Connective Tissue

Question 1

connective tissue

Answer 1

bone
cartilage
ligaments
tendons
fat pads
pascia
discs
bursa

Question 2

what is fascia

Answer 2

-lighter connective tissue arranged in a sheath
-covers entire body
-surrounds groups of muscles, individual muscle
- allow movement with fluid found between layers

Question 3

superficial fascia

Answer 3

-surrounds and protects structures
-prevent spread of infection or malignant disease

Question 4

deep fascia

Answer 4

-fascia deep to superficial
-well developed
-separate muscles in leg into compartments

Question 5

deep fascia compartments

Answer 5

-necessitate nerve innervation and circulation

Question 6

perimysium

Answer 6

thin fascia that surrounds individual muscle fibers

Question 7

muscle

Answer 7

-specialized tissue for contraction or shortening

Question 8

muscle structure

Answer 8

-consists of long cells
-myofilaments of actin and myosin

Question 9

functional units of muscle

Answer 9

myofilaments of anti and myosin

Question 10

types of muscle

Answer 10

-skeletal
-cardiac
-smooth

Question 11

skeletal muscle

Answer 11

-individual cells are muscle fibers
-must have a nerve impulse to activate

Question 12

cardiac muscle

Answer 12

-muscle of heart and bases of great vessels
-muscle cells branch at intercalated discs and are closely untied, wide spread contraction
-no nerve impulse needed for contraction

Question 13

smooth muscle

Answer 13

-muscle tissue in thin sheets surrounding hollow viscera
-ex: blood vessels, walls of digestive tract
-nerve impulse not required for contract

Question 14

Nervous System and Tissue

Answer 14

-electrical conduction system of the body
-tissue is specialized conduction of signal

Question 15

central nervous system

Answer 15

brain and spinal cord

Question 16

peripheral nervous system

Answer 16

cranial nerves, spinal nerves, autonomic nervous system