Chapter 4: Tissues

Question 1

Tissue Types

Answer 1

Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous.

Question 2

White Fat

Answer 2

Area under skin; padding at various points.

Question 3

Brown Fat

Answer 3

Pockets within the white fat of the neck and torso.

Question 4

Skeletal Muscle Tissue (voluntary)

Answer 4

Attaches to bones.

Question 5

Cardiac Muscle Tissue (involuntary)

Answer 5

Composes heart wall.

Question 6

Smooth Muscle Tissue (involuntary or visceral)

Answer 6

Walls of tubular viscera of digestive, respiratory, and genitourinary tracts.
Walls of blood vessels and large lymphatic vessels.
Ducts of glands.
Intrinsic eye muscle (iris and ciliary body)
Arrector muscles of hairs.

Question 7

Nervous Tissue

Answer 7

Two types of Nerve cells (neurons): Axon and dendrites.
Special connecting and supporting cells.
Brain, spinal cord, and nerves.

Question 8

Simple Squamous (Epithelial Tissue)

Answer 8

Loc: Alveoli of lungs and lining of blood and lymphatic vessels.
Func: Diffusion of respiratory gases between alveolar; also, diffusion, filtration, and osmosis.

Question 9

Stratified Squamous (Epithelial Tissue)

Answer 9

Loc: Surface of lining of mouth and esophagus; also, the surface lining of skin (epidermis).
Func: Protection.

Question 10

Simple Columnar (Epithelial Tissue)

Answer 10

Loc: Surface layer of lining of stomach, intestines, and parts of the respiratory tract.
Func: Protection, secretion, and absorption.

Question 11

Stratified Transitional (Epithelial Tissue)

Answer 11

Loc: Urinary bladder.
Func: :Protection.

Question 12

Pseudostratified (Epithelial Tissue)

Answer 12

Loc: Surface of lining of trachea.
Func: Protection.

Question 13

Simple Cuboidal (Epithelial Tissue)

Answer 13

Loc: Glands; kidney tubules.
Func: Secretion and absorption.

Question 14

Areolar (Connective Tissue)

Answer 14

Loc: Area between other tissues and organs (fascia).
Func: Connection

Question 15

Adipose (White and Brown Fat) / (Connective Tissue)

Answer 15

Loc: Under skin
Func: Protection, and insulation.

Question 16

Dense Fibrous (Connective Tissue)

Answer 16

Loc: Tendons, ligaments, fascia, and scar tissue.
Func: Flexible but strong connection.

Question 17

Bone (Connective Tissue)

Answer 17

Loc: Skeleton
Func: Support and protection.

Question 18

Cartilage (Connective Tissue)

Answer 18

Loc: Part of nasal septum, area covering surface of bones at joints, larynx wall, rings in trachea, and bronchi.
Func: Firm but flexible support.

Question 19

Blood (Connective Tissue)

Answer 19

Loc: Blood vessels
Func: Transporation

Question 20

Hematopoietic (Connective Tissue)

Answer 20

Loc: Red bone marrow.
Func: Blood cell formation.

Question 21

Skeletal (Striated voluntary) / (Muscle Tissue)

Answer 21

Loc: Muscles that attach to bones.
Func: Movement of bones.

Question 22

Cardiac (Striated involuntary) / (Muscle Tissue)

Answer 22

Loc: Wall of heart.
Func: Contraction of heart.

Question 23

Smooth (Muscle Tissue)

Answer 23

Loc: Intrinsic eye muscles (iris and ciliary body)
Func: Movement of substances along ducts, change in diameter of pupils and shape of lens, “gooseflesh”.

Question 24

Nervous (Nervous Tissue)

Answer 24

Loc: Brain, spinal cord, and nerves.
Func: Irritability, conduction.