| A | B |
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| adipose | referring to fats or a type of connective tissue that stores fat |
| areolar | referring to loose connective tissue |
| cartilage | type of hard connective tissue found at the ends of bones, the tip of the nose, larynx, trachea, and the embryonic skeleton |
| chondrocyte | cell that produces and maintains cartilage |
| collagen | flexible white protein that gives strength and resilience to connective tissue, such as bone and cartilage |
| endocrine | referring to a gland that secretes into the bloodstream |
| epithelium | one of the four main types of tissues; forms glands, covers surfaces, and lines cavities |
| exocrine | referring to a gland that secretes through a duct |
| fascia | band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue |
| fibroblast | cells that produce the various fibers in all connective tissue |
| histology | study of tissues |
| matrix | the non-living background material in a tissue; the intercellular material |
| membrane | thin sheet of tissue |
| mucosa | lining membrane that produces mucus; mucous membrane |
| mucus | thick protective fluid secreted by mucous membranes and glands |
| myelin | fatty material that covers and insulates the axons of some neurons |
| neuroglia | supporting and protective cells of the nervous system; glial cells |
| neuron | conducting cell of the nervous system |
| osteocyte | mature bone cell; maintains bone but does not produce new bone tissue |
| parietal | pertaining to the wall of a space or cavity |
| serosa | serous membrane; epithelial membrane that secretes a thin, watery fluid |
| stem cell | cell that has the potential to develop into different types of cells |
| visceral | pertaining to organs in the ventral body cavities, especially the abdominal organs |
