FINALS ANIMAL TISSUES Flashcards
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4 MAIN TYPES of Animal Tissues
- Epithelial
- Connective
- Muscular
- Nervous
4 main functions of epithelial tissues
- protection
- absorption
- secretion
- excretion
EPITHELIAL TISSUES are _______ packed with _____ extracellular spaces
- closely
- little
do epithelial tissues commonly contain blood vessels?
no
3 types of EPITHELIAL TISSUES
- Squamous
- Columnar
- Cuboidal
4 functions of connective tissues
- support
- transport
- protection
- repair
3 types of connective tissues
- loose (blood and adipose)
- dense (tendons)
- specialized (bone)
3 types of muscular tissues
- skeletal
- multinucleated
- striated
- muscle fibers
- voluntary - smooth
- uninucleated
- involuntary - cardiac
- uninucleated
- striated
- voluntary
what do u call the striations in cardiac muscles?
intercalated disks
NERVOUS TISSUE
the individual functional units?
neurons
NERVOUS TISSUE
takes away info
axons
NERVOUS TISSUE
receives info
dendrites
NERVOUS TISSUE
contains cellular structures
cell body
4 functions of integumentary system
- protection
- support
- movement
- thermoregulation
3 basic features of animal body
- presence of external body covering (integument / skin)
- supporting framework (skeleton)
- body movement and locomotion (muscles)
external vs internal function of skeletal system
EXTERNAL - gives shape
INTERNAL - leverage for locomotion
external function of muscular system
body shape
5 examples of structures associated with the integumentary system
- hair
- setae
- scales
- feathers
- horns
5 types of SKIN SURFACES in animals
- one-layered epidermis
- one-layer epidermis with cuticle
- external skeleton
- thin, prickly epidermis
- keratinized skin
in what animals is their ONE-LAYERED EPIDERMIS the SIMPLEST (2)
porifera & cnidaria
what part of the integumentary system prevents loss of body fluids
cuticle
in what phyla can the one-layer epidermis with cuticle be found?
platyhelminthes, nematoda, annelida
2 types of exoskeleton
- calcium carbonate shell (mollusks and arachnids)
- chitin cuticle - most arthropods
in what phyla can the prickly epidermis with cuticle be found?
echinoderms