What are the two main forms of epithelial tissue? Cuboidal and columnar epithelia Simple and stratified epithelia Epithelial membranes and glandular epithelia Squamous and transitional epithelia

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What is the study of the microscopic structure of tissues called?

Which tissue covers the outside of the body and lines organs and cavities, functioning in protection, secretion, and absorption?

What type of body tissue provides support and connects all parts of the body?

Which body tissue contracts or shortens to make body parts move?

What type of tissue carries electrical messages between the brain and other body parts?

What are the two main forms of epithelial tissue?

Which type of epithelial tissue lines external and internal surfaces?

Which type of epithelial tissue is responsible for secretion in glands?

Where in the body is simple squamous epithelium typically found?

What is the innermost lining of blood vessels called?

What is the epithelium found in serous membranes lining the ventral body cavity and covering its organs?

What are the main functions of simple squamous epithelium?

What are the main functions of simple cuboidal epithelium?

Where in the body is simple cuboidal epithelium found?

What is the function of simple columnar epithelia?

Where is simple columnar epithelia located in the body?

What is the main function of pseudo-stratified columnar epithelium?

Where in the body is pseudostratified columnar epithelium located?

What is the function of stratified squamous epithelium?

Where is stratified squamous epithelium located?

What is the function of transitional epithelium?

Where is transitional epithelium found?

What term describes secreting internally?

What term describes secreting externally?

What are glands of the endocrine system that release hormones into the bloodstream via exocytosis called?

What is a gland that releases a secretion external to or at the surface of an organ by means of a canal or duct?

What are glands composed of ducts and secretory glands, usually surrounded by supportive connective tissue?

What is the function of multicellular exocrine glands?

What is the strategy of secreting hormones via exocytosis called?

What is the process where glands accumulate products within, then rupture, as seen in sebaceous oil glands?

What type of glands accumulate product beneath the apical surface, then the apex pinches off releasing the product and a bit of cytoplasm?

What is the term for embryonic tissue?

What are the characteristics of connective tissue?

What are the two main types of connective tissue proper?

What are the types of loose connective tissue?

What are the types of dense connective tissue?

What is the function of areolar connective tissue?

Where is areolar connective tissue located?

What is the term for puffy swelling of tissue from the accumulation of fluid?

What are the functions of adipose tissue?

Where is adipose tissue found?

What is the function of reticular connective tissue?

Where is reticular tissue found?

What is the function of dense regular connective tissue?

Where is dense regular connective tissue located?

What is the function of dense irregular connective tissue?

Where is dense irregular connective tissue found?

Compare and contrast function in relation to gland and which?

What is the function of skeletal muscles?

Where are skeletal muscles found?

The skeletal muscle is a _____ muscle, meaning it can be consciously controlled.

Which muscle tissue is multinucleated and has many striations?

What is the function of the cardiac muscle?

Where is cardiac muscle located?

Which muscle tissue has striations but is uninucleated?

What is the function of smooth muscle?

Where is smooth muscle found?

Which muscle tissue has no striations and is uninucleated?

What are the cells in the nervous system that support, nourish, and protect neurons called?

What is a nerve cell, the basic building block of the nervous system, called?

What is the skin, composed of epidermal and dermal layers, called?

What is the membrane that secretes mucus to lubricate the surface of organs and keep them moist?

The skin covering the body is the location of what?

Digestive, respiratory, urinary, and reproductive tracts are the locations of what?

Pericardium, pleura, and peritoneum are the locations of what membranes?

What are the steps of tissue repair?

What is the ability to regrow a missing part of the body called?

What is the thickening and scarring of connective tissue, usually as a result of injury, called?

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