Epithelial Tissue
What type of tissue lines the body’s surfaces and forms glands?
What is epithelial tissue?
Which type of tissue provides support, binds tissues together, and stores energy?
What is connective tissue?
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
What are skeletal, cardiac, and smooth muscle?
What type of tissue is specialized for communication and control of body functions?
What is nervous tissue?
What is the study of tissues called?
What is histology?
What is epithelial tissue?
What is simple squamous epithelium?
What are the three main components of connective tissue?
What are cells, fibers, and ground substance?
Which type of muscle tissue is involuntary and found in the walls of hollow organs?
What is smooth muscle?
What are the main cells of the nervous system that conduct electrical impulses?
What are neurons?
What are groups of similar cells that perform a common function called?
What are tissues?
What type of epithelium appears to have multiple layers but actually has only one?
What is pseudostratified columnar epithelium?
What type of connective tissue stores fat and insulates the body?
What is adipose tissue?
Which type of muscle tissue is voluntary and has striations?
What is skeletal muscle?
What type of cells support, protect, and nourish neurons?
What are neuroglia (glial cells)?
Which type of membrane lines body cavities that open to the outside?
What is a mucous membrane?
What is the top surface of epithelial tissue that faces the outside or a body cavity called?
What is the apical surface?
Which connective tissue forms tendons and ligaments?
What is dense regular connective tissue?
Which type of muscle tissue has intercalated discs?
What is cardiac muscle?
What is the long extension of a neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body?
What is an axon?
Which membrane lines closed body cavities such as the thoracic or abdominal cavity?
What is a serous membrane?
What type of epithelial tissue is found in the urinary bladder and can stretch?
What is transitional epithelium?
Which type of connective tissue provides structural support and protects organs such as the brain?
What is bone tissue (osseous tissue)?
What is the main function of muscle tissue?
What is contraction to produce movement?
What are the short, branching extensions of a neuron that receive signals?
What are dendrites?
What membrane covers body surfaces and is also known as skin?
What is the cutaneous membrane?
What are the two major processes involved in tissue repair?
What are inflammation and regeneration?