Chapter 4 Tissues part 3

Question 1

muscle

Answer 1

• muscle tissue is vascular
• muscle cell, once mature, do not reproduce
• muscle cells can increase (hypertrophy) or decrease (atrophy) in size by adding or taking away muscle proteins
• muscle tissues are either voluntary or involuntary

Question 2

nervous tissue

Answer 2

responsible for sending signals from the brain to body parts, or the other way around

Question 3

what two cells is nervous tissue composed of

Answer 3

neurons - cells that can actually send and receive signals, cannot do anything else
neuroglia - cells that perform all functions for the nervous system except for sending impulses, they protect and nourish the neurons