Connective, Muscle, and Neural Tissues

Question 1

Reticular fibers

Answer 1

Thin fibers similar to elastic fibers that form a network
Location: around muscle cells
Function: provide support to the blood vessel walls

Question 1

Elastic fibers

Answer 1

For a network within the tissue as their fibers join one another

Question 2

Collagen fibers

Answer 2

Composed of protein collagen and they occur in different types and are tough but flexible
Location: lay parallel to one another
Function: provide strength in the bone, tendon, and ligaments

Question 3

Mesenchymal cells

Answer 3

Function: responds to the presence of pathogens by differentiating into other cells that produce antimicrobial substances. Also changes into fibroblasts which helps with the healing of wounds

Question 4

Adipose tissue

Answer 4

Contains fat cells that have large droplets of oil or fat and the nucleus is pushed over to one side

Question 5

Melanocyte

Answer 5

Function: produces pigment
Location: found in skim and the hair fibers

Question 6

Plasma cell

Answer 6

Function: responds to pathogens by producing antibodies

Question 7

Mast cell

Answer 7

Small, mobile cells containing granules
Function: granules are released to dilate blood vessels to increase blood flow to the injured area

Question 8

Macrophages

Answer 8

Involved in defending the body tissues

Question 9

Wandering macrophage

Answer 9

Location: moves through the tissues
Function: phagocytizing on bacteria and other pathogens

Question 10

Sessile macrophage

Answer 10

Location: remains in a localized area of the tissue

Question 11

Lymphocyte

Answer 11

Involved in defense
Function: white blood cell is stimulated by foreign substances where it reverts to antibody-producing plasma cells

Question 12

Red blood cells

Answer 12

Location: within blood vessels

Question 13

Muscle tissue

Answer 13

Muscle cells bound together end to end to form long muscle fibers

Question 14

Muscle fibers

Answer 14

Contain several nuclei because it is composed of several cells

Question 15

Muscle

Answer 15

Under voluntary control, has nuclei and have bands called striations

Question 16

Cardiac muscle

Answer 16

Not under voluntary control and consists of nuclei but with no striations
Location: found in the heart

Question 17

Striated muscle

Answer 17

Location: found in moving parts of the body such as the limbs

Question 18

Smooth muscle

Answer 18

Contains many cells with nuclei and no striations which is because there’s fewer microfilaments
Location: found in the linings of the visceral organs like the stomach and urinary bladder and the linings of the blood vessels
Function: provides support

Question 19

Nerve cell

Answer 19

Contains cell bodies and a long extension called axon
Function: uniquely adapted to generate and transmit impulses
Location: nerve impulses travel down the axon away from cell body

Question 20

Cell body

Answer 20

Location: where the cytoplasm, nucleus, organelles, and other cell structures reside

Question 21

Axon

Answer 21

A long extension that ends in numerous fibers

Question 22

Dendrites

Answer 22

Treelike branches where impulses go through
Function: receives impulses from other nerve cells and transports them to the cell body for interpretation and continue them down the neural pathway