Connective Tissue
What are the 4 classes of connective tissue
Connective tissue proper, cartilage, bone, blood
A common trait of epithelial tissue is polarity. Define polarity
they have a free surface (apical) and a basal surface (bottom, attached)
Name the three locations of nervous tissue
brain, spinal cord, neurons
What three FIBER types are found in connective tissue?
Collagen, elastic, reticular
Tendons and ligaments are composed of this type of tissue
dense regular connective tissue
all connective tissue arise from this
Mesenchyme
Name the 2 functions of simple cuboidal epithelium
secretion and absorbtion
Intercalated discs are found in this kind of muscle tissue
Cardiac tissue
The tissue type with delicate fibers with extensive branching
Reticular
What are the function of the hair like structures of cilia?
cilia are for movement of mucus
The shape of the external ear is maintained by ________.
elastic cartilage
A many-layered epithelium with cuboidal or columnar basal cells and dome-shaped or flat cells at its surface would be classified as this
Transitional
A smooth muscle cell has a central nucleus but lacks this
striations
The fiber type that gives connective tissue great tensile strength is ________.
collagen
A substance received or given off by your body will likely pass through which tissue type?
epithelial tissue
The shock absorbing pads between vertebrae are made of this
fibrocartilage
This epithelia forms the walls of the air sacs across which gas exchange occurs in the lungs
simple squamous
This tissue type is formed by many cells joining together, each contributing a nucleus
Nervous
Connective tissue extracellular matrix is composed of ________.
Fibers and ground substance
this tissue type would likely function to pad the kidneys in fat to hold the kidneys in place
adipose
Skin, lung, and blood vessel walls have which fiber in common?
elastic fibers
What is the type of epithelial tissue that is most likely to be ciliated?
Pseudostratified Columnar
This tissue in the wall of the uterus is required for labor contractions
smooth muscle
The primary blast cell for connective tissue proper is the ________.
Fibroblast
Inability to absorb digested nutrients and secrete mucus might indicate a disorder in this epithelial tissue
simple columnar