human anatomy

Necrosis

Cell death

Atrophy

Wasting away of tissue

Aponeurosis

Flatten sheet of white fibrous connective tissue holds one muscle to another or to the peristenum

Elastin

Elastic like fibers found in connective tissue

Adipose tissue

Fatty or fat like

Pinocytosis

Process of involving large molecules in solution in taking them into the cell

Visceral membrane

Membrane covering each organ in a body cavity

Collagen

Fibrous protein, occurring in bone and cartilage

Fascia

Band or sheet of fibrous membranes, covering or binding and supporting muscles

Phagocytosis

Indigestion of foreign or other particles by certain cells

Hyaline

Type of Cartlidge, that forms the skeleton of the embryo

Hypertrophy

An increase in the size of a muscle cell

Synovial membrane

Double layer of connective tissue that lines joint cavities, and produces synovial fluid

Areolar tissue

A type of connective tissue that surrounds various organs and supports both nerve and blood vessels

Apoptosis

in orderly processed by which cells intentionally die term is used interchangeably with the term program cell death