Chapter 31

Question 1

What are four types of tissues?

Answer 1

Epithelial, connective, muscular, nervous

Question 2

What is a basement membrane?

Answer 2

A thin layer of various types of proteins that anchors the epithelium to the extracellular matrix, which is often a type of connective tissue

Question 3

What are fibroblasts?

Answer 3

Cells found in loose connective tissue that synthesizes collagen and elastic fibers in the matrix

Question 4

What are epithelial tisue?

Answer 4

Consists of tightly packed cells that form a continuous layer; covers surfaces and lines body cavities; also serves as a protective function, but it can also be modified to carry out secretion, absorption, excretion, and filtration

Question 5

What are different kinds of epithelial tissues?

Answer 5

Simple, Squamous, Cuboidal, Columnar, and psuedostratified

Question 6

What is negative feedback?

Answer 6

The primary homeostatic mechanism that keeps a variable, such as the blood glucose level, close to the particular value, or set point