Across
- 4. Transmits electrochemical impulses
- 7. muscle found in the walls of stomach uterus, and arteries
- 10. Supports body organc
- 12. muscle concerned with locomation of the body as a whole
- 13. Supports body organs
- 14. squamous Forms thin serous membranes; a single layer of flattened cells
- 15. Allows for organ movements within the body
- 17. cartilage structurally amorphous matrix, heavily invaded with fibers; appears glassy and smooth
Down
- 1. Contains cells arranged concentrically around a nutrient canal; matrix is hard due to calcium salts
- 2. squamous Lines the esophagus and forms the skin epidermis
- 3. Acts as a storage depot for fat
- 5. Forms the stroma or internal "skeleton" of lymph nodes, the spleen, and other lymphoid organs
- 6. Composes the basement membrane and packages organs; includes a gel-like matrix with all categories of fibers and many cell types
- 7. columnar Forms the lining of the stomach and small intestine
- 8. Forms mucous, serous, and epidermal membranes
- 9. Found in the bladder lining; peculiar cells that slide over one another
- 11. CT Provides great strength through parallel bundles of collagenic fibers; found in tendons
- 16. muscle contains cylindrical cells with branching ends