Body Tissues and Neuron Structure

Vocabulary flashcards reviewing connective tissue locations, muscle tissue types, nervous tissue functions, and neuron components.

Dense regular connective tissue

The specific connective tissue type that primarily makes up tendons and ligaments.

Smooth muscle

Muscle tissue found in the walls of hollow organs, including the intestines and blood vessels.

Intercalated discs

Specialized structures that connect cardiac muscle cells and help them contract together as a coordinated unit.

Nervous tissue

Tissue whose primary function is the transmission of electrical impulses to allow communication throughout the body.

Dendrites

Neuron components that receive incoming signals and carry them toward the neuron's cell body.