia cell
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false- neuron
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a skeletal muscle fiber contains many nuclei
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true
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bone cells are also called osteocytes
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true
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a mucous secreting goblet cell would be an example of a unicellular gland
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true
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when cardiac muscle cells are damaged by a heart attack they are usually replaced by
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connective tissues
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about 90% of all cancers originate from _________ tissue
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epithelial
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permanent wrinkling of the skin is usually do to changes cause by excessive exposure to _________.
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sunlight
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which of the following is not one of the four basic types of body tissues
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anything except epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous
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a basement membrane occurs between
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epithelial and connective tissue
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bone cells are arranged in concentric circles around longitudinal tubes called
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osteonic canal
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epithelial tissues function in
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secretion, protection, and absorption
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tendons and ligaments are composed primarily of
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connective tissues
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the muscle tissue that can be consciously controlled is
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voluntary striated muscles- skeletal
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cardiac muscle is found in the wall of the
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heart
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which of the following are cellular fragments
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blood platelets
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the tissue through which gasses are exchanged between the blood and the air in the lungs is
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simple squamous
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tissue that forms the inner lining of the respiratory passes is
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psuedostratified
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smooth muscle is found in the wall of the
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hollow internal organs
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a carcinoma is a cancer originating from __________ tissue
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epithelial tissue
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cartilage tissues are likely to be slow in healing following an injury because
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they lack blood vessels
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loose connective tissue contains
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collagenous fibers and elastic fibers
