term	page reference
histology	170
fixative	170
histological section	170
stain	170
longitudinal section	170
cross section	170
transverse section	170
oblique section	170
primary germ layers	170
ectoderm	170
endoderm	170
mesoderm	170
primary tissues	171
extracellular material	172
matrix	172
tissue (interstitial) fluid	172
excitable tissue	172
muscular tissue	172
skeletal muscle	172
muscle fiber	172
sphincter	172
striation	173
cardiac muscle	173
myocyte	173
intercalated disc	173
smooth muscle	174
nervous tissue	174
neuron	174
neuroglia	174
glial cell	174
soma	174
dendrite	174
axon	174
nerve fiber	174
connective tissue	175
mesenchyme	175
mucous connective tissue	175
fibroconnective tissue	176
fibroblast	176
histiocyte	176
leukocyte	177
plasma cell	177
mast cell	177
heparin	177
histamine	177
adipocyte	177
collagenous fiber	177
collagen	177
reticular fiber	177
elastic fiber	177
elastin	177
ground substance	178
glycosaminoglycan (GAG)	178
chondroitin sulfate	178
hyaluronic acid	178
loose connective tissue	179
dense connective tissue	179
areolar connective tissue	179
adipose tissue	179
fat	179
obesity	180
reticular tissue	181
dense regular connective tissue	181
yellow elastic tissue	181
dense irregular connective tissue	182
cartilage	182
chondroblast	182
lacuna	182
chondrocyte	182
hyaline cartilage	182
perichondrium	183
elastic cartilage	183
fibrocartilage	183
osseous tissue	184
spongy bone	184
compact bone	184
osteon	184
haversian canal	184
lamella	184
osteocyte	184
periosteum	184
dentin	184
cementum	184
blood	185
plasma	185
formed element	185
erythrocyte	185
platelet	185
lymph	185
epithelial tissue	185
basement membrane	185
simple epithelium	187
simple squamous epithelium	187
endothelium	188
mesothelium	188
simple cuboidal epithelium	188
simple columnar epithelium	188
pseudostratified epithelium	189
stratified epithelium	189
stratified squamous epithelium	189
keratinized	190
nonkeratinized	190
stratified cuboidal epithelium	190
stratified columnar epithelium	190
transitional epithelium	190
intercellular junction	192
tight junction	192
desmosome	192
gap junction	193
gland	193
endocrine gland	193
exocrine gland	193
goblet cell	193
capsule	193
septum	193
trabecula	193
lobe	193
lobule	194
stroma	194
parenchyma	194
simple gland	194
compound gland	194
tubular gland	194
acinar gland	194
acinus	194
alveolus	194
serous gland	194
mucous gland	194
mixed gland	194
cytogenic gland	194
merocrine (eccrine) gland	194
holocrine gland	194
apocrine gland	195
cutaneous membrane	195
mucous membrane (mucosa)	195
lamina propria	195
muscularis mucosae	195
serous membrane (serosa)	195
serous fluid	195
synovial membrane	196
differentiation	196
hypertrophy	196
hyperplasia	196
neoplasia	196
metaplasia	196
atrophy	196
necrosis	197
infarction	197
gangrene	197
regeneration	197
fibrosis	197

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