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Question:

List the four primary tissue types
Describe the properties and functions of epithelial tissue
Contrast simple and stratified epithelium
List the three shapes of epithelial tissue
Draw and describe each type of epithelium and where it is located in the body
Explain the function of cilia and goblet cells in pseudostratified epithelium
Compare the structure and location of non-keratinized and keratinized epithelium
Define exfoliation
Explain the significance of transitional epithelium
List the functions of connective tissue
Name the fibrous, supportive and fluid connective tissues
Draw and describe the types of connective tissues, their functions and locations
List which types of tissues are vascular and avascular/non-vascular
List the types of cells found in the various connective tissues
Explain which types of tissues are slow to heal and why
Explain what makes a tissue "excitable" and list the excitable tissues
Draw and label a neuron
List the functions of muscles
Compare and contrast cardiac, skeletal and smooth muscle
Name the locations of the three types of muscle tissue
Compare and contrast endocrine and exocrine glands
Name some organs that have both endocrine and exocrine function
Draw and describe a typical exocrine gland
Define parenchyma
Name the locations of goblet cells
Name the substance secreted by goblet cells
Contrast simple and compound glands
List the types exocrine glands and describe their secretions
Explain the methods of exocrine secretion: holocrine, apocrine and merocrine
List and describe the fibers of connective tissues
Describe the ground substance of fibrous connective tissue
Explain the locations in the body of cutaneous, serous, mucous and synovial membranes
Describe connective tissue disorders: Marfan's syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, osteogenesis imperfect and scurvy
Compare differentiation and metaplasia
Explain three types of tissue growth
Contrast embryonic and adult stem cells
Explain the processes of atrophy, necrosis and apoptosis
Compare the two ways in which tissues are repaired
List and describe the processes of tissue repair
Describe a bioreactor in tissue engineering
Define mutation, carcinogen, mutagen, cancer, tumor
Compare benign, malignant and metastatic tumors
List the causes of cancer
Explain the ways in which our body defends itself against cancer
Explain the actions of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes
Describe the effects of cancer in the body