Epithelial Tissue
What is epithelial tissue?
tissue covers surfaces and lines organs
What is adipose tissue?
- connective tissue stores fat.
What is myosin and actin?
- thick and thin filaments
What is the central nervous system (CNS)?
- control center of the body contains the brain and spinal cord.
What are the functions of the epithelial tissue?
- protection, absorption, filtration, and secretion
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What are collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers?
three types of fibers are found in connective tissue.
What is smooth muscle?
- type of muscle tissue is involuntary and found in organs like the stomach.
What are neurons?
- cells transmit electrical impulses.
What are cilia?
structures on epithelial cells help move mucus.
What are fibroblasts?
- These cells produce collagen and other fibers in connective tissue.
What is extensibility?
- the ability of muscle to stretch.
What are neuroglia (glial cells)?
- These support cells protect and nourish neurons.
What is secretion?
- function of epithelial tissue involves releasing substances like hormones or enzymes.
What is hematopoiesis?
- process is the formation of blood cells in red bone marrow.
What is a concentric contraction?
- contraction occurs when the muscle shortens
What is the brain?
- organ is the control center of the body.
What are desmosomes?
- This type of junction anchors cells together using protein filaments
What is hyaline cartilage?
- type of cartilage is found in the nose, trachea, and ends of long bones.
What is the sarcoplasmic reticulum?
stores calcium ions in muscle cells.
What is a synapse?
- the junction where neurons communicate.