Semester Review Questions #2

4 types of Epithelial Tissue that are 1 cell layer in thickness. 

Simple squamous , Simple cuboidal , Simple columnar, 

connects Epithelial Tissue to underlying Connective Tissue?

Basement membrane

 2 types of Epithelial Tissue that are more than 1 cell layer in thickness. 

Stratified squamous epithelium and Pseudostratified Epithelium

 type of Epithelium is flattened and fits together like floor tiles?

Simple squamous epithelium

Which type of Epithelium usually surrounds a Lumen in a tube or tubule?

Simple cuboidal epithelium

Contains Cilla

Pseudostratified epithelium

Contains Goblet cell

Simple columnar epithelium, pseudostratified Epithelium  

Changes shapen in response to tension:

Transitional Epithelium 

Gets thinner as you get toward the outer surface:

transitional epithelium

Endocrine:

secretes onto the surface

Merocrine- secretes fluid only 

Apocrine- secretes fluid and parts of cells

Holocrine- secretes entire cells

Exocrine:

secretes into tissue or blood vessels

Matrix

is the substance found between individual cells and is found in the connective tissue

4 types of Connective Tissue. 

Loose connective tissue, Adipose,  Fibrous connective tissue, Cartilage 

Tendon:

connect muscle to bone 

Ligament:

connect bone to bone

 3 types of cartilage

Fibrocartilage, Elastic cartilage, Hylaine

Strongest cartilage

Fibrocartilage 

Elastic cartilage

Elastic cartilage 

Most common cartilage

Hyaline cartilage

Chondrocyte

cartilage cell 

Lacuna

small chambers that contain chondrocytes 

Perichondrium

fibrous connective tissue that covers the cartilage 

Lamellae 

Contains layers of bone matrix in an osteon 

Osteocyte 

mature bone cells that play a crucial role in maintaining bone health and integrity

Osteon 

:unit of compact bone

Canaliculi 

tubes in matrix bone, exchange nutrients, waste, contain blood vessels. 

3 types of muscle tissue

skeletal, cardiac, and smooth

Axon

carries impulse away from cell body

Neuron 

unit of the nervous system, responsible for transmitting information throughout the body.

Motor Nerve

carries signals from the central nervous system (CNS) to muscles and glands, causing them to contract

Colinesterase

:enzymes that hydrolyze esters of choline, playing a crucial role in regulating neurotransmission

Dendrite

receive impulses

Neurotransmitter

 chemical or enzymes that allow synaptic transmission to occur

Acetylcholine:

 vital neurotransmitter in both the central and peripheral nervous systems