Chapter 2: Cells And Tissue

Question 1

Adipose Tissue

Answer 1

Tissue that store fat

Question 2

Areolar Connective Tissue

Answer 2

Connective tissue composed mostly of fibers

Question 3

Atrophy

Answer 3

A partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body

Question 4

Axon

Answer 4

A nerve fiber that conducts an impulse away from the neuron cell body

Question 5

Chondrocyte

Answer 5

A cartilage cell

Question 6

Collagen

Answer 6

White fiber consisting of the protein collagen, common in connective tissue, including bone matrix

Question 7

Connective Tissue

Answer 7

Basic type of tissue that consists of cells within an extracellular matrix, including bone, tissue, and blood

Question 8

Dendrite

Answer 8

Process of a neuron that receives input from other neurons

Question 9

Endocrine

Answer 9

Gland that secretes hormones directly in to the blood

Question 10

Epithelial Tissue

Answer 10

Tissue that covers all external and lines all internal body surfaces. Varieties are classified by cell shape( squamous, cuboidal, and columnar) and number of layers(simple, stratified, or psuedostratified)

Question 11

Exocrine

Answer 11

Gland that secretes its products into ducts or onto an outside body surface

Question 12

Gland

Answer 12

An aggregation of cells specialized to secrete or excrete materials not related to their ordinary metabolic needs

Question 13

Glia

Answer 13

Are non-neuronal cells that maintain homeostasis, form myelin, and provide support and protection for neurons in the central and peripheral nervous systems

Question 14

Goblet Cell

Answer 14

Epithelial cell specialized to secrete mucus in the respiratory tract and intestines

Question 15

Hypertrophy

Answer 15

Hypertrophy is the increase in the volume of an organ or tissue due to the enlargement of its component cells

Question 16

Matrix

Answer 16

Connective tissue consists of cells and extracellular fibers in a liquid called ground substance

Question 17

Mitosis

Answer 17

Division of a somatic cell, forming two generally identical somatic cells

Question 18

Neuron

Answer 18

Nerve cell

Question 19

Osteon

Answer 19

Cylinder-shaped unit containing bone cells that surround a central canal; haversian system

Question 20

Squamous

Answer 20

Thin, flat cells that look like fish scales, and are found in the tissue that forms the surface of the skin, the lining of the hollow organs of the body, and the lining of the respiratory and digestive tracts.

Question 21

Cancer

Answer 21

A disease in which abnormal cells divide uncontrollably and destroy body tissue.

Question 22

Cystic Fibrosis

Answer 22

An inherited life-threatening disorder that damages the lungs and digestive system, where emus us blocks the airways