Tissues
Most abundant tissue in the body
What is connective tissue?
Single layer of cells that have a flattened tile-like appearance
What are simple cuboidal epithelium?
Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, Sulfur
What are the six most common body elements?
Hemolysis will occur in a _______ solution.
What is a hypotonic solution?
Normal range 70-110 (+/- 10)
What is normal blood glucose range?
Connective, Epithelial, Muscular, Nervous
What are the four body tissue types?
Skeletal, Cardiac, smooth Muscle are all under this type of tissue
What is muscular tissue?
Normal range is 4-6 billion
What is the concentration of Red blood cells in the body?
Requires a carrier molecule or channel (no energy) to move across a cell membrane
What is facilitated diffusion?
Normal range ~37 degrees C
What is the normal body temperature?
unique to cardiac muscle tissue which are used for “cardiac conduction”
What are intercalated discs?
What is 150-400,000?
vital for nerve impulse, muscle contraction, balancing pH, regulate the endocrine system and facilitate movement in/out of cells
What are electrolytes?
Network of protein filaments including microfilaments, microtubules and intermediate filaments
What is the cytoskeleton?
structure inferior to the cervical region that aids with maintaining pressure in the ventral cavity
What is the diaphragm?
Web-like strands of transmembrane proteins that fuse cells together, seal off passageways between adjacent cells. They are common in epithelial tissues of the stomach, intestines, and urinary bladder
What are tight junctions?
Opposite of apical layer and adhere to extracellular materials (Two names)
What is the basement membrane (basal surface)?
technetium-99
What is the most common radioisotope used in diagnosis?
Membrane bound organelle that detoxify toxic substances, abundant in the liver
What is a peroxisome?
Medical term for something that is posterior as well as distal to the brachium AND proximal to the antebrachium
What is the olecranon?(back of the elbow)
Germ layers where epithelial tissues derive from
What is the mesoderm, ectoderm and endoderm?
What type of tissue (first and last name) contain goblet cells?
What is simple columnar epithelium?
How are free radicals produced?
What six properties does water possess that make it an excellent compound used throughout the body?
1. Polarity
Medical term for something caudal to the cervical, medial to the axilla and lateral to the sternum
What is the thorax/chest?