1104 first checkup

Question 1

tissue type; bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons, dermis layer, and walls of blood vessels

Answer 1

connective

Question 2

tissue type; nerves, brain, and spinal cord

Answer 2

nervous

Question 3

tissue type; organ linings and epidermis

Answer 3

epithelial

Question 4

tissue type; muscles

Answer 4

muscle

Question 5

largest and heaviest human organ

Answer 5

skin

Question 6

body system; skin, hair, nails

Answer 6

integumentary

Question 7

skin’s outermost layer; thinnest on the eyelids, thickest on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet

Answer 7

epidermis

Question 8

epithelial cells; produce keratin

Answer 8

keratinnocytes

Question 9

epithelial cells; produce melanin

Answer 9

melanocytes

Question 10

pigment, gives the skin, hair, and irises their colour; prevents ultraviolet rays from harming the skin

Answer 10

melanin

Question 11

person with little or no pigment in their skin, hair and irises

Answer 11

albino

Question 12

liquid part of blood; clear, yellowish fluid; diffuses into spaces between cells to become interstitial fluid

Answer 12

plasma