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2024/2025BIOL 207: A&P (Ch 5) Questions
And Answers Latest Update
tissue ANS✔✔ group of similar cells serving a function
organ ANS✔✔ structure with discrete boundaries that is composed of two or more tissue types
histology ANS✔✔ study of tissues
epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous ANS✔✔ What are the 4 types of tissues?
epithelial tissue ANS✔✔ - covers organs and body surfaces
- lines cavities and hollow organs
- free surface on outside, basement membrane on inside
- lack RBC
- readily divide
- tightly packed
apical surface ANS✔✔ (upper free) exposed to exterior or cavity
- smooth, cilia, microvilli
basal surface ANS✔✔ (lower attached), attached to the noncellular basal lamina; adhesive sheet
lumen ANS✔✔ interior of a vessel within the body
tight junctions ANS✔✔ - fused membranes between cells
- "stitched together"
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- present in linings --> sheet-like layers
desmosomes ANS✔✔ - formed by integral proteins
- "spot welds"
- structural reinforcement; withstand duress
gap junctions ANS✔✔ - tubular channels
- "tunnels"
- allow molecules to move from cell to cell
cancer cells ANS✔✔ what type of cells don't respect the basement membrane/epithelial boundary?
avascular, innervated ANS✔✔ Epithelial tissue is _______________, but ________________
regenerative ANS✔✔ high ____________ capacity
- due to exposure to friction
- exposure to hostile surfaces
simple squamous epithelium ANS✔✔ function: diffusion, filtration
location: alveoli, capillaries, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels
simple squamous ANS✔✔ Name this type of epithelial tissue
simple cuboidal epithelium ANS✔✔ function: secretion, absorption
location: lines kidney tubules, thyroid follicles, covers ovaries, ducts of some glands
simple cuboidal ANS✔✔ Name this type of epithelial tissue
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