Histology

Plasma

Liquid in blood

Interstitial Fluid

From plasma with most protein filtered out-between cells

Lymph

Fluid in lymphatic tissue-drains back into circulatory system

Where is cartilage found?

Ears, nose, ends of long bones and ribs

What is the gel-type ground substance?

Cartilage

What is cartilage’s function

shock absorption and protection

What term provides support but tolerates distortion

Cartilage

What is an osteon?

a circular structural unit in bone

How can you identify bone?

Tree trunk shaped

How is the bone matrix strengthened?

Calcium salts

What category is bone in

Supportive connective tissue

How can you identify skeletal muscle

Long, cylindrical, striated, and multi nucleate

where is skeletal muscle found

Combined with connective tissue and neural tissue is skeletal muscles

What is the function of skeletal muscle

moves or stabilized position of skeleton, guards entrance and exits to digestive and respiratory, generates heat, protects internal organs