Tissues Flashcards
4 primary types of tissues
nervous, muscle, epithelial, connective
Homeostasis
balance of materials and energy that keep you alive
cell specialization
every cell in the body has a specific job description related to maintain homeostasis
cell body
the life support
dendrites
collect signals from other cells to send back to the soma
axon
carries messages to neurons muscles and glands
nervous tissue
control and communication
muscle tissue
movement
epithelial tissue
cover and protect the body
connective tissue
provide support
neurons
specialized building blocks of the nervous system
glial cells
provide support and instillation
what is well vascularized
muscle tissue
three different types of muscle tissue
skeletal, cardiac, and smooth
skeletal muscle tissue
attaches to all the bones in the skeleton and provides support
long straight cells and obvious striations with multiple nuclei