animal tissue types

Question 1

what are the 4 basic types of tissues?

Answer 1

-epithelial
-connective
-nervous
-muscle

Question 2

what are 4 types of special tissues?

Answer 2

-cartilage
-ciliated epithelial
-squamous epithelium
-muscle tissue

Question 3

what is epithelial tissue?

Answer 3

-lines the body surfaces, cavities and tubules
-important in absorption, secretion and protection

Question 4

what is connective tissue?

Answer 4

-supports body parts and connects them together

Question 5

what is nervous tissue?

Answer 5

• conducts nerve impulses by reacting to stimuli
  -important in coordinating bodily function

Question 6

what is muscle tissue?

Answer 6

-allows the body to move

Question 7

what is cartilage tissue?

Answer 7

strong tissue used to make tendons, bones and connective tissue

Question 8

what is ciliated epithelium tissue?

Answer 8

wafts mucus away from lungs

Question 9

what is squamous epithelium tissue?

Answer 9

made of smooth flattened cells
it lines the inside of blood vessels and alveoli

Question 10

what is muscle tissue?

Answer 10

made of many muscle cell that contract in the same direction