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What types of tissue are there?

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  1. Epithelial
  2. Connective
  3. Nervous
  4. Muscle
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What are the three different types of connective tissue?

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  1. Loose
  2. Dense
  3. Specialised
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What are the cells within nervous tissues?

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  1. Gilial cells
  2. Neurons
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What are the three components within a tissue?

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  1. Cells
  2. Intercellular products
  3. Fluid
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What are the four types of animal tissues?

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  1. Squamous epithelium
  2. Ciliated epithelium
  3. Cartilage
  4. Muscle
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What is the role of squamous epithelium?

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  1. Smooth, flattered cells that line the inside of blood vessels and aveoli
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What is the role of ciliated epithelium?

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  1. Goblet cells produce mucus and cilia waft mucus away from the lungs
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What is the role of cartilage?

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  1. A strong tissue used to make tendons, bones and connective tissue
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What is the role of muscle?

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  1. Muscle tissue is made of cells which contract in the same direction
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What are three characteristics of a muscle ?

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  1. Elastic
  2. Arranged in bundles
  3. Extensible
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What are the three main fibres within a connective ?

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  1. Collagen
  2. Reticular
  3. Elastic
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What are three characteristics of epithelial?

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  1. Highly cellular
  2. Barriers
  3. Receptors
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What are three characteristics of nervous?

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  1. Highly specialised
  2. Two types; Neurons and Glia
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What is the function of nervous tissue?

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  1. Receiving information from internal and external environments
  2. Interpreting and analysing information
  3. Generating new signals conducting to responding tissues
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Where is neuromuscular located?

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  1. Between a neuron and muscle tissue
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Where is neuroglandular located?

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  1. Between a neuron and a gland
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Where are synapses located?

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  1. The gap between two neurons
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What are action potentials?

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  1. Neurons send nerve impulses called action potentials. These involved changes to the concentration of sodium (Na+) and potassium (k+) ions across a membrane
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What are the different types of muscle tissue?

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  1. Cardiac
  2. Smooth
  3. Skeletal
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What is the name of the cell that secrete mucus?

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  1. Goblet cells

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