1 Body Tissues (Overview)

Question 1

What are the 4 types of body tissues?

Answer 1

Muscle (movement)
Nervous (communication)
Connective (supports and connects)
Epithelial (lining and covering)

Question 2

What are the 4 types of connective tissue?

Answer 2

CT proper
Bone
Cartilage
Blood

Question 3

What are the 6 types of connective tissue proper?

Answer 3

3 types of loose connective tissue:
areolar
adipose
reticular

3 types of dense connective tissue:
regular
irregular
elastic

Question 4

What are the 3 types of cartilage?

Answer 4

hylaline
fibrocartilage
elastic

Question 5

What is ECM?

Answer 5

Extra cellular matrix

made up of ground substance + protein fibres

Question 6

What are the 3 types of fibres in ECM?

Answer 6

collagen (most common)
elastic
reticular

Question 7

What are the types of ground substances in ECM

Answer 7

rigid
gel-like
acqueous

Question 8

What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?

Answer 8

cardiac
smooth
skeletal

Question 9

what are the 2 types of nervous tissue?

Answer 9

neurons

neuroglia

Question 10

what are the 2 types of bone?

Answer 10

compact / cortical

spongy / medullary