Anatomy Lab Tissue Identification

Question 1

What is the tissue type shown? What are the two major cell types within?

Answer 1

It is nervous tissue. The large cells are neurons and the small cells are glial cells (support cells).

Question 2

What is the tissue type seen? What kind of tissue is it?

Answer 2

Areolar tissue - loose connective tissue

Question 3

What is the tissue type seen? What is the name of the fine fibers in it?

Answer 3

Reticular tissues - reticular fibers (smallest of 3 fibers in connective tissue)

Question 4

What is the tissue type seen here? What area of the body is it seen?

Answer 4

Osseous tissue - compact bone

Question 5

What is the tissue type seen here? What type of tissue is it?

Answer 5

Adipose - loose connective (located in the hypodermis)

Question 6

What are the three types of muscle tissue? What are some basic differences?

Answer 6

Skeletal (striated, voluntary, multinucleate); Cardiac (striated, involuntary, mostly uninucleate, more irregular); Smooth (tight-fitting cells, uninucleate, involuntary)

Question 7

Name the type of tissue and it’s location

Answer 7

Cardiac Muscle Tissue - heart only

Question 8

What type of tissue is this?

Answer 8

Simple columnar epithelial - for secreting