Tissues

Question 1

Tissues

Answer 1

A group of cells that function together to carry out specialized activities

Question 2

Nervous

Answer 2

Detects and changes in the body + responds by generating nerve impulses

Question 3

Muscular

Answer 3

generates physical force needed to make body structures move+generate body heat that uses ATP to produce the force
elongated fibers

Question 4

Epithelial

Answer 4

Covers body surfaces + lines hollow organs, body cavities, and forms glands

Question 5

Connective

Answer 5

Protects, supports and binds organs. Stores energy as fat and provides immunity

Question 6

Germ layers

Answer 6

Endoderm, Mesoderm and Ectoderm

Question 7

Neurons(nerve cells)

Answer 7

Conduct nerve impulses

Question 8

Neuroglia(nerve cells)

Answer 8

Support functions

Question 9

Excitable cells

Answer 9

Ability to respond to certain stimuli by producing electrical signals such as action potentials

Question 10

Skeletal

Answer 10

Attaches to bones (stripped)
performs voluntary movement or contractions (conscious)
Fibers vary in length and are roughly cylindrical in shape

Question 11

Cardiac

Answer 11

Has striations
Involuntary movement or contractions not consciously controlled
Intercalated discs that are unique to cardiac muscle fibers

Question 12

Smooth muscle

Answer 12

Walls of hollow internal structures
Non-Striated
Involuntary control

Question 13

Connective

Answer 13

Must abundant and widely spread
Binds tissues together
Protects+insulates internal organs
Compartmentalize and transport

Question 14

ECM in connective tissue

Answer 14

The material located between widely spaced cells
Consists of protein fibers and ground substances
Secreted by cells/determines tissues qualities
Supplied with nerves