A&P Chapter 5 Test

Question 1

What is a tissue?

Answer 1

Group of cells working together to perform a specific function

Question 2

What is “Histology?”

Answer 2

The study of tissues

Question 3

What are some general characteristics/functions of epithelial tissues?

Answer 3

Cover and protect other tissues. They lack blood vessels, cover body surface, and cover/line internal organs.

Question 4

Three shapes of epithelial tissues

Answer 4

Squamous, Columnar, Cuboidal

Question 5

Location, structure, function of squamous epithelial tissues.

Answer 5

-Found in the inner mouth, blood vessels, and esophagus.
-Thin, small, flat cells.
-Selective transport of substances

Question 6

Location, structure, function of Columnar epithelial tissues

Answer 6

-Found in the inner surface of intestine and alimentary canal
- Column like cells that have folds for absorption
- Secretion of digestive juice and absorption of nutrients.

Question 7

Location, structure, function of Cuboidal epithelial tissues

Answer 7

• Found in tubules of kidneys and the salivary gland
• Cuboidal
• Reabsorption of useful materials from urine and the secretion of saliva.

Question 8

What does simple mean

Question 9

What does stratified mean

Question 10

Collagen fibers

Answer 10

They are very strong so they hold body parts together

Question 11

Elastic fibers

Answer 11

Weak and easily stretched and found in stretchy body parts

Question 12

General characteristics and functions of connective tissues

Answer 12

They bind other , provide together and support, have good blood supply, store fat, and fill spaces

Question 13

WHat is the unique function of adipose tissue

Answer 13

Adipose tissue contains fat droplets that form when cells overcrowd other cells.

Question 14

How do cartilage and bone differ

Answer 14

Bone has good blood supply causing rapid healing, while cartilage takes longer to heal because it doesn’t have good blood supply.

Question 15

Major components of blood

Answer 15

Contains plasma, red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelet

Question 16

General characteristics/functions of muscular tissue

Answer 16

Contraction. They are able to generate force and have elongated cells that can shorten or thicken

Question 17

What are the three muscular tissues

Answer 17

Skeletal, smooth, and cardiac

Question 18

Function and location of skeletal muscle

Answer 18

It is VOLUNTARY and muscles attached to bones

Question 19

Function and location of smooth muscle

Answer 19

INVOLUNTARY and in walls of hollow organs

Question 20

Function and location of cardiac muscle

Answer 20

contraction for heart beats and found the heart muscle

Question 21

What are the general characteristics and function of Nervous tissue

Answer 21

Found in the brain, spinal cords, and nerves to coordinate and control body activities

Question 22

What are the two major cells that make up the nervous tissues

Answer 22

Neurons and Neroglia

Question 23

Neurons

Answer 23

They receive and send information throughout the body and coordinate, regulate, and integrate most of the body

Question 24

Which type of muscle tissue lacks striations

Answer 24

Smooth

Question 25

Exocrine gland

Answer 25

Glands that secrete their products into ducts that open onto the surface, such as skin or lining of digestive tract

Question 26

Endocrine gland

Answer 26

Glands that secretes their products into tissue fluid or blood

Question 27

Serous Fluid

Answer 27

Known for lubricating and lining cavities that don’t open to the surface.

Question 28

Mucus membranes

Answer 28

Lnes cavities and tubes that open to the outside of the body

Question 29

Loose Connective Tissues vs. Dense Connective Tissues

Answer 29

Loose: loose arrangement of protein fibers that are not tightly bound together
Dense: consists of closely, packed, thick collagen fibers.

Question 30

Synovial membranes

Answer 30

Lines the inside of some of your joints

Question 31

Cutaneous membranes