Anatomy chapter 5 terms and AIDS

tissue

a group of similar cells tt performs a specialized function

Histology

microscopic anatomy

Epithelial tissue

one of the basic types of tissue that covers all free body surface

Basement membrane

layer of nonliving material that anchors epithelial tissue to underlying connective tissue

Fribroblasts

cell that produces fibers in connective tissues

Macrophage

large phagocytic cell

Mast cells

cell to which antibodies, formed response to allergens attach, bursting the cell and releasing allergy mediators

Collagen

protein in the white fibers of connective tissues and in bone matrix

Ligaments

cord or sheet of connective tissue binding two or more bones at a joint

Tendons

Cordlike or sandlike mass of white fibrous tissue connective issue that connects a muscle to a bone

Reticular fibers

threadlike structure within a network of like structures in connective tissue

Adipose tissue

fat storing tissue

Chondrocytes

a cartilage cell

Cartilage

Type of connective tissue in which cells are in lacunae seperated by a semisolid extracellular matrix

Bone

part of the skeleton composed of cells and inorganic mineral matrix; also a connective tissue 

Blood

cells in a liquid matrix hat circulate through the heart and vessels carrying substances throughout the body 

Osteon

cylinder shaped unit containing bone cells that surround a central canal; Haversian system

Lamellae

layer of matrix in bone tissue

Haversian canal

small openings in bone tissue that blood vessels travel through

Muscle tissue

contractile tissue of filaments of actin and myosin, which slide past each other, shortening cells 

Adip

fat

chondr

cartilage

cyt

cell

Epi

upon, after, in addition

glia

glue

hist

web, tissue

Dyal

resemblance to glass

Inter

among, between

Macr

large

Neur

nerve

Os

bone

Phag

to eat

Pseud

false

Squam

scale

strat

layer

Stria

groove