A&P - Chapter 9 (Part 5)

Question 1

What type of tissue has the highest degree on contractility?

Answer 1

Muscle tissue

Question 2

Are muscle tissues fast or slow to heal?

Answer 2

Slow

Question 3

What often forms in muscle tissues when injured?

Answer 3

Scar tissue

Question 4

What are 3 types of muscle tissues?

Answer 4

1. Skeletal
2. Cardiac
3. Smooth

Question 5

Are skeletal muscles voluntary or non-voluntary?

Answer 5

Voluntary

Question 6

How do bones attach to muscles?

Answer 6

Through tendons

Question 7

What do you see when you look at muscles under the microscope?

Answer 7

Striations

Question 8

Fibres

Answer 8

Individual cells

Question 9

What do skeletal muscles help with?

Answer 9

Movement

Question 10

Are cardiac muscles voluntary or non-voluntary?

Answer 10

Non-voluntary

Question 11

What do cardiac muscles form?

Answer 11

The walls of the heart

Question 12

What do cardiac muscles produce?

Answer 12

Regular, non-voluntary contractions in order to create a heartbeat

Question 13

What is the appearance of cardiac muscles? (2)

Answer 13

1. Faint cross striations

2. Intercalated disks

Question 14

Intercalated disks

Answer 14

Thicker dark bands

Question 15

Is smooth muscles voluntary or non-voluntary?

Answer 15

Non-voluntary

Question 16

What is the appearance of smooth muscles? (2)

Answer 16

1. Smooth

2. No cross striations

Question 17

What do smooth muscles form? (2)

Answer 17

1. Walls of blood vessels
2. Hollow organs
   - eg. intestines, stomach

Question 18

What do nervous tissues provide? (2)

Answer 18

1. Rapid communication between body structures

2. Controls body functions via transmission of nerve impulses

Question 19

What 2 cell types do nervous tissue consist of?

Answer 19

1. Neurons

2. Glia

Question 20

Neurons

Answer 20

Nerve cell

Question 21

What makes up a neuron? (3)

Answer 21

1. Cell body
2. Axon
3. Dendrite

Question 22

What does the axon do?

Answer 22

Carries nerve impulses away from the cell body

Question 23

What do dendrites do?

Answer 23

Carry nerve impulses toward the cell body

Question 24

What does glia mean?

Answer 24

Glue

Question 25

What do glial cells do? (2)

Answer 25

1. Support cells

2. Connect cells

Question 26

What part of the nerve tissue is harder to repair if damage occurred to it?

Answer 26

The neuron