A & P lab 3

Embryonic tissue with star shaped cells with abundant fluid matrix

Mesenchyme

What is connective tissue made up of?

Ground substance, fibers, cells

What does extracellular matrix consist of?

Ground substance and fibers

Made up of interstitial fluid, cell adhesion proteins, and proteoglycans

Ground substance

What fiber is most abundant, provides tensile strength and is found in bone, cartilage, tendon, and ligaments

Collagen fibers

What fiber contains elastin protein and is found in skin, lungs, and blood vessel walls?

Elastic fibers

What fiber is short, branches off, and typically surrounds small blood vessels and supports the soft tissue of some organs, including lymphoid organs?

Reticular fibers

What is the term for the “little lakes” that chondrocytes are located in?

Lacunae

What cell supports cartilage matrix?

Chondrocytes

What does simple squamous et function for?

Diffusion, filtration

Located in blood capillary lining, alveoli lining in the lungs, filtration membrane of the kidney, serous membranes of body cavities

Simple squamous et

Simple cuboidal et functions to do what?

Secretion, absorption

Simple cuboidal et is located where?

Glands, ducts, kidney tubules

Simple columnar et functions to do what?

Secretion, absorption

Located in the lining of the stomach, intestines, and mucus membranes of the uterus

Simple columnar ET

Stratified squamous et functions to do what?

Protection

Located in cutaneous membrane, mouth, throat, esophagus, anus, and vagina mucous membrane

Stratified squamous et

Stratified cuboidal et functions to do what

Protection, secretion, absorption

Located in sweat glands, ducts, ovaries

Stratified cuboidal et

Stratified columnar et functions to do what

Protection, secretion, absorption

Lines male urethra, mammary glands

Stratified columnar et

Psuedostratified columnar et functions to do what

Secretion or absorption

Lines the trachea, lines the male reproductive tract

Pseudostratified columnar et

Transitional epithelium functions to do what

Protect and stretch

Lining of bladder and ureters

Transitional et

What loose connective tissue supports et membranes and allows diffusion

Areolar tissue

What tissue forms the lamina propria of mucous membranes

Areolar tissue

What loose connective tissue protects, insulates, and stores energy

Adipose tissue

What tissue is located under cutaneous tissue, and around the kidneys, eyeballs, breasts and abdomen?

Adipose tissue

What tissue provides structure to lymphoid organs?

Reticular tissue

What dense connective tissue binds organs muscle and bone?

Dense regular tissue

What dense connective tissue binds organs and supports et tissues

Dense irregular tissue

What are membranes?

Simple organs with 2 tissues

Cutaneous membrane is also known as what?

Skin

What epithelial membrane secretes fluids?

Serous membranes

Lines body cavities that are open to the exterior

Mucous membranes

This membrane consists of simple squamous et and Areolar connective tissue

Serous membrane

This membrane consists of stratified squamous, pseudostratified columnar/simple columnar and laminate propria

Mucous membrane