Biology B3

Question 1

What is epithelial tissue?

Answer 1

A thin layer of tissue that covers organs, glands, and other structures within the body

Question 2

What are the types of epithelial tissue?

Answer 2

Squamous Epithelial Tissue
Columnar Epithelial Tissue
Endothelium Tissue

Question 3

What is the structure of the squamous epithelial tissue?

Answer 3

1 cell thick
Smooth and flat layer

Question 4

What is the function of the squamous epithelial tissue?

Answer 4

Make diffusion faster

Question 5

Where is the squamous epithelial tissue found?

Answer 5

Alveoli

Question 6

What is the structure of the columnar epithelial tissue?

Answer 6

Column shaped ciliated cells

Question 7

What is the function of the columnar epithelial tissue?

Answer 7

Protects against infections

Question 8

Where is the columnar epithelial tissue found?

Answer 8

Trachea

Question 9

What is the structure of the endothelium tissue?

Answer 9

1 layer thick
Layer of flattened cells lining all blood cells

Question 10

What is the function of the endothelium tissue?

Answer 10

Formation of new blood vessels

Question 11

Where is the endothelium tissue found?

Answer 11

Lining for the heart and blood vessels

Question 12

What are the types of muscle tissue?

Answer 12

Skeletal
Cardiac
Smooth

Question 13

What is striated?

Answer 13

The repeating bands of protein along the muscles

Question 14

What muscles are striated?

Answer 14

Skeletal
Cardiac

Question 15

What muscles are non- voluntary?

Answer 15

Cardiac
Smooth

Question 16

Where is the smooth muscles found?

Answer 16

Walls of hollow organs like the stomach or bladder

Question 17

Extend muscles

Question 18

What the types of muscle fibre?

Answer 18

Slow Twitch
Fast twitch

Question 19

What are slow twitch muscles good for?

Answer 19

Endurance Running

Question 20

What are fast twitch muscles good for?

Answer 20

Sprinting

Question 21

What type of of muscle fibre has lots of mitochondria?

Answer 21

Slow Twitch

Question 22

What type of respiration is slow twitch muscles?

Answer 22

Aerobic

Question 23

What type of respiration is fast twitch muscles?

Answer 23

Anaerobic

Question 24

Which muscle fibre types has lots of myoglobin?

Answer 24

Slow Twitch

Question 25

What colour are slow twitch muscles?

Answer 25

Red

Question 26

What colour are fast twitch muscles?

Answer 26

White

Question 27

Muscle contraction

Question 28

What is the central nervous system?

Answer 28

a system that makes up millions of nerve cells which carry electrical impulses around the body

Question 29

What are the types of nerve cells?

Answer 29

Myelinated Non-Myelinated

Question 30

What is a nerve cell?

Answer 30

a cell which carries electrical impulses from the brain to the rest of the body

Question 31

Parts of a nerve cell

Answer 31

Axon terminal Dendrite Soma Node Axon Nucleus Myelin Sheath

Question 32

What is an axon?

Question 33

What is an axon terminal?

Question 34

What is an dendrite?

Question 35

What is a myelin sheath?

Question 36

What is a soma?

Question 37

What is synapse?

Answer 37

The gap between neurons

Question 38

What is a neurotransmitter?

Answer 38

The chemical that transports the action potential across the synapse to the next neuron

Question 39

What is the synaptic bulb?

Answer 39

the neuron ends which are swelling where the neurotransmitters are stored

Question 40

Where are neurotransmitters contained?

Answer 40

In the vesicles in the synaptic bulb