Muscle / Nervous Tissue

Question 1

Main function is to contract, or shorten, making movement possible

Answer 1

Muscle tissue

Question 2

Pumps blood under involuntary control

Answer 2

Cardiac muscle

Question 3

Conduct action potentials (electrical signals)

Answer 3

Nervous tissue

Question 4

Transmit information

Answer 4

Neurons

Question 5

Three major parts of neurons

Answer 5

Cell body
Dendrites
Axon

Question 6

Site of general cell functions; contains nucleus

Answer 6

Cell body

Question 7

Receive stimuli leading to electrical changes

Answer 7

Dendrites

Question 8

Send action potential to another neuron

Answer 8

Axon

Question 9

Surround the neurons; support cells

Answer 9

Glia

Question 10

A thin sheet or layer of tissue that covers a structure

Answer 10

Tissue membrane

Question 11

Called as cutaneous membrane

Answer 11

Skin

Question 12

External tissue membrane

Answer 12

Cutaneous membrane

Question 13

3 major categories of internal tissue membranes

Answer 13

Mucous
Serous
Synovial

Question 14

Formed by connective tissue

Answer 14

Synovial membrane

Question 15

3 types of serous membrane

Answer 15

Pleural
Pericardial
Peritoneal

Question 16

Lungs

Answer 16

Pleural

Question 17

Pericardial

Answer 17

Heart

Question 18

Abdominopelvic cavity

Answer 18

Peritoneal

Question 19

Occurs when tissue is damaged

Answer 19

Inflammation

Question 20

Can result from the intermediate and painful events that can lead to trauma

Answer 20

Inflammation

Question 21

Results when the agent is responsible for an injury is not removed or something else interferes with the healing process

Answer 21

Chronic inflammation

Question 22

An unpleasant but beneficial occurence in human body when tissues are damaged

Answer 22

Inflammatory response

Question 23

5 signs of inflammation

Answer 23

1. Redness / rubor
2. Heat / calor
3. Swelling / tumor
4. Pain / dolor
5. Disturbance of Function / Function laessa

Question 24

Phagocytic WBC that fights infection

Answer 24

Neutrophil

Question 25

The substitution of viable cells for dead cells

Answer 25

Tissue repair

Question 26

Normal function is usually restored; no scar formation

Answer 26

Regeneration

Question 27

Self renewing; cells that continue to divide throughout the life

Answer 27

Stem cells

Question 28

Causes scar production and the loss of some tissue function

Answer 28

Fibrosis / replacement

Question 29

What is the tissue process?

Answer 29

…

Question 30

Dried clot

Answer 30

Scab

Question 31

Contain threadlike protein, binds the wounds together and stop the bleeding

Answer 31

Clot