Module #2
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Created by:
mrsklnixon on September 23, 2012
Subjects:
Histology: The Study of Tissues
Description:
Text book: The Human Body: Fearfully and Wonderfully Made. All underlined words and some bold words from the text.
Classes:
The Human Body - Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Exocrine glands | Glands that secrete substances outward through a duct |
| Endocrine glands | Ductless glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream |
| Merocrine glands | Exocrine glands that secrete without losing cellular material |
| apocrine glands | Exocrine glands that have cytoplasm in their secretions |
| Holocrine glands | Exocrine glands whose secretions are made up of disintegrated cells |
| Fibroblasts | Spindle-shaped cells that form connective tissue proper |
| Chondrocytes | Mature cartilage cells |
| Stromal cells | Cells that provide structure or support for parenchymal cells |
| Parenchymal | cells that provide the actual function of the tissue |
| Labile cells | Cells that undergo mitosis regularly and quickly |
| Stable cells | Cells that do not regularly undergo mitosis but are able to if the need arises |
| Permanent cells | Cells that cannot undergo mitosis |
| Extracellular matrix | The chemical substances located between connective tissue cells |
| Four types of tissues | Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, Nervous |
| basement membrane | The structure that attaches most epithelia to underlying tissue; consists of carbohydrates and proteins secreted by the epithelia and the underlying connective tissue. |
| Four types of connective tissue | Connective tissue proper, cartilage, bone, blood |
| Collagen | Structural protein found in skin and connective tissue |
| Four types of connective tissue | loose connective, adipose, dense irregular connective, dense regular connective |
| Four types of tissues | Epithelial, connective, muscular, nervous |
| ground substance | found in the extracellular matrix, it contains protein fibers secretes by the cell. |
| Three types of cartilage | Hyaline, elastic, fibrocartilage |
| osseous tissue | the porous calcified substance from which bones are made |
| calcification | process whereby tissue becomes hardened by a deposit of calcium salts |
| Three categories of membranes | Mucous, synovial, serous |
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