Exam 1-Ex. 5 Flashcards
Groups of cells that are similar in structure and function
Tissue
Lines body cavities and covers the body’s external surface
Epithelial
Pumps blood, flushes urine out of the body, allows one to swing a bat
Muscle
Transmits waves of excitements
Nervous
Anchors and packages body organs
Connective
Cells may absorb,protect,or form a filtering membrane
Epithelial
most involved in regulating body functions quickly
nervous
major function is to contract
muscle
most durable tissue type
connective
abundant nonliving extracellular matrix
Connective
forms nerves
Nervous
Internal communication, brain,spinal cord, nerves
Nervous tissue
Contracts to cause movement
Muscle tissue
Muscles attached to bone
Skeletal
Muscles of heart
Cardiac