Tissue Types

Question 1

Epithelial Tissue

Answer 1

• covers the outside surfaces of your body
• forms a barrier
• regulated absorption
• regulated secretion

Question 2

Muscle Tissue

Answer 2

mechanical movement for contraction

Question 3

Neural Tissue

Answer 3

• The primary function is communication
• uses changes in the membrane potentials to RAPIDLY deliver a targeted message over a long distance
• Glial cells and neurons

Question 4

Connective Tissue

Answer 4

• Tissue that supports, protects, and gives structure to other tissues and organs in the body
• classified as individual cells within a broad matrix
• ex: interstitial tissues (fibroblasts), cartilage (chondrocytes), and bone (osteoblasts/osteoclasts)

Question 5

Myoepithelial Tissue

Answer 5

hybrid tissue of epithelial and muscle tissue

Question 6

What are the three types of skeletal tissue?

Answer 6

Skeletal, Cardiac, and Smooth

Question 7

Skeletal Muscle Tissue

Answer 7

multinucleated myofibers, leverage movement around the joints

Question 8

Cardiac Muscle Tissue

Answer 8

structurally and functionally linked cardiac myocytes, drives vascular profusion

Question 9

Smooth Muscle Tissue

Answer 9

structurally and functionally linked SM myocytes, peristaltic movement, lumenal constriction