Week 1: Body tissues and layers

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Across
  1. 3. the substance that surrounds the cells of connective tissue (2 words)
  2. 4. the body cavity containing the heart
  3. 9. an example of connective tissue which is found in secondary cartilaginous joints, such as in the intervertebral discs of the vertebral column
  4. 10. general name for structures making up the body wall
  5. 13. this tissue type covers a body surface or lines a body cavity
  6. 15. has a calcified matrix
  7. 17. a type of membrane (and the fluid it contains) that is found lining ventral body cavities and covering organs
  8. 20. name of serous membranes found in the abdominopelvic cavity
  9. 21. a ventral body cavity which contains the heart and lungs
  10. 22. one of the four tissue types, the function is to control and communicate
  11. 23. a general term used to describe organs of the body cavities, "guts"
  12. 25. the shape of secretory epithelial cells found in the digestive tract
Down
  1. 1. one of the four basic tissue types
  2. 2. indicates that a structure does not have a direct blood supply
  3. 5. indicates that a tissue has a nerve supply
  4. 6. an example of loose connective tissue
  5. 7. an example of cartilage that is found covering bone at many joints
  6. 8. the inner, spongy bone
  7. 11. a body layer mainly composed of adipose tissue
  8. 12. a structure made of dense, regular connective tissue
  9. 14. means "open space" and is used to describe a type of loose connective tissue
  10. 16. describes the 'layering' of epithelial cells, such as found in the outer layer of skin
  11. 18. indicates flat epithelial cells
  12. 19. the dense, outer layer of bone
  13. 20. a serous membrane that lines ventral body cavities
  14. 24. an example of connective tissue that does not have a direct blood supply