Tissues
Many of the same type of cells are called...
What is a tissue
If s tissue has one layer it is referred to as
What is simple
What are the two functions of muscles?
What is movement and heat regulation
What is the characteristic about the spacing of connective tissue?
What is they are separated by an extracellular matrix
Epithelial tissue that appears layered but is not is called...
What is pseudostratified epithelium
If I am looking at cells in kidney tubules or salivary glands, I am looking at what type of cells
What is cuboidal
The only voluntary muscle in the body is ...
What is skeletal muscle
We would replace the cartilage in our ears with what type of cartilage?
What is elastic cartilage
A system that secretes hormones and regulates bone growth is called..
What is endocrine
A patient has recently been diagnosed with skin cancer; where did it possibly begin?
What is basement membrane
While making an incision into the small intestine, what type of muscle would a doctor encounter?
What is smooth muscle
If we begin sneezing, what is active in our body?
What is histamine
A disease that causes bones to be porous and weak is caused by not enough calcium and is called...
What is osteoporosis
We do not want to place continuous pressure over many weeks on epithelial cells because of which characteristic?
What is lack of blood supply
How are skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle the same?
What is they are both striated
If our blood will not clot, what are we deficient in?
What is heparin
A true statement about epithelial cells is "Form follows ..."
What is function
Squamous epithelial cells function better in the lungs than in the digestive system. What function of epithelial cells do they perform in the lungs and what function would they not adequately perform in the digestive system
What is absorption in lungs, protection in digestive tract
Contrast the differences between smooth, cardiac, and skeletal muscle
What is:
Cardiac- striated, branched, one nucleus per cell, intercalated discs
Skeletal- striated, multinucleated
Smooth- Spindle-shaped, one nucleus per cell
What type of connective tissue do we find in-between our vertebrae?
What is fibrocartilage