A & P Exam 2 CH 4
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Muscle tissue having long striated cells with multiple nuclei | skeletal muscle |
| Type of cell junction in which the lipid portions of the two plasma membranes are tightly bound together by interlocking membrane proteins | occluding junction |
| A specialized intercellular junction between cardiac muscle cells | intercalated disk |
| Mobile connective tissue stem cells | mesenchymal cells |
| Type of membrane that lines mobile joint cavities | synovial membrane |
| Muscle tissue having short striated cells, usually with single nucleus | cardiac muscle |
| Gland in which the duct divides one or more times on its way to the gland cells | compound gland |
| A term meaning no blood vessels | avascular |
| Type of membrane that lines the subdivisions of the ventral body cavity | serous membrane |
| Connective tissue cells that produce antibodies | plasma cells |
| Gland whose glandular cells form sac-like pockets | alveolar gland |
| Connective tissue cells that synthesize extracellular fibers | fibroblasts |
| Connective tissue cells that stimulate local inflammation | mast cell |
| Mobile, phagocytic blood cells that enter tissues during infection or injury | neutrophils and eosinophils |
| Muscle tissue having short, spindle-shaped, nonstriated cells | smooth muscle |
| Type of cell junction in which cells are connected using channel proteins called connexons | gap junction |
| The complex structure attached to the basal surface of an epithelium | basal lamina |
| Type of membrane that lines passages and chambers that communicate with the exterior | mucous membrane |
| A cartilage cell | chondrocyte |
| Supporting cells in nervous tissue | neuroglia |
| Forms surface of skin | stratified squamous epithelium |
| Single layer of flattened cells | simple squamous epithelium |
| Lines urinary bladder, allows stretch | transitional epithelium |
| Found in tendons and ligaments | dense regular connective tissue |
| Stores lipid reserves in large intracellular vesicles | adipose tissue |
| Covers bone surfaces at mobile joints | hyaline cartilage |
| Lines nasal cavity, trachea, and larger airways of lungs | pseudostratified columnar epithelium |
| Found in pubic symphysis and intervertebral discs | fibrous cartilage |
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