Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305073951
Author: Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Christine Evers, Lisa Starr
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 31, Problem 14SQ
Match each term with the most suitable description.
| ______ exocrine gland | a. signaling cell in nervous tissue |
| ______ endocrine gland | b. secretion through duct |
| ______ fibroblast | c. collagen-producing cell |
| ______ melanocyte | d. contraction is involuntary |
| ______ neuron | e. pigment-producing cell |
| ______ smooth muscle | f. main source of |
| ______ skeletal muscle | g. main cell type in epidermis |
| ______ blood | h. fluid connective tissue |
| ______ keratinocyte | i. includes interstitial fluid, lymph |
| ______ extracellular fluid | j. secretes hormones |
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