Animal Tissues

Question 1

What are the four types of animal tissue?

Answer 1

Epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous.

Question 2

Made of thin cells, and covers the body, organs, blood vessels & all body cavities.

Answer 2

Epithelial tissue.

Question 3

What are the two classification of layers of epithelial tissues?

Answer 3

Simple and stratified.

Question 4

What are the three shapes of individual cells in epithelial tissues?

Answer 4

Squamous, cuboidal, and columnar.

Question 5

What is the shape of secretory epithelial tissue?

Answer 5

Cuboidal.

Question 6

What is the layer number and shape of absorptive epithelial tissue?

Answer 6

Simple columnar

Question 7

What is the layer number and shape of gas exchange epithelial tissue?

Answer 7

Simple squamous.

Question 8

What is the layer number and shape of epithelial tissue that are mostly for protection?

Answer 8

stratified squamous.

Question 9

Composed of cells that vary widely in form and function, also supports the body and forms the structure.

Answer 9

Connective tissue.

Question 10

What is an extracellular matrix?

Answer 10

Protein fibers & ground substance that surround support and give structure to cells and tissues.

Question 11

What function does the loose/areolar connective tissue serve?

Answer 11

Holds organs in place and acts as packing material.

Question 12

Mainly made up of collagen fibers and is a dense connective tissue.

Answer 12

Fibrous

Question 13

What function does the fibrous serve?

Answer 13

Acts as a shock absorber and provides resistance to stretching and strength.

Question 14

Specialized loose connective tissue.

Answer 14

Adipose

Question 15

What function does the adipose serve?

Answer 15

Facilitates energy storage and provides padding and insulation

Question 16

Hardest connective tissue.

Answer 16

Bone

Question 17

What function does the bone serve?

Answer 17

Provides protection, strength, and support.

Question 18

Composed of collagen fiber embedded in rubbery protein-carbohydrate complex

Answer 18

Cartilage

Question 19

What function does the cartilage serve?

Answer 19

Reduces friction between bones and provides structure, support, and strength

Question 20

Composed of cells that possesses contractile filaments that change the size of cells.

Answer 20

Muscle tissues.

Question 21

Striated; attached to bones by tendons.

Answer 21

Skeletal.

Question 22

What function does the skeletal muscle serve?

Answer 22

Responsible for voluntary movements that allow you to move your body.

Question 23

This lacks striations.

Answer 23

Smooth muscle.

Question 24

What function does the smooth muscle serve?

Answer 24

Responsible for involuntary movements like the passage of blood.

Question 25

Striated and cells are connected by intercalated disks.

Answer 25

Cardiac tissue

Question 26

What function does the cardiac tissue serve?

Answer 26

Responsible for the contractions of the heart.