Tissue Functions
Epithelial Tissue
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100

The term for the study of tissues

What is histology?

100

Another name for the top surface or edge of epithelial tissue

What is the apical surface?

100

A non-living substance only found outside of the cells in connective tissue

What is the extracellular matrix?

100

This type of muscle tissue can be controlled voluntarily

What is skeletal muscle tissue?

100
Nerves are most concentrated where in the body?

What is Brain and spinal cord

100

The most abundant and widely distributed tissue type

What is connective tissue?

200

The definition of "tissue"

What is "a group of cells that are similar in structure and function"?

200

What the lower surface of epithelial tissue rests upon (purple here) 

What is the basement membrane?

200

A hard, living tissue that provides support to the body

What is bone tissue

200

This type of muscle tissue is only found in one very specific place in the body

What is cardiac muscle tissue?

200

These make up the smaller percent (approx. 10%) of nerve cells and transmit impulses in the body

What are neurons?

200

Tissues are further organized into __________

What are organs?

300

Which tissue type serves to absorb, filter, secrete and protect?

What is epithelial tissue? 

300

Epithelial tissue is avascular. This means......

What is having no blood supply

300

The purpose of connective tissue (list at least 2)

What are Support, protection, insulation and transportation

300
This type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow organs such as the stomach, uterus, and blood vessels

What is smooth muscle tissue?

300
The means by which a neuron communicates from one place in the body to another

What is a nerve impulse (or more specifically, an electrochemical impulse)?

300

A term that indicates layers of cells together

What is stratified?

400

The tissue responsible for protection, support, insulation and transportation?

What is connective tissue? 

400

The first name given to an epithelial cell type refers to....

What is the number of layers?

400

A type of loose connective tissue that is commonly referred to as fat

What is adipose tissue?

400

These muscle tissue types are controlled involuntarily

What is smooth and cardiac?

400

A term that means a single layer of cells

What is simple?

400

What cell type is this?

What is stratified columnar?

500

The tissue type responsible for movement

What is muscle tissue?

500

This determines the second name given to an epithelial tissue type

What is the shape of the cells?

500
This connective tissue is unique in that it is a fluid

What is blood?

500

These types of muscles tissues have obvious striations

What are skeletal and cardiac?

500

What cell type is this? 

What is simple squamous?

500

Name this cell type

What is stratified squamous?

600

The tissue responsible for electrical impulses / communication?

What is nervous tissue?

600

An epithelial tissue type located in areas where considerable stretching occurs

What is transitional epithelium?

600

List 1 type of fiber found in connective tissue

What is reticular, collagen or elastin

600

Muscle tissue has more of this organelle to provide energy to the muscles

What is mitochondria?

600

What cell type is this?

What is pseudostratified columnar

600

This cell type is 

What is stratified cuboidal?

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