tissues 101
Epithelial tissue
Connective tissue
nervous tissue
muscular tissue
100

What are the 4 main tissue classes 

Epithelial, nervous, connective, muscular 


100

What are the cell shapes for this tissue?

Sqaumous, cuboidal, and columnar (all can either be simple or stratified)

100

Name one function of connective tissue

binding of organs, support, physical protection, immune protection, movement, storage, heat production, transport

100

What are the parts of neuron?

Cell body, axon, and dendrites

100

This muscle tissue is voluntary and striated. 

What is skeletal muscle?

200

What are the two main components of a tissue? 

Cells and a matrix 

200

What type of cells secrete mucous in simple epithelial tissues?

Goblet cells

200

What are the three types of fibers that make up connective tissue?

collagenous, reticular, elastic

200

The ability of muscle to respond to a stimulus.

What is a sacromere?

300

What differs muscular and nervous tissue from epithelial and connective tissue?

They are excitable tissues 

300

Since this tissue is avascular, where does it get the nutrients it needs?

From the underlying connective tissue that is always attached to the base of it. 

300

What are the two types of dense tissue?

irregular/regular

300

the functional unit of contraction in a muscle fiber. 

What is a sarcomere?

400

What is tissue matrix composed of? 

Fibrous proteins and ground substance 

400

What is special about pseudostratified columnar tissue? (Hint: It is something about how the cells are positioned!)

Not all of the cells reach the free surface, but all of the cells reach the basement membrane creating an optical illusion!

400
Define adipose tissue

fat!

400

these structures in cardiac muscle allow cells to contract in unison.

What are intercalated discs? 

500

Which celebrity has undergone treatments for Lupus, an autoimmune disease that attacks the body's healthy tissues? 

a) Will Smith 

b) Selena Gomez 

c) Adele 

Selena Gomez 

500

This type of epithelial tissue is only found in acidic areas of the body, and contains umbrella cells that can be easily stretched.

Urothelium, or transitional epithelium tissue found in the urinary tract.

500

Name the three types of cartilage

hyaline, elastic, fibrocartilage

500

In smooth muscle, calcium binds to this protein instead of troponin.

What is calmodulin? 

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