Chapter 4 And 5- Tissue Vocab

Question 0

Microvilli

Answer 0

protrusions that increase the surface area of cells and minimize any increase in volume,[1] and are involved in a wide variety of functions, including absorption, secretion, cellular adhesion, and mechanotransduction.

Question 1

Epithelial tissue

Answer 1

Covery tissue.

Question 2

Basement membrane

Answer 2

Thin layer of connective tissue underlying the epithelium.

Question 3

Simple

Answer 3

Single layer

Question 4

Stratified

Answer 4

Many layers

Question 5

Squamous

Answer 5

Flat cells that specialize in filtration and absorption.

Question 6

Cuboidal

Answer 6

Box like shape

Question 7

Columnar

Answer 7

Tall shaped cell that specializes in protection.

Question 8

Gland

Answer 8

One or more cells that secrete a particular product.

Question 9

Endocrine

Answer 9

Ductless glands that produce hormones. Released into blood and travels to target organs. Excretes amino acids, proteins, glycoproteins, and steroids.

Question 10

Exocrine

Answer 10

Secrete products onto body surfaces or into cavities. More exo than endo. Products include mucous, sweat, oil, and salivary glands.

Question 11

Connective tissue

Answer 11

Most abundant tissue and widely distributed among primary tissues.

Question 12

Adipose tissue

Answer 12

High nutrient storing ability, insulates against heat loss, and supports and protects. Located under skin, around kidneys, behind eyeballs, in the abdomen, and in breasts.

Question 13

Cartilage

Answer 13

Tough and flexible, withstands tension and compression, lacks nerve fibers, avascular and slow to heal, loses ability to divide with age, up to 80% water.

Question 14

Osseous tissue/bone

Answer 14

Has more collagen fibers, inorganic salts, blood vessels, and lacunae than cartilage. Vascular, heals faster. Supports, protects, and provides levers for muscles.

Question 15

Muscle tissue

Answer 15

Well vascularized
Responsible for movement
Contractile in nature

Question 16

Nervous tissue

Answer 16

Neurons generate and conduct electrical impulses.
Transmit electrical signals from sensory receptors to effectors.
Regulates and controls body functions

Question 17

Regeneration

Answer 17

Replacement of destroyed tissue with the same kind of tissue

Question 18

Skeletal muscle

Answer 18

Long, cylindrical, multinucleate, cells with obvious striations.
Initiates and controls voluntary movement.
Attach to bones or skin.

Question 19

Cardiac muscle

Answer 19

Branching, striated, uninucleate, cells interlocking at intercalated discs.
Involuntary
Propels blood into circulation.
Found in the walls of the heart.

Question 20

Smooth muscle

Answer 20

Sheets of spindle shaped cells with central nuclei that have no striations.
Involuntary.
Propel substances along passage ways (peristalsis).
Found in hallow organ walls.