Blood :
Blood Composed of:
Erythrocytes
Leukocytes
many different types
nucleated cells
Platelets
Plasma proteins
Fluid
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Lymph :
Lymph Same general composition as blood
exceptions
plasma proteins
erthrocytes (RBC)
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Muscle Tissue :
Muscle Tissue Smooth
involuntary
lines digestive tract
Skeletal (fast twitch/slow twitch)
voluntary
muscular system
Cardiac
involuntary
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Nervous Tissue :
Nervous Tissue Composed of neurons (nerve cells) and neuroglia (sustentacular cells)
Neuron
cell body
dendrites (receive impulse)
many per cell
axons (send impluse)
1 per cell
Synapse
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