Test Two Module 5 Flashcards
What are tissues?
Organized groupings of cells and secreted materials that are connected or intertwined with each other and which perform specific, limited functions within a larger system (such as within an organ or larger grouping.)
In animals, all tissue can be grouped into one of the four major categories:
Epithelial tissue, Connective tissue, Muscle tissue, and Nervous tissue
_____ tissue lines surfaces that are subject to a lot of wear and tear?
Epithelial tissue
_____ tissue forms glands to create secretions?
Epithelial tissue
Epithelial tissue lines surfaces subject to a lot of wear and tear because they either: (2)
- cover surfaces that face the outside world (skin) or connect to the outside world (digestive tract)
- Line internal passageways for blood, lymph, and secretions
Connective tissues main functions are: (6)
- fills internal spaces
- supports other tissues
- covers and wraps internal organs
- transports materials
- stores energy
- provides insulation
What is the most versatile and diverse tissue type?
Connective tissue
_____ tissue are specialized for contraction
Muscle tissue
What are the three types of muscle tissue?
- skeletal muscle(move bones)
- cardiac muscle(contracts heart
- smooth muscle(in the walls of hollow organs)
What type of muscle is found in the walls of organs?
smooth muscle
What type of muscle contracts heart?
cardiac muscle
What type of muscle moves bones?
Skeletal muscle
_____ tissue carries electrical signals from one part of the body to another?
Nervous tissue
_____ tissue supports the cells that deliver the electrical signals?
Nervous tissue
Nervous tissue two functions? (2)
- carries electrical signals from one part of the body to another
- supports the cells that deliver the electrical signals
In animal cells, cell division is by _____?
Mitosis
What is cell differentiation?
When a cell has developed a set of structures and functions that are unique to the specific tissue it is part of; usually, but not always accompanied by a loss of the ability to undergo mitosis.
Most of the cells in a non-embryonic individual are _____ and cannot divide to produce new copies of themselves?
specialized
New cells in tissues are produced by ______?
stem cells
What are stem cells?
Undifferentiated cells able to undergo mitosis to produce two daughter cells, one of which will remain a stem cell and one of which will differentiate into a specific specialised cell within a specialised tissue.
For a short while after the fertilized egg starts dividing and forms an embryo, all the embryonic cells are _____?
stem cells
The _____ have the ability to form any cell type from any tissue type, but only for a short while.
embryonic stem cells
Somatic stem cells are basically?
Adult stem cells
After a baby is born, all tissues are present and most of the cells in the body can no longer _____ and there are also no more embryonic cells?
divide