BIOL 102- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 55 pages long!)

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Cartilage types: hyaline- at the end of long bones at the joints (reduces friction, fibrocartilage- found between the vertebrae in the spinal column, elastic- found only in ears, very flexible. Muscle tissue contracts to produce movement: skeletal muscle (striated muscle, moves body parts, voluntary mulcinucleated, cardiac muscle, functions in the heart. Involuntary, single nucleus: produce atp faster than it uses it, never tires. Nervous tissues transmit impulses: neuron- specialized nervous system cell, produce and transmit impulses, structural components: cell body, dendrites, axon, glial cells support neurons. Organs and organ systems perform complex functions: organs, contain two or more tissue types joined together, perform specific funcitons, organ systems, groups of organs that perform a common function, ex. Digestive system: mouth, throat, stomach, intestines, and liver. Tissue membranes: serous membrane, reduces friction between organs, mucous membrane, lubricates surface, captures debris, synovial membrane, lines spaces in movable joints, cutaneous membrane, the skin.

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