Vocabulary
What is the cell?
The four main tissue types are epithelial, connective, muscle, and _______.
What is nervous tissue?
This system allows for the production of offspring.
What is the reproductive system?
There are _____ bones in the human body.
What is 206?
This tissue type covers surfaces and lines organs.
What is epithelial tissue?
This system transports gases, nutrients, and waste through blood.
What is the circulatory (or cardiovascular) system?
This plane divides the body into left and right halves.
What is the sagittal plane?
Your elbow is _______ to your wrist.
What is proximal?
This muscle type moves substances through hollow organs like the stomach.
What is smooth muscle?
This system processes sensory information and controls voluntary and involuntary actions.
What is the nervous system?
These cells in the nervous system carry electrical signals throughout the body.
What are neurons?
The study of tissues is known as this branch of microanatomy.
What is histology?
Your skin is _______ to your muscles.
What is superficial?
Bone and blood are both examples of what major tissue type?
What is connective tissue?
This system defends the body against infections and diseases.
What is the immune (or lymphatic) system?
This muscle type is found only in the heart.
What is cardiac muscle?
The study of cells is known as this branch of microanatomy.
What is cytology?
The body can be divided into these two main regions.
What are the axial and appendicular regions?
This type of connective tissue stores fat.
What is connective tissue proper (or adipose) tissue?
This system produces hormones that regulate growth, metabolism, and sexual development.
What is the endocrine system?
This organ is the largest in the body.
What is the skin?