Epithelial Tissue
The type of epithelial tissue that covers and lines internal organs
What is covering and lining tissue?
The ECM stands for
What is the extracellular matrix?
The voluntary type of muscle tissue
What is skeletal muscle tissue?
The cell responsible for transmitting electrical impulses
What is a neuron?
The definition of tissue
What is a group or mass of similar cells working together to perform common functions
Cells in this type of tissue have the greatest capacity for this
What is cellular division?
The most abundant cartilage in the body that can be found at the end of joints
What is hyaline cartilage?
The only type of muscle tissue that doesn't have striations
What is smooth muscle tissue?
The cell type responsible for supporting the other cell type in this tissue
What is neuroglia?
Cell junctions are important for this...
What is cell-cell communication
The function of simple squamous, simple cuboidal, simple columnar
What is diffusion and filtration, and what is secretion and absorption
The three types of fibers found in connective tissue
What are collagen, elastic, and reticular fibers?
The muscle tissue type that pumps blood to the rest of the body
What is cardiac muscle tissue?
The three parts of a neuron
The disease involves the epidermis/epithelium, which lacks certain collagen fibers
What is epidermolysis bullosa
The type of gland that secretes substances directly into the bloodstream.
What is blood/plasma?
The function of muscle tissue
What is maintaining posture, generating heat and movement?
The part of the neuron that sends electrical impulses to other neurons
What is the axon?
The most abundant tissue in your body
What is connective tissue?
All structures involved in an epithelial cell
What is the apical surface, basal surface, lateral surface, and basement membrane?
Adipocytes store this fatty molecule used for long-term storage
What is a triglyceride?
The largest muscle in the body
What is the Gluteus Maximus?
The most common neurodegenerative disease
What is Alzheimer's Disease?
The vitamin produced with enough UVB that defends against rickets