Epithelium
I am skin
What is keratinized stratified squamous epithelium?
I have intercalated discs and work involuntarily
What is cardiac muscle?
I support and protect neurons
What are glial cells?
I provide the most structure to a body
What is bone?
What is phagocytosis?
Stretchy and lines the bladder
What is transitional epithelium?
Peristalsis is the way I move things along
What is smooth muscle?
I have extensions called dendrites
What is a neuron?
Dense regular connective tissue
What are tendons and ligaments made up of?
Moving from a high concentration to a low concentration
What is diffusion?
I line the majority of the intestinal tract
What is simple columnar epithelium?
I make the body move, provide strength and have long cells.
What is skeletal muscle?
Part of the nervous system that keeps you breathing and your heart beating
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
Provides protection at the end of long bones, cushions between vertebrae and makes up your nose
What is cartilage?
Spread of cancerous cells to a distant site
What is metastasis?
I look like I have many layers but in fact have only one
What is pseudostratified epithelium?
This characteristic makes me able to heal well.
What is highly vascular?
Part of a neuron that transmits an electrical impulse to other cells
What is an axon?
Keeps hibernating animals warm
What is brown adipose tissue?
Movement of water through a semipermeable membrane
What is osmosis?
Associated with lining of ducts
What is simple cuboidal epithelium?
Pacemaker cells ensure I move to a beat
What is cardiac muscle?
Fight or flight is part of this nervous system
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
Eats away dead or damaged bone
What are osteoclasts?
Primary protein that drives/maintains oncotic pressure
What is albumin?