Chapter 4 Part 2

Question 0

Large body muscles responsible for movement.
Long and thin.
Usually called muscle fiber.
Do not divide.
New fibers are produced by stem cells.

Answer 0

Skeletal muscle

Question 1

Specialized for contraction.

Produces all body movement.

Answer 1

Muscle tissue

Question 2

Found only in the heart.
Called cardiocytes.
Form branching networks connected at intercalated discs.
Regulated by pacemaker cells.(release electrical signals for the heart to contract.)

Answer 2

Cardiac muscles

Question 3

Found in walls of hollow, contracting organs.
Small and tapered.
Can divide and regenerate.

Answer 3

Smooth muscle

Question 4

Specialized for conducting electrical impulses.
Rapidly senses internal or external environment.
Processes information and controls responses.
Concentrated in the central nervous system. (Brain, spinal chord)

Answer 4

Neural tissue

Question 5

The tissues first response to injury.

Answer 5

Inflammation

Question 6

Swelling.
Redness.
Heat.
Pain.

Answer 6

Signs and symptoms of inflammation.

Question 7

Can be triggered by:
Trauma.
Infection.

Answer 7

Inflammatory response.

Question 8

Tissue destruction.

Answer 8

Necrosis.

Question 9

Pus trapped In an enclosed area

Answer 9

Abscess

Question 10

Contains the nucleus and nucleolus

Answer 10

Cell body

Question 11

Short branches extending from the cell body.

Receive incoming signals

Answer 11

Dendrites

Question 12

Long, thin extension of the cell body.

Carries outgoing electrical signals to their destination.

Answer 12

Axon