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| young, actively mitotic cell that forms the fibers of connective tissue |
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| actively mitotic cell of cartilage |
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| A type of epithelial tissue characterized by its ability to expand in size and recoil, giving the organs it lines a feature of elasticity |
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| the formation and release of a substance in the body. |
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| An organ that makes and releases substances to other parts of the body. |
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| The fourth classification of "blast cells" (undifferentiated cells), it produces blood cells, yet is different from the other blasts in that it doens't make the fluid matrix of the blood tissues |
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| Blood cells that act as the body'e defence to infections, mobile cells that enter matrix through blood stream |
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| containing no blood vessels |
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| individual cells (unicellular glands) that produce mucus |
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| pseudostatified columnar epithelium |
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| one layer of cells of different shapes and heights; secreation and production of mucus; lines trachea |
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| stratified squamous epithelium |
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| many layers of squamous cells; protects tissues underneath; lines mouth and esophagus, skin |
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| A single cell layer that is typically found wehre absoption and flitration occur. Separated into three basic categories: columnar, squamous, and cubiodal epithelium |
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| Glands that accumulate their secretions within their cells. The secretions are released when the cell ruptures and dies. |
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| A primary tissue whose form and function varies. Some funcitons include support, storage, insulation, transportation and protection. It is the most abundant and widely distributed of the primary tissues. The four main classes of connective tissue are 1)Connective tissue proper 2) Cartilage 3) Bone tissue and 4) Blood. Three common characteristics of connective tissue is its common origin, degrees of vascularity, and the extracellular matrix. |
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| sigle layer of simple squamous cells that line the walls of the heart, blood vessels, and lymphatic vessels |
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| The epithelium found in serous membranes lining the ventral body cavity and covering its organs |
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| Simple Squamous Epithelium |
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| Single layer of squished cells - functions in diffusion - located in air sacs of lungs and capillaries |
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| Areolar Connective Tissue |
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| contain two or more cell layers |
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| are flattened and scalelike |
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Reinforces epithelial sheet, helping to resist strethching and tearing, defines epithelial boundary. Made up of the basal and recticular laminas. |
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| a layer of extracellular material containing a fine network of collagen protein fibers that 'belongs to' the underlying connective tissue |
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| Immune cells that function to detect foreign substances in the tissue spaces and initiate local inflammatory responses against them; typically found clustered deep to an epithelium or along blood vessels. |
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| Members of a B cell clone; specialized to produce and release antibodies. |
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| the most abundant of the three fibers found in the matrix of the connective tissue; it is white, and because of it’s cross linking, very strong |
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the gel-like, unstructured material that fills the space between cells. It also contains fibers, holds fluid, and allows nutrients, adhesion proteins, and other substances to flow through it. |
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the non-living material in connective tissue consisting of ground substance and fibers that separates the living cells; this is what makes connective tissue very strong |
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| The outer surface of an epithelial cell microvilli and cilia on the outside to help protect the cell. |
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| The outer surface of an epithelial cell that attaches to basil lamina, which is a sticky sheet of glycoprotein that helps to filter molecules from the body. |
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| The most abundant cartilage type in the body; provides firm support with some pilability |
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| Dense Irregular Connective Tissue |
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| Bundels of collagen fibers that are thick and arranged irregularly (running in more than one plane) and found in the skin as leathery dermis. Also, forms fibrous joint capsules and fibrous covering that surround the kidneys, nerves, bones, cartilage, and muscles. |
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| White, semiopaque connective tissue |
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A specialized muscle of the heart. |
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Specialized connections between myocardial cells containing gap junctions and desmosomes. |
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Spindle-shaped cells with one centrally located nucleus and no externally visible striations (bands). Found mainly in the walls of hollow organs. |
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| gland that has both tubular and alveolar types of secretory units |
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| synonym for alveolar; gland with secretory cells that from small, flasklike sacs |
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| type of glandular tissue which is a multicellular exocrine gland that secretes products by exocytosis as they are produced |
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| secretory cells that form tubes |
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| secretory cells that form small, flasklike sacs |
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| used to link epithelia to other parts of the organ wall,well vascularized and supplies the nutrients and controlling factors for the surrounding cells. |
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| collagen fibers as its main matrix element. It is mainly composed of collagent type I. Crowded between the collagen fibers are rows of fibroblasts, fiber-forming cells, that manufacture the fibers. Tissue forms strong, rope-like structures such as tendons and ligaments. |
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| stratified cubodial epithelium |
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| many layered epithelium tissue with cube-like cells, found in the ducts of larger glands (sweat & mammary glands), usually with 2 layers of cubodial cells |
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| stratified columnar epithelium |
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| a many layered epithelium tissue with column-like cells, found in the man's urethra, the pharynx, and glandular ducts, and also in transition areas or junctions between two layers of epithelium, only the atypical layer is columnar |
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| Ductless glands that empty their hormonal products directly into the blood |
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| Glands that have ducts through which their secretions are carried to a particular site |
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| tiny projections on the free surfaces of some epithelial cells, increase surface area |
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| tiny, hairlike projections on cell surfaces that move in a windlike manner |
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| non-cellular adhesive supportive sheet consisting largely of glycoproteins secreted by epithelial cells |
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brown fat adipose cell contining abundant mitochodria which uses the lipid fuels to heat the bloodstream to warm the body rather than produce ATP molecules |
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| a complex glycoprotein that dssolve in water when secreted |
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| a slimy coating that both protects and lubricates surfaces |
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reticular connective tissue |
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resembles areolar connective tissue only fibers in martix are reticular fibers, widely distruted in the body... forms a labrynth-like stroma (bed/matress) supports many free blood cells found in: lymphnodes, spleen, and bone marrow |
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The basic internal structural framework of an organ.(forms a bed/matress, cushion) |
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| Dense Regular Connective Tissue |
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A variety of densne connective tissue, all of which have fibers as their predominent element. Often referred to as fibrous connective tissue. flexible structures, great resistance to tension poorly vascularized forms tendons, fascia, and ligaments |
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| fibrous connective tissue |
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| (Dense regular connective tissue) fibers = predominent element |
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