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The four primary tissue classes that constitute the body epithelial, connective, nervous, muscular


matrix composed of fibrous proteins and ground substance


ground substance contains water, gases, minerals, nutrients, wastes, hormones, and chemicals.
allows cells to obtain oxygen and nutrients to release wastes and hormones


Characteristics that distinguish epithelium from the other serve as protection, secretion and absorption.
three primary tissue classes


Functions of the basement membrane and its relationship anchors an epithelium to the underlying connective tissue
to an epithelium


Defining characteristics of a simple epithelium one layer of cells


Four types of simple epithelium and the appearance, squamous, cuboidal, columnar, pseudo stratified columnar
functions, and representative


locations of simple epithelium


Defining characteristics of a stratified epithelium 2 - 20 layers, resting on the basement membrane


Four types of stratified epithelium and the appearance, squamous, cuboidal, columnar, transitional
functions, and representative


locations of stratified epithelium


Distinctions between keratinized and nonkeratinized
stratified squamous epithelium,


including differences in histology, locations, and
functions


Characteristics that distinguish connective tissue from the
other three primary tissue


classes


Functions of connective tissues binding organs, supports, protection (physical & immune), movement, storage,
heat production, transport

, Cell types found in fibrous connective tissue, and the fibroblasts
functions of each


fibroblasts produce fibers and ground substance


macrophages engulf and destroy bacteria


Leukocytes search for bacteria


plasma cells synthesize antibodies


mast cells secrete heparin and histamine


Adipocytes fat cells


Fiber types found in fibrous connective tissue, their collagenous, reticular, elastic
composition, and the functions of each


collagenous fibers Strong and flexible connective tissue fibers that contain the protein collagen


reticular fibers thin collagen fibers coated with glycoprotein, spongelike framework


elastic fibers recoil after being stretched


The appearance, functions, and locations of areolar,
reticular, dense irregular, and dense


regular connective tissue


adipose tissue energy storage and energy use


the three types of cartilage and how they differ in No blood vessels, hyaline, elastic, fibrocartilage
histology, function, and location


Defining characteristics of osseous tissue as a class spongy and compact


spongy bone fills the heads of the long bones and forms the middle layer of flat bones such as
the sternum and cranial bones


compact bone calcified tissue with no spaces, covers the spongy bone


Why blood is classified as connective tissue; the term for because it has a matrix called plasma
its matrix


Why nervous and muscular tissue are called excitable
tissues even though excitability is a property of all living
cells

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