Chapter 28

Question 1

_____ covers body surfaces and lines internal cavities such as the gut.

Answer 1

Epithelial tissue

Question 2

_____ holds body parts together and provides structural support.

Answer 2

Connective tissue

Question 3

_____ moves the body or its parts.

Answer 3

Muscle tissue

Question 4

_____ detects stimuli and relays information.

Answer 4

Nervous tissue

Question 5

_____ provides cells with nutrients and removes wastes. Of a multi celled organism, the body fluid is outside of cells. It serves as the body’s internal environment.

Answer 5

Extra cellular fluid (ECF)

Question 6

_____ is the fluid spaces between cells of multicelled organisms.

Answer 6

Interstitial fluid

Question 7

_____ is the fluid portion of blood.

Answer 7

Plasma

Question 8

_____ are sheet like animal tissue that covers outer body surfaces and lines internal tubes and cavities.

Answer 8

Epithelial tissue

Question 9

_____ lines blood vessels, the heart, and air sacs of lungs. This allows substance to cross by diffusion.

Answer 9

Simple squamous epithelium

Question 10

_____ lines kidney tubules, ducts of some glands, and reproductive tract. The functions are in absorption and secretion and the movement of materials.

Answer 10

Simple cuboidal epithelium

Question 11

_____ lines some airways and parts of the gut. The functions are in absorption and secretion and protection.

Answer 11

Simple columnar epithelium

Question 12

_____ is a gland that secretes milk, sweat, saliva or some other substance through a duct.

Answer 12

Exocrine gland

Question 13

_____ is a ductless gland that secretes hormones into a body fluid.

Answer 13

Endocrine gland

Question 14

_____ provides structural and functional support. It is when animal tissue contain cells scattered within an extra cellular matrix of their own secretion.

Answer 14

Connective tissue

Question 15

_____ has relatively few fibroblasts and fibers in its matrix. Less organs and epithelia in place.

Answer 15

Loose connective tissue

Question 16

_____ is an asymmetrically arranged fibers and fibroblasts. It forms deep skin layers, capsules around organs.

Answer 16

Dense, irregular connective tissue

Question 17

_____ is fibroblasts in rows between parallel fibers. Such as tendons and ligaments.

Answer 17

Dense, regular connective tissue

Question 18

_____ is cells surrounded by a rubbery matrix of collagen fibers and has no blood supply. It is found in shark skeleton, human embryos (forms a model for the developing skeleton) and in adults (in joints, between vertebrates and in support structures.)

Answer 18

Cartilage

Question 19

_____ is a connective tissue specializing in fat storage. Their small blood vessels carry fats to and from cells.

Answer 19

Adipose tissue

Question 20

_____ is the main tissue of bones, which support and protect the body, and allow movement.

Answer 20

Bone tissue

Question 21

A _____ is living cells surrounded by a mineral hardened matrix of their own calcium hardened secretions.

Answer 21

Bone

Question 22

_____ consists of plasma and cellular components that form inside bones.

Answer 22

Blood

Question 23

_____ are cells that transport oxygen

Answer 23

Red blood cells

Question 24

_____ are cells that can defend the body against pathogens.

Answer 24

White blood cells

Question 25

_____ function in clot formation.

Answer 25

Platelets

Question 26

_____ is a fluid extra cellular matrix consisting mostly of water, with dissolved proteins, nutrients, gases and other substances.

Answer 26

Plasma

Question 27

_____ is a muscle that interacts with bone to move to body parts; under voluntary control.

Answer 27

Skeletal muscle tissue

Question 28

_____ is a muscle of the heart wall

Answer 28

Cardiac muscle tissue

Question 29

_____ is a muscle that lines blood vessels and forms the wall of hollow organs.

Answer 29

Smooth muscle tissue

Question 30

_____ is an animal tissue composed of neurons and supporting cells. They detect stimuli and control responses to them.

Answer 30

Nervous system

Question 31

_____ are neurons that are excited by specific stimuli, such as light or pressure.

Answer 31

Sensory neurons

Question 32

_____ are neurons that receive and integrate sensory information. They store information and coordinate responses to stimuli. In vertebrates, they occur mainly in the brain and the spinal cord.

Answer 32

Inter neurons

Question 33

_____ are neurons that relay commands from the brain and spinal cord to glands and muscle cells.

Answer 33

Motor neurons

Question 34

_____ is the outermost tissue layer. In animals, it is the epithelial layer of skin.

Answer 34

Epidermis

Question 35

_____ is a deep layer of skin that consists of connective tissue with nerves and blood vessels running through it.

Answer 35

Dermis

Question 36

_____ is a cells or a cell component that detects a specific stimulus.

Answer 36

Sensory receptor

Question 37

What does homeostasis often involve?

Answer 37

Negative feedback

Question 38

_____ is a change that causes a response that reverses the change. It is an important mechanism of homeostasis.

Answer 38

Negative feedback

Question 39

_____ is a mechanism of cell suicide.

Answer 39

Apoptosis

Question 40

_____ is a cell that can divide to produce more of these or differentiate into specialized cell types.

Answer 40

Stem cells