What is histology?
The study of tissues.
True or False: Sweat is an endocrine secretion.
False
What two ways are connective tissue categorized?
cells and components of the matrix.
Cardiac cells have a lot of what type of organelle?
Mitochondria.
Brain cells are called what?
neurons
Tissues are formed from ____________________ with a similar _____________.
A group of cells with a similar function.
What is the name of the tissue that lines the bladder?
Transitional
what type of CT do tendons fall under?
Dense Regular
Which type of muscle tissue is responsible for your waste moving through the digestive tract?
smooth
When you feel something hot, what type of nervous tissue sends signals to your brain and then back to move your hand?
PNS
True or False: Blood is a tissue
true
The part of the epithelial tissue that comes in contact with the "outside" world is called
Apical region
The ability of a muscle to withstand tension without breaking is called:
tensile strength
What is the main difference between cardiac muscle and smooth muscle
smooth does not have striations, cardiac does/
True or False: The brain is part of the PNS.
False - CNS
Which tissue does your CNS and PNS fall under?
Nervous
What type of gland is this?
compound alveolar
Which fiber in connective tissue is the strongest?
Collagen
Which type pulls on bones so that we can move?
Skeletal
How is nervous tissue unique in the human body?
Electrical impulses to communicate.
What is the name of Dr. Heaton's favorite tissue?
Adipose tissue
This type of epithelial tissue is found in the trachea and respiratory tract?
Pseudo-stratified ciliated.
What do chondroblasts do?
Make cartilage cells.
What are the two proteins that are very important in muscle tissue (must get both).
Actin and Myosin
Draw a nerve cell