L2 Flashcards
Anatomists and physiologists may study various units of the ____ including ____, ______, _____, and ________.
body; cells; tissues; organs; systems
What is the smallest unit of living matter?
cell
What is a group of cells with a common function?
tissue
What is the branch of anatomy that deals with the microscopic structure of tissue?
histology
Basic types of tissues are called:
elementary tissues
The body is made soley of these 4 types of tissues:
- connective tissue
- muscle tissue
- nerve tissue
- epithelial tissue
Which type of tissue is resposible for connecting/binding things together?
connective tissue
Which type of tissue is responsible for making muscles?
muscle tissue
Which type of tissue is important for impulses/nerve activation?
nerve tissue
Which type of tissue makes up surface covering layers?
epithelial tissue
What is vascular tissue and which category of basic tissues does it fall under?
fluid tissues (like blood and lymph); connective tissue
What are two or more tissues with common function called?
organ
What is it called when two or more organs combine in such a manner as to exhibit functional unity?
system
How many systems are there in the body?
11
Which six systems are most important for speech?
- skeletal system
- articular system
- muscular system
- nervous system
- respiratory system
- integumentary system
Which system is composed of bones and their related cartilages?
skeletal system
Which system is composed of the joints and ligaments?
articular system
Which system forms the fleshy parts of the body and produces movement and locomotion?
muscular system
Which system is composed of the brain, spinal cord, and all associated nerves, gangalia, nuclei, and sense organs?
nervous system
Which system is is compossed of the air passageways and the lungs?
respiratory system
Which system includes the skin, nails, and hair?
integumentary system
What are the two types of connective tissue?
1) soft connective tissue
2) rigid connective tissue
What are the two important components of soft tissue?
1) collagen
2) elastin
Collagen is ______ but more _____ than elastin; while elastin is more _______ and less _______.
pliable; rigid; elastic; rigid
What are the two types of soft connective tissue?
1) loose
2) dense
What are the two types of loose connective tissue?
1) areolar
2) adipose
Which type of loose connective tissue is the more delicate fibrous tissue found just beneath the skin?
areolar
Which type of loose connective tissue is fat?
adipose
What are the three types of dense connective tissue?
1) regular (organized)
2) irregular (unorganized)
3) lymphatic
Which type of dense connective tissue resists stretch longitudinally?
regular (organized)
Which type of dense connective tissue resists stretch in all directions?
irregular (unorganized)
Which type of dense connective tissue includes the tonsils and adenoids?
lymphatic
What are the three types of regular (organized) dense connective tissue?
1) tendons
2) aponeuroses
3) ligaments