Tissue Types and Function

Question 1

The epithelial tissue produces a variety of secretions. What helps to moisten and protect the epithelium?

Answer 1

tears and saliva

Question 2

What secretion is in the airway that helps trap particles?

Answer 2

mucus secretions

Question 3

What are other forms of secretions produced by epithelial tissue?

Answer 3

urine and sweat

Question 4

What secretions are produced by the mammary tissue epithelial cells?

Answer 4

milk

Question 5

What do the cells lining the blood cells provide?

Answer 5

points of exchange

Question 6

What is the very specialized epithelial layer of the eye?

Answer 6

retina

Question 7

What senses are made up of epithelial tissue?

Answer 7

smell and hearing

Question 8

What does connective tissue provide for the epithelium besides support?

Answer 8

supplies nutrients and removes wastes

Question 9

How is the epithelial tissue categorized?

Answer 9

based on the shape of cells and number of layers

Question 10

What provides a classic example of stratified epithelium?

Answer 10

skin

Question 11

How does stratified epithelium appear? (skin)

Answer 11

appears more cuboidal

Question 12

What is keratin?

Answer 12

hard structural protein

Question 13

Where else is stratified squamous epithelium found?

Answer 13

regions of mechanical stress

Question 14

What is another term for skin?

Answer 14

integument

Question 15

What does skin (integument) offer?

Answer 15

two way barrier over the body

Question 16

What do the specializations of the skin help to maintain?
(hair,fur,sweat glands)

Answer 16

a stable body temperature

Question 17

The skin is responsible for the synthesis of-

Answer 17

vitamin D

Question 18

What does the pigment in the skin help to protect?

Answer 18

the body from damaging ultraviolet radiation

Question 19

What does the skin do as a sensory organ?

Answer 19

detects pain, pressure, and temperature

Question 20

What does the skins flexibility allow for?

Answer 20

movement

Question 21

What does the skin consist of?

Answer 21

epidermis and dermis

Question 22

What does the hypodermis have a large percentage of?

Answer 22

fat

Question 23

What are foot pads or digital pads?

Answer 23

extremely thickened and hardened specialized areas of the skin

Question 24

What does hair provide?

Answer 24

insulation, protection, and sensation

Question 25

How does the benefit of insulation occur?

Answer 25

air is trapped among the hairs

Question 26

What is the arrector pili?

Answer 26

muscle attached to the connective tissue around the hair follicle

Question 27

What are examples of connective tissue?

Answer 27

tendons, fat, blood, cartilage, bone

Question 28

What does the appearance of connective tissue range from?

Answer 28

fibrous to smooth

Question 29

What does connective tissue do?

Answer 29

connects one organ/tissue to another

Question 30

What do tendons do?

Answer 30

connects muscle to bones

Question 31

What do ligaments do?

Answer 31

connects bones to bones

Question 32

What do ligaments have other than collagen?

Answer 32

elastin

Question 33

What are two of the supporting connective tissues?

Answer 33

bone and cartilage

Question 34

What does bone give the body?

Answer 34

it’s shape, allows for movement, and protects internal organs

Question 35

The numbers of fat cells don’t change, but what does?

Answer 35

amount of stored lipid

Question 36

What is considered to be a special type of connective tissue?

Answer 36

blood

Question 37

What are the formed elements found in blood?

Answer 37

red and white blood cells, and platelets

Question 38

What do muscles allow mammals to do?

Answer 38

move

Question 39

What do skeletal muscles do?

Answer 39

attaches to the skeleton and allows motion

Question 40

How does the animal control the skeletal muscles?

Answer 40

nerve signals from the nervous system

Question 41

Where is cardiac muscle found?

Answer 41

in the heart

Question 42

Is cardiac muscle voluntary or involuntary?

Answer 42

involuntary

Question 43

The number of muscle fibers in a muscle group remains consistent. What happens to those fibers when used?

Answer 43

get larger

Question 44

What does cardiac muscle contain more than of skeletal?

Answer 44

mitochondria

Question 45

What do cardiac muscle cells have the unique ability to do?

Answer 45

initiate their own contraction

Question 46

What has to be provided for the cardiac muscle cells to continue to beat?

Answer 46

oxygen, glucose

Question 47

Does smooth muscle contract faster or slower than skeletal?

Answer 47

slower

Question 48

What are the cells able to maintain?

Answer 48

contraction for prolonged periods of time without tiring

Question 49

What organs make up the central nervous system?

Answer 49

brain, spinal cord

Question 50

What are the cells of nerve tissue called?

Answer 50

neurons

Question 51

What is the hair like extension from the cell body that carries nerve impulses?

Answer 51

axon

Question 52

What do bundled axons from many neurons form?

Answer 52

a nerve

Question 53

What are the other extensions called in a nerve/axon?

Answer 53

dendrites