Flashcards

Histology

Talon St. Clair English 24 cards

Cards in this deck (24)

1—BLOOD
Erythrocytes (red blood cells)
Leukocytes (white blood cells)
FUNCTION: Transport of many products, waste removal, immune response.
LOCATION: Throughout the body.
Connective Tissue
2—BONE
FUNCTION:Provides frame for body, mechanical movement, produces red blood cells and white blood cells.
LOCATION: Throughout the body
Connective tissue
3—ELASTIC CARTILAGE
FUNCTION: Great flexibility to withstand repeated bending.
LOCATION: outer ear
Connective tissue
4—HYALINE CARTILAGE
FUNCTION: Reduces friction and absorbs shock.
LOCATION: Tissue in nose
Connective Tissue
5—FIBROCARTILAGE
FUNCTION: Shock absorption
LOCATION: In between vertebral disc
Connective tissue
6—ADIPOSE
FUNCTION: White adipose tissue stores energy, produces hormones, and provides insulation. Brown adipose tissue generates body heat.
LOCATION: BREAST
Connective tissue
7—DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE FUNCTION: Able to withstand tension in multiple directions.
LOCATION: Dermis
Connective tissue
8—DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE FUNCTION: Able to withstand tension in multiple directions.
LOCATION: Dermis
Connective tissue
9—DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
FUNCTION: Resists tension from a single direction.
LOCATION: Tendons
Connective tissue
10—DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
FUNCTION: Resists tension from a single direction.
LOCATION: Tendons
Connective tissue
11—DENSE REGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
FUNCTION: Resists tension from a single direction.
LOCATION: Tendons
Connective tissue
12—RETICULAR CONECTIVE TISSUE
FUNCTION: Gives support to soft organs
Location: Liver
Connective Tissue
13—LOOSE AREOLAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
FUNCTION: Many epithelial cells get nutrients from areolar tissue.
LOCATION: Surrounds blood vessels, nerves and muscles.
Connective tissue
14—SIMPLE SQUAMOUS
FUNCTION:Mediators of filtration and diffusion.
LOCATION: Surrounds alveoli of the lungs
Epithelial Tissue
15—SIMPLE CUBOIDAL
FUNCTION: Provides protection against abrasion, foreign particles, bacteria, and excessive water loss.
LOCATION: kidney tubules
Epithelial Tissue
16—SIMPLE COLUMNAR
FUNCTION: Absorption and Protection
LOCATION: Gallbladder
Epithelial Tissue
17—STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS (KERATINIZED)
FUNCTION: Protection against mechanical and physical damage, chemical damage in the esophagus.
LOCATION: Esophagus
Epithelial Tissue
18—STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS (NON-KERATINIZED)
FUNCTION: Protection against mechanical and physical damage, chemical damage in the esophagus.
LOCATION: Esophagus
Epithelial Tissue
19—STRATIFIED CUBOIDAL TISSUE
FUNCTION: Protection
LOCATION: Sweat glands
Epithelial Tissue
20—TRANSITIONAL EPITHELIUM
FUNCTION: Distension to allow filling of cavity
LOCATION: Walls of Bladder
Epithelial Tissue
21—PSEUDOSTRATIFIED COLUMNAR
FUNCTION: Secretion, absorption, and movement through cilia.
LOCATION: TRACHEA
Epithelial Tissue
22—THIN SKIN
LOOSE CONNECTIVE TISSUE
23—THICK SKIN
DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
HAS stratum lucidum
24—THICK SKIN
DENSE IRREGULAR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
HAS stratum lucidum