ANAT1052 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Esophagus, Epiglottis, Elastin
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Unit 2 body tissue: list the four primary tissues of the body. Answer: epithelial, connective, nervous, muscular, list the three defining characteristics that differentiate the primary tissues of the body. Answer: matrix (non-living component secreted by tissue cells, size and shape, function, describe epithelial tissue according to: Stratified: basement membrane = membrane composed of protein that sits between epithelial tissue and connective tissue. *epithelial tissue does not contain blood vessels: apical surface that faces into the space (internal organs) , basal - surface that sits on something else (touches basement membrane) You cannot name an epithelial based on a. *true epithelial will sit on a thin layer of connective tissue (basement membrane: intercellular material is stuff in between the cells matrix = non-living component of the tissue. *some epithelial tissues don"t have matrix: blood and nerve supply. Epithelial rarely has blood supply, they are avascular.
