Epithelial Tissue
Several layers of flattened cells with an apical layer, is called
What is stratified squamous?
Connective tissue is composed largely of
What is nonliving extracellular matrix?
Muscle tissue is immediately responsible for
What is body movement?
Nonconducting cells that function to support the activities of cells
What is neuroglia or Glial cells?
The primary tissue of the dermis
What is dense irregular connective tissue?
This type of epithilium forms the glands of the body
What is glandular epithelium?
Name the primary cell type in connective tissue proper
What is fibrocyte?
Type of muscle tissue attached to the bones of the skeleton
What is skeletal muscle?
Two major cell types of nervous tissue
What is neurons and supporting cells?
Types of loose connective tissue proper
What is Areolar, Adipose, & Reticular?
Not attached to surrounding tissue and is exposed to either the outside of the body or the cavity of an internal organ
What is apical surface?
Name the primary cell type in cartilage
What is chondrocyte?
Type of muscle tissue found only in the walls of the heart
What is cardiac muscle?
Specialized nerve cells that generate and conduct nerve impulses
What are neurons?
Types of dense connective tissue proper
What is Regular, Irregular, & Elastic?
Is attached to the underlying connective tissue
What is basal surface?
Name the primary cell type in bone
What is osteocyte?
Type of muscle tissue found mainly in the walls of hollow organs, it's cells have no visible striations
What is smooth muscle?
Part of neuron that respond to stimuli
What is dendrite?
Types of cartilage
What is Hyaline, Elastic, & Fibrocartilage?
Adjacent to the basal surface of an epithelium is a thin supporting sheet called
What is basal lamina?
The extracellular matrix consists of
What is fibers and ground substance?
The elaborate networks of the actin and myosin filaments that bring about movement
What is myofilaments?
Part of neuron that transmits electrical impulses over substantial distances within the body
What is axon?
Three types of covering and lining membranes
What is cutaneous, mucous, & serous?