Tissues Etc. Part 1
This type of contractile tissue is responsible for the involuntary movements of the body's internal organs.
What is Smooth Muscle?
This type of cartilage provides strong support and shock absorption and is found in the intervertebral discs and cartilage of the knee.
What is Fibrocartilage?
This layer of the epidermis exhibits the greatest mitotic activity, continuously producing new keratinocytes.
What is the Stratum Basale?
This protective membrane lines the internal surfaces of bone cavities, including the medullary cavity.
What is the Endosteum?
This is the expanded end of a long bone that forms part of a joint.
What is the Epiphysis?
These are the most common types of protein fibers found in the extracellular matrix and are strong, durable, and relatively inelastic.
What are Collagen Fibers?
This term refers to simple squamous epithelium that lines serous membranes.
What is Mesothelium?
These sensory receptors, located in the dermal layer of the skin, detect deep pressure and vibration.
What are Pacinian Corpuscles?
This inorganic mineral component of the bone matrix provides bone with its hardness and weight-bearing strength.
What is Hydroxyapatite?
These bone cells break down and resorb bone matrix, helping with bone remodeling and regulating blood calcium levels.
What are Osteoclasts?
This type of tissue membrane lines body cavities that open to the outside of the body and contains epithelium with goblet cells.
What is a Mucous Membrane?
This dense connective tissue connects bone to bone at joints and helps stabilize the joint.
What are Ligaments?
Layer of the dermis that contains projections called dermal papillae that are responsible for fingerprints & footprints.
What is the Papillary Layer?
These stem cells, derived from mesenchyme, can differentiate into either chondroblasts or osteoblasts.
What are Osteochondral Progenitor Cells?
This hormone raises blood calcium levels by stimulating the release of calcium from bone.
What is Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)?
This type of exocrine gland, such as the mammary gland, releases its secretions by pinching off a portion of the cell that contains secretory products.
What is an Apocrine Gland?
This epithelial tissue lines much of the digestive tract and is specialized for absorption and secretion.
What is Non-ciliated Simple Columnar Epithelium?
These epidermal cells are active in the immune process.
What are Langerhans?
This type of mature bone is organized into thin sheets of tissue that are stronger and more highly organized than woven bone.
What is Lamellar Bone?
Bones of the skull develop within a fibrous membrane through this type of development.
What is Intramembranous Ossification?
This type of epithelial tissue makes up the epidermis of the skin and contains a tough outer layer of dead, keratin-filled cells that protects against abrasion, water loss, and pathogens.
What is Keratinized Stratified Squamous Epithelium?
This type of specialized cell connection uses protein channels to allow ions and small molecules to pass directly between neighboring cells, aiding intercellular communication.
What are Gap Junctions?
This process of epidermal renewal involves mitosis in the deeper epidermal layers, movement of newly formed cells toward the surface, and the eventual sloughing off of older, dead cells.
What is Desquamation?
This type of cartilage growth occurs when chondrocytes divide and produce new matrix from within the existing cartilage, causing it to expand from the inside.
What is Interstitial Growth?
This type of bone growth increases the thickness or width of a bone by adding new bone tissue to its outer surface.
What is Appositional Growth?