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What is the function of the epithelial tissue?

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  • covers the body sufraces
  • lines cavities, organs and ducts
  • forms glands
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What are the characteristics of the epithelial tissue?

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  • densley packed
  • lots of cell junctions
  • attached to basement membrane
  • avascular
  • nerve supply
  • frequent mitosis
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What are the 2 metrics used to classify epithelial tissue?

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  1. arrangement of layers
  2. cell shapes
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What different ways can layers be arranged in epithelial tissue?

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  • simple : 1 layer
  • stratified: multiple layers, stacked
  • pseudostratified: same height as stratified but only actually 1 long cell.
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What are the different cell shapes you can have for epithelial tissue?

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  • squamous (flat)
  • cuboidal
  • columnar
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What are the characteristics of connective tissue?

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  • Made of cells and ECM
  • No free surfaces
  • highly vascularised
  • has nerve supplly
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What is the function of connective tissue?

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  • protects + supports body and organs
  • binds organs together
  • stores energy reserves (fat)
  • provides immunity
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What is the role of ECM in connective tissue?

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  • fibes in ECM give strength and support to tissue between the cells

made of fibres and ground substance

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What categories do we classify the connective tissue into?

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  • Loose
  • dense
  • cartilage
  • bone
  • blood
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What are the 4 types of tissue?

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  • epithelial tissue
  • connective tissue
  • muscular tissue
  • nervous tissue
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What is the role of the fibres in muscular tissue?

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  • Fibres provide motion, maintain posture, provide heat
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What are the 3 types of muscular tissue?

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  • skeletal
  • cardiac
  • smooth
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What is the function of the muscular tissue?

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generates physical force to move the body

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What are the 2 types of cells in nervous tissue?

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  1. Neurons
  2. Neuroglia
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What makes up neurons?

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cells that have:
* cell body
* dendrites
* axons

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What do neurons do?

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  • carry sensory/motor information
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What is the function of nervous tissue?

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  • Detects changes inside/outside the body
  • initiates and transmits nerve impulses to coordinate body activities
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What do neuroglia do?

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Protect and support neurons

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