Chemistry
A combination of two or more atoms.
What is a molecule?
Chemical structures that do not have carbon and hydrogen atoms.
What are inorganic compounds?
Permeable thin membrane that attaches epithelial tissues to the underlying connective tissue.
Delicate fibers found in networks that support small structures, such as capillaries, nerve fibers, and the basement membrane.
What are reticular fibers?
Connective tissue composed of chondrocytes surrounded by an extensive matrix.
What is cartilage?
Substances that are composed of different types of atoms.
What is a compound?
A large complex molecule composed of amino acids that composes approximately 20% of the human body's weight.
What are proteins?
A thin, sheetlike layer of tissue that covers a cell, an organ, or a structure; lines tubes or cavities; or divides and separates one part from another.
What is a membrane?
What is thixotropic?
This type of cartilage is semitransparent, is flexible and sensitive.
What is hyaline cartilage?
What is a polar covalent bond?
The movement of ions and molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
What is diffusion?
Epithelial tissue that cover the surface of the body, which is exposed to the external environment.
The tissue type involving collagen and elastic fibers that are interwoven and oriented in an irregular pattern to create the matrix.
What is dense irregular connective tissue?
A flexible form of hyaline cartilage with a large concentration of elastic fibers.
What is elastic cartilage?
Chemical reactions that release energy as they break down complex molecules.
What is catabolism?
The fluid portion of the cytoplasm.
What is cytosol?
Epithelial tissue found on the surfaces of tube that open directly to the exterior.
What are mucous membranes?
A loose, irregular configuration of fibroblastic cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes that are contained within a fine network of mostly collagen and elastin.
What is Areolar tissue?
Type of cartilage found at the end of long bones.
What is hyaline cartilage?
The energy source utilized by cells in anabolism and catabolism.
The organelle of the cell that controls the daily activities of the cell and all cellular reproduction.
What is the nucleus?
Epithelial tissue that lines body cavities that do not open to the external environment and cover many of the organs.
What are serous membranes?
Type of connective tissue consisting mainly of collagen fibers produced by fibroblasts, with fibers oriented parallel to one another.
Cartilage composed of large amounts of dense fibrous tissue and small amounts of matrix that is designed to withstand compression and impact forces.
What is fibrocartilage?