Allows passage of materials by diffusion and filtration.
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Secretion and absorption.
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Absorption and secretion of mucus, enzymes, and other substances. Line the digestive tract.
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Secretion of mucus. Ciliated variety lines the upper respiratory tract.
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Protects underlying tissues in areas subject to abrasion. Ex: outer layer of skin and inside of mouth and esophagus.
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Stretches, lines the ureters and the bladder.
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Loose connective tissue, areolar
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Loose connective tissue, adipose
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Loose connective tissue, reticular
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Dense connective tissue, regular
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Dense connective tissue, irregular
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Dense connective tissue, elastic
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hyaline cartilage
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elastic cartilage
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fibrocartilage
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osseous tissue, bone
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blood
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nervous tissue
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skeletal muscle
name the type of muscle tissue
cardiac muscle
name the type of muscle tissue
smooth muscle
name the type of muscle tissue
Skeletal
Which muscle tissue is multinucleate?
Cardiac
Which muscle tissue has intercalated disks between cells?
Elastic
Which type of cartilage provides structure to your ear and other structures that need support with flexibility?
Fibrocartilage
Which type of cartilage absorbs shock and is located between the vertebrae?
Hyaline
Which type of cartilage connects your ribs to your sternum?
Stratified squamous
What type of epithelial tissue provides protection with many layers of flattened cells?
simple squamous
What type of epithelial tissue lines the air sacs of lungs and the blood vessels.
simple cuboidal and simple columnar
What type of epithelial tissue is usually associated with absorption and secretion?
Connective
What is the most abundant tissue type in the body?
simple, cuboidal, columnar
What are the three cell shapes of epithelial tissue?
Dense regular
What type of connective tissue makes up tendons and ligaments?
dense elastic
What type of dense connective tissue contains a higher proportion of elastic fibers and lines the major arteries around the heart?
Skeletal muscle is striated, multinucleate, and voluntarily controlled. Smooth muscle has no striations, one nucleus per cell, and is involuntarily controlled
Name three things that differentiate skeletal muscle from smooth muscle.