- Give the main function and one place in the body for simple cuboidal epithelial tissue
- Give the main function and one place in the body for stratified squamous epithelial tissue
- Is the basement membrane vascular or avascular?How do the epithelial cells get oxygen and nutrients?
- Forms, the embryonic skeleton and the surfaces of the bones at the joints, reinforce trachea
- forms the stroma or internal skeleton of lymph nodes, the spleen and other lymphoid organs
- Contains cells, arranged concentrically around the nutrient canal matrix is hard due to calcium salts
- Composes the basement membrane and packages organs includes the gel like matrix with all categories of fiber and many many cells
- provides great strength through parallel bundles of collagenic fibers found in tendons
- how many L of blood does an adult have
- Nervous tissue consists predominantly of two cell types, neurons and _______
- It is normal for breasts to shrink after lactation ceases. This is a consequence of__________ in human breast cells.
- With regard to the healing of a skin wound, macrophages ___________.
- Most membranes are composed of two or three tissue types. However, an example of an exception is the _____ membrane
- The replacement of damaged tissue with scar tissue is called _________.
- Most biologists see embryonic stem (ES) cells as a possible treatment for diseases thatresult from the loss of functional cells. This possibility is based on the fact that ES cells are__________ stem cells.
- The middle primary germ layer is called _______, which gives rise to a gelatinous material called _____, which then gives rise to different types of connective tissue such as bone, muscle and blood.
- In the intestine, _______ ensure(s) that most digested nutrients pass THROUGH the epithelial cells and NOT BETWEEN them
- Mucin is secreted by ________ glands, which combines with water to form a thick and sticky product. Glands produce a relatively watery fluid.
- After six months of lifting weights at the gym, you notice that some of your muscles have increased in size. This increase in size is due to _____ of muscle cells
- The pseudostratified columnar epithelium of the bronchi in smokers may transform intostratified squamous epithelium. This is an example of __________.