Tissue Basics & Organization
This term refers to the scientific study of tissues
what is Histology
The three primary shapes used to classify epithelial cells.
What are squamous, cuboidal, and columnar?
The non-cellular, non-living substance surrounding connective tissue cells, composed primarily of ground substance and fibers.
What is the extracellular matrix?
The biological name for a single individual muscle cell.
What is a muscle fiber?
The two major anatomical divisions of the nervous system.
Central Nervous System (CNS) & Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
The correct order of biological organization from smallest to largest among:
Organism, organ, tissue, organ system, and cell
What is Cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism
Epithelial tissue does not bleed because it entirely lacks blood vessels, a characteristic described by this term.
What is avascular?
This type of loose connective tissue contains adipocytes that function to store fuel, cushion vital organs, and insulate body heat.
What is adipose tissue?
The two contractile proteins responsible for muscle contraction and relaxation.
What are actin and myosin?
These supportive, non-conducting cells outnumber neurons and provide them with insulation, oxygen, and nutrients.
What are neuroglial cells (or glial cells)
While "anatomy" refers to location and structure, what complimentary term defines an organ or cell's job and function
what is physiology
In the analogy where epithelial tissue is a piece of paper glued to a desk, this structure is represented by the glue binding the tissue to the connective tissue below
What is the basement membrane?
The three types of protein fibers found embedded within the matrix of connective tissues.
What are collagen, elastic (or elastin), and reticular fibers?
A bundle or group of muscle fibers grouped together inside a skeletal muscle.
What is a fascicle?
The four primary anatomical parts of a multipolar neuron labeled on a neural diagram.
What are dendrites, the soma (cell body), axon, and axon terminals?
the four primary tissue types that make up the entire human body
what are: epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous tissues
The three terms used to classify epithelial tissue based on the arrangement and number of cell layers
What are simple, stratified, and pseudostratified?
Unlike other connective tissues, this unique tissue has a completely liquid matrix called plasma and contains zero fibers.
What is blood?
The type of involuntary muscle tissue characterized by non-striated, single centrally-located nucleated cells that move food through the digestive tract via peristalsis.
What is smooth muscle?
The functional step where the brain interprets incoming sensory information and decides on an appropriate response.
What is integration?
An example of cellular structure directly reflecting function, this red blood cell features a distinct biconcave dip designed specifically to carry oxygen through the bloodstream.
What is an erythrocyte?
Individuals with epidermolysis bullosa ("butterfly child syndrome") frequently suffer from septic shock because defects in this specific epithelial structure prevent skin from acting as a barrier against foreign invaders.
What is the basement membrane?
The most abundant type of cartilage in the human body, characterized by a glassy matrix and found at the ends of bones (articular cartilage) and the tip of the nose.
What is hyaline cartilage?
Under a microscope, skeletal muscle cells differ from cardiac muscle cells because skeletal cells are voluntary and have nuclei with this specific quantity and location pattern.
What is multinucleated with peripherally located nuclei?
You see a red light, decide to stop, and press your foot to the brake," the action of pressing the brake pedal represents this specific functional division of nervous processing.
What is motor output?