Nervous and Muscle Tissue

Question 1

Nervous Tissue

Answer 1

Fuctions:
Conscious control of skeletal muscles
Unconscious control of cardiac muscles
Self and environmental awareness
Emotions
Reasoning skills
Memory

Question 2

Neurons

Answer 2

Conducts action potentials

Question 3

Cell Body

Answer 3

Contains nucleus and site of general cell fuctions

Question 4

Dendrite

Answer 4

Conducts A.P.’s toward cell body

Question 5

Axon

Answer 5

Conducts A.P.’s away from cell body

Question 6

Neurogila

Answer 6

Supports cells (nourish, protect, insulate neurons

Question 7

Membranes

Answer 7

Thin, protective layers around organs or lining a cavity

Question 8

Mucous Membranes

Answer 8

Epithelial tissue on a thick layer of connective tissue, provides protection (oral cavity), absorption (intestine), or secretion (mucus and digestive enzymes)

Question 9

Serous Membranes

Answer 9

Simple squamous epithelium on a delicate layer of loose connective tissue, prevents damage from abrasion between organs and cavities (lines trunk cavities and organs with mucous glands)

Question 10

Skin/cutaneous Membranes

Answer 10

Stratified squamous epithelium & dense connective tissue (skin)

Question 11

Synovial Membranes

Answer 11

Connective tissue that lines joint cavities

Question 12

Periosteum

Answer 12

Connective tissue that surrounds bones

Question 13

Muscle Tissue

Answer 13

Enables movement of the structures that are attached to them

Question 14

Skeletal Muscle

Answer 14

Striated Muscle (cylindrical fibers, many nuclei near periphery, control voluntary body movement (attached to bone)

Question 15

Cardiac Muscle

Answer 15

cylindrical, striated cells (single nucleus branched w/ intercalated disks), pumps blood, involuntary movement (heart)

Question 16

Smooth Muscle

Answer 16

tapered ends of cells (non striated), controls organ size and regulates fluid movement (walls of hollow organs and tubes, (stomach, intestines, blood vessels))