Bio 210 A&P Ch. 4 Tissues/ 84 Questions & Answers/
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Bio 210 A&P Ch. 4 Tissues/ 84 Questions & Answers/ . Terms like:
Histology - Answer: study of tissues
Epithelial Tissue - Answer: sheet of cells that covers a body surface or lines a body cavity
Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue - Answer: very cellular, base bound to basement membrane,...
Bio 210 A&P Ch. 4 Tissues/ 84 Questions &
Answers/ 2024-2025
Histology - Answer: study of tissues
Epithelial Tissue - Answer: sheet of cells that covers a body surface or lines a body
cavity
Characteristics of Epithelial Tissue - Answer: very cellular, base bound to basement
membrane, avascular, high rate of cell division
function of epithelial tissue - Answer: protection, secretion, permeability control,
sensation
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, cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) - Answer: bind cells to other cells or surfaces
(basement membrane)
Tight junction - Answer: interlocking membrane proteins that bind lipid portion of
2 plasma membranes, adhesion belt surrounds junction which makes it tight and
DOESN'T allow passage of water or solutes
basal membrane - Answer: basement membrane
Gap Junction - Answer: interlocking transmembrane proteins that provide a
channel for cells to communicate
desmosomes - Answer: CAMs and proteoglycans link plasma membranes, durable
and flexible. (reason skin cells peel off in sheets)
simple epithelium - Answer: single layer of cells
stratified epithelium - Answer: many layers of cells
squamous - Answer: flat epithelial cells
cuboidal - Answer: cube shaped epithelial cells
columnar - Answer: column shaped, taller than wide epithelial cells
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