Animal Planet I Ch 18

Question 1

Describe the arrangement and general function of simple squamous epithelium.

Answer 1

• Single layer of flattened cells
• Nuclei broad and thin, parallel to the surface
• Highly adapted for osmosis, diffusion, and filtration.
• found in areas with little “wear and tear”

Question 2

Both_____ muscle types described as striated because of the alternating light and dark bands of the proteins ___________ .

Answer 2

Skeletal and cardiac, actin and myosin

Question 3

What is the function of goblet cells?

Answer 3

They undergo exocytosis & combine with water to form mucus.

Question 4

IN the life cycle of a jellyfish, a ciliated ________ lands on the substrate and forms a ________, Which eventually may reproduce asexually by forming a ________. This stage gives rise to swimming __________, eventually developing into a free-swimming medusa.

Answer 4

Planule Larva, Scyphistoma, Strobila, Ephyra

Question 5

Answer 5

1. Tentacle
2. Perisarc
3. Coenosarc
4. Medusa Buds
5. Hyrdanth
6. Gonanglum
7. Gonotheca
8. Blastostyle
9. Hypostome