Tissues

Question 1

Adipose tissue

Answer 1

Connective tissue in which fat is stored; has the cells distended by droplets of fat

Question 2

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 2

Bones of the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to the axial skeleton

Question 3

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 3

The skeleton of the trunk and head

Question 4

Connective tissue

Answer 4

Animal tissue that functions mainly to bind and support other tissue; has a sparse population of cells scattered through an extracellular matrix

Question 5

Epithelial tissue

Answer 5

Sheets of tightly packed cells that line organs and body cavities

Question 6

Femur

Answer 6

The proximal bone of the hind or lower limb that is the longest and largest bone in the human body; extends from the hip to the knee

Question 7

Forensic anthropology

Answer 7

The branch of physical anthropology in which anthropological data, criteria, and techniques are used to determine the sex, age, genetic population, or parentage of skeletal or biological materials in questions of civil or criminal law

Question 8

Humerus

Answer 8

The longest bone of the upper arm or forelimb extending from the shoulder to the elbow

Question 9

Pelvis

Answer 9

A basin-shaped structure in the skeleton of many vertebrates that is formed by the pelvic girdle together with the sacrum and often various coccygeal and caudal vertebrae and that in humans is composed of the two hip bones bounding it on each side and in front while the sacrum and coccyx complete it behind

Question 10

Skull

Answer 10

The skeleton of the head forming a bony case that encloses and protects the brain and chief sense organs and supports the jaws

Question 11

Tibia

Answer 11

The inner and usually larger of the two bones of the leg between the knee and ankle that articulates above with the femur and below with the talus; also called shinbone

Question 12

Tissue

Answer 12

An integrated group of cells with a common structure and function