Histology

• Epithelium that lines most of the gastrointestinal tract


  Simple columnar epithelium
• Compact bone


  Dense bone
• Basic tissue type that is bone

  Connective tissue
• Structure that forms the epiphyseal growth plate

  Hyaline cartilage
• The aorta


  Elastic artery
• Cartilage characterized by predominance of elastic fibers

  Elastic cartilage
• Layer in a large artery or vein containing the vasa vasorum

  Tunica externa
• Muscle that is always multinucleated

  Skeletal muscle
• Muscle that always has intercalated disks

  Cardiac muscle
• Muscle that is striated but does not have intercalated disks

  Skeletal muscle
• Fiber characterized by long, unbranched fibers

  Collagen fiber
• Cartilage characterized by presence of matrix fibers

  Hyaline cartilage
• Components of connective tissue

  Cell and ground substance
• Layer in an artery containing the endothelium

  Tunica intima
• Woven bone


  Immature bone
• Element of the central nervous system

  Spinal cord
• Location of splenic sinuses


  Red pulp
• Splenic cords


  Cords of Billroth
• Another term for lymphatic nodules

  Lymph follicles
• Largest, thickest layer in an elastic artery

  Tunica media
• Vasa vasorum


  Blood vessels
• Cartilage found in the external ear

  Elastic cartilage
• Component in the bone matrix

  Collagen fibers
• Structure that forms the articular surface on bones

  Hyaline cartilage
• Nonlamellar bone


  Woven bone
• Immature bone


  Woven bone
• Collagen fibers that extend into bone at an angle

  Sharpey's fibers
• The skeleton of the body is formed by the skeletal system
• Perimysium


  Covering of a bone
• Periosteum


  Covering of a bone
• Hyaline cartilage


  Forms the articular surface on bones
• Osteon


  Another term for the Haversian system
• Woven bone


  Nonlamellar bone
• Sharpey's fibers


  Collagen fibers that extend into bone at an angle
• Osteocyte


  Mature bone cell
• Hyaline cartilage


  Forms the skeleton of the fetus
• Cancellous bone


  Spongy bone
• Osteon


  Cylindrical structure in compact bone
• Hematopoietic tissue


  Primary component of red marrow
• Bundle bone


  Immature bone