Tissues, Glands and Membranes

Supporting and protective cells of the nervous system

Thick protective fluid screted by membranes and glands

Abnormal growth of cells

Mature bone cell, maintains bone but does not produce new bone

Referring to fats or to a type of connective tissue that stores fat.

Study of tissues

Serous membrane

Referring to a gland that secretes through a duct

Flexible white protien that gives strength and resilience to connective tissue such as bone and cartilage

Band or sheet of fibrous connective tissue

Conducting cell of the nervous system

Treatment of a disease by administration of chemical agent

Hard connective tissue found at the ends of the bones, tip of nose, the larynx, the trachea & embryonic skeleton.

Referring to organs in the ventral body cavities especially the abdominal organs

Cell that produces and maintains cartilage

Epithelial membrane that produces mucus

One of the four main types of tissues

Pertaining to the wall of the space or cavity

Spread of tumor cells

Describing a tumor that spreads or a disorder that becomes worse or/and causes death.

Removal of tissue or other material from the living boy for examination.

dnoting a mild condition favorable for recovery or a tumor that does not metastasize.

A cellular background material in a tissue; the intercellular material.

Has the potential to divid and produce different types of cells

Referring to the gland that secretes directly into the bloodstream

A procedure for evaluating the exxtent of the tumor spread

Thin sheet of tissue; lipid layer surronding a cell or an organelle

Tumor that spreads to other tissue, a malignant neoplasm

referring to loose connective tissue, to any small space .