Across
- 3. soft pink tissue composed of new capillaries
- 4. type of cartilage making up the external ear
- 6. fluid or liquid connective tissue
- 8. connective tissue that has more cells and fewer fibers
- 9. decrease in the size of a tissue
- 13. abnormal growth of cells
- 15. tissue that is found lining and covering body organs and cavities
- 17. nonliving component of connective tissue
- 18. replacement of damaged cells by scar tissue
- 19. type of cartilage found between the vertebrae
- 23. glands that secrete their products to the outside of the body
Down
- 1. replacement of damaged cells by the same type of tissue
- 2. main tissue type that is most abundant and widespread in the body
- 4. glands that secrete their products into the bloodstream
- 5. fat tissue
- 7. loose connective tissue that is found in lymphoid organs
- 10. increase in the size of a tissue
- 11. epithelium that is composed of one layer of cells only
- 12. epithelium that is composed of many layers of cells
- 14. type of cartilage that forms found in embryonic skeletons and at bone endings
- 16. connective tissue made of tightly packed collagen fibers and fewer cells
- 20. "cobwebby" tissue that cushions and protects the body organs it wraps
- 21. when tissue fills with blood; swelling
- 22. osseous tissue; contains a hard matrix of calcium and collagen