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This tissue covers all organismal surfaces that come in contact with the external environment such as the skin, the airways, and the digestive tract. It serves functions of protection, secretion, and absorption, and is separated from other tissues below by a basal lamina. The connective tissue and the muscular are derived from the mesoderm.
tissue: Greek ἱστός (histós), web, tissue histology: home(o)-similar Greek ὅμοιος (homoios), like, resembling, similar homeopathy: hom(o)-denotes something as "the same" as another or common Greek ὁμός (homós), the same, common homosexuality, homozygote, homophobic humer(o)-of or pertaining to the shoulder (or [rarely] the ...
Biological tissue has little inherent contrast in either the light or electron microscope. [17] Staining is employed to give both contrast to the tissue as well as highlighting particular features of interest. When the stain is used to target a specific chemical component of the tissue (and not the general structure), the term histochemistry is ...
Soft tissue disorders are medical conditions affecting soft tissue. Soft tissue injuries are some of the most chronically painful and difficult conditions to treat because it is very difficult to see what is going on under the skin with the soft connective tissues, fascia, joints, muscles and tendons.
tissue plasminogen activator: TPN: total parenteral nutrition: TPR: temperature, pulse, respiration: TPR total peripheral resistance TR: tricuspid regurgitation: Tr: tincture: TRAM: transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap TRAP: tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase: T2RF: type 2 respiratory failure: TRF: transfer (pronounced "turf") TRF'd
Myeloid tissue, in the bone marrow sense of the word myeloid (myelo-+ -oid), is tissue of bone marrow, of bone marrow cell lineage, or resembling bone marrow, and myelogenous tissue (myelo-+ -genous) is any tissue of, or arising from, bone marrow; in these senses the terms are usually used synonymously, as for example with chronic myeloid ...
Medical terminology is used in the field of medicine. Medical terminology has quite regular morphology, the same prefixes and suffixes are used to add meanings to different roots. [1] The root of a term often refers to an organ, tissue, or condition.
Stroma (from Ancient Greek στρῶμα 'layer, bed, bed covering') is the part of a tissue or organ with a structural or connective role. It is made up of all the parts without specific functions of the organ - for example, connective tissue, blood vessels, ducts, etc.