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What is a cross section in histology?

A type of slide cut perpendicular to the length of an organ.

What type of tissue is avascular?

Epithelial tissue.

What is stratified squamous epithelial tissue characterized by?

Many layers of flat irregular shaped cells.

Which cells are responsible for producing mucous?

Goblet cells.

What type of tissue makes up your biceps?

Skeletal muscle tissue.

What type of tissue has a free surface?

Epithelial tissue.

Which cells are found near the basement membrane of the skin?

Columnar cells.

What type of epithelial tissue lines sweat glands?

Stratified cuboidal epithelium.

What substance makes your skin waterproof?

Keratin.

What type of epithelial tissue makes up the conjunctiva of the eye?

Stratified columnar epithelium.

What membrane lines the cavities between joints?

Synovial membrane.

What type of tissue makes up tendons?

Dense regular connective tissue.

What are the cells in bones called?

Osteocytes.

Which cells produce fibers?

Fibroblasts.

What are cartilage cells called?

Chondrocytes.

What are nerve cells called?

Neurons.

What are muscle cells referred to as?

Muscle fibers.

What is the term for a combination of tissues that is too simple to be an organ?

Membranes.

What type of tissues are specifically found in the heart?

Cardiac muscle tissue.

What type of connective tissue is slow healing due to lack of direct blood supply?

Cartilage.

What are endocrine glands?

Glands that secrete their products into the extracellular environment.

What are exocrine glands?

Glands that empty their products into ducts.

Which type of connective tissue has the most dense matrix?

Bone tissue.

What is fibrocartilage made of?

Collagen fibers and fibroblasts that are far apart.

What type of fibers are woven to sustain tension in all directions?

Irregular fibers.

Which type of cartilage is found at the ends of long bones?

Hyaline cartilage.

What are the two types of cells found in fluid connective tissue?

Red blood cells and white blood cells.

What type of muscle tissue is voluntary?

Skeletal muscle tissue.

What is a serous membrane made up of?

Simple squamous tissue on top of areolar tissue.

What type of membrane lines the stomach?

Mucous membrane.

What is the study of tissues called?

Histology.

What type of tissue has one layer and cells longer than wide?

Simple columnar epithelium.

What type of tissue lines the urinary bladder?

Stratified transitional epithelium.

What are collagen fibers characterized by?

thick, long, parallel

great tensile strength.

Which type of cartilage is found in the ears?

Elastic cartilage.

What are chondrocytes embedded in?

Lacunae.

What does smooth muscle tissue exhibit?

Involuntary control, has a central nucleus, and no striations.

What is the material called that lines between epithelium and its underlying connective tissue?

Basement membrane.

Across which type of epithelium are substances rapidly transported?

Simple squamous epithelium.

Which primary tissue type is the most abundant and variable?

Connective tissue.

Where are collagen fibers not found?

In transitional epithelium.

Which tissue has intercalated discs?

Cardiac muscle.

What is the membrane that lines the abdominal cavity called?

Cutaneous membrane.

What cells produce the matrix in cartilage?

Chondrocytes.

What are the four types of membranes?

Mucous, cutaneous, serous, and synovial.

How would you describe a mucous membrane?

It produces mucous with goblet cells.

Which membrane is the thickest among mucous, serous, and synovial?

Mucous membrane.

How would you describe a cutaneous membrane?

It is your skin, which is an organ.

How would you describe a serous membrane?

It produces serous fluid

lines inner thoracic and abdominal cavities.

Which is the thinnest among mucous, serous, and synovial membranes?

Serous membrane.

What does a synovial membrane do?

Produces synovial fluid and is found in joints.

What is the 2nd thickest of mucous, serous, and synovial membranes?

Synovial membrane.

What is the order of membranes from thickest to thinnest?

Mucous, synovial, cutaneous, serous.