Tissues

Question 1

study of tissues

Answer 1

Histology

Question 2

A _________ is a group of cells that work together to carry out one or several functions in organisms such as plants and animals.

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tissue (from latin texere = weave)

Question 3

Nervous Tissue

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Brain
Spinal Cord
Nerves

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Epithelial tissue

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Lining of GI tract organs and other hollow organs
Skin surface (epidermis)

Question 5

Muscle tissue

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Cardiac muscle
Smooth muscle
Skeletal muscle

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Connective tissue

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Fat and other soft padding tissue
Bone
Tendon

Question 7

tissues that cover the external and internal surfaces of the body. Their major functions include protecting and underlying structures, permitting or denying the passage of substances, and secreting or absorbing substances.

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Epithelial Tissues

Question 8

Cell layering of Epithelial tissue

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Simple
Stratified
Pseudostratified
Transitional

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Cell shape of Epithelial tissue

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Squamous
Cuboidal
Columnar

Question 10

tissues characterized by large amount of extracellular materials that support and bind together the parts of the body. They also function to fill up spaces between or within organs.

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Connective Tissues

Question 11

is a type of tissue present in the ‘group metazoans’, for the body movement or locomotion. ‘Metazoans’ are the multicellular organisms belongs to the kingdom Animalia, whose cells differentiates to form tissues and organ. Muscular tissue provides mobility to the body organs of the organism.

Answer 11

Muscle tissue

Question 12

Muscle tissues are of three types namely _____,_____,_____ which are structurally and functionally different from each other.

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striated/skeletal, unstriated/smooth, and cardiac muscle

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are attached to the bones by tendons and their contraction and relation are mediated by the central nervous system.

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Striated or skeletal tissues

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are present on the wall of hollow internal organs and their activity is controlled by the autonomous nervous system.

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Smooth muscles or unstriated

Question 15

is located within the myocardium layer of the heart and its activity is controlled by the electrical impulses from the sinoatrial node or cardiac conduction system. The shape of skeletal, smooth and cardiac muscular tissues are characteristically different, as they possess cylindrical, spindle-shaped and branched fibre, respectively.

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Cardiac muscle

Question 16

_____ , also called _____ , is the main tissue component of the nervous system. The nervous system regulates and controls body functions and activity.

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Nervous tissue, neural tissue

Question 17

Two extensions of neurons:

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 Dendrites
 Axons

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consists of scattered cells with intercellular spaces occupied by delicate fibers.

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Fibrous (Category of Tissues)

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• not a typical connective tissue, because it has very little extracellular matrix fibers with collagen, and is elastic.

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Adipose

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• also referred to as soft bone. It has a firm yet elastic matrix (chondrin) secreted by small groups of round cartilage cells (chondrocytes) embedded within it.

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Cartilage

Question 21

made up a mineralized matrix composed largely a ______ . It supports and protects other tissues and organs of the body and provides attachment for the muscles and tendons essential for locomotion.

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Bone or Osseus, tricalcium carbonate

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Bone or Osseus

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Long bone
Short bone
Irregular bone
Flat bone

Question 23

Category of tissues

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Fibrous
Adipose
Cartilage
Bone or Osseus

Question 24

consists of a liquid matrix enabling it to transport and distribute materials within the body e.g., gases, hormones, digested food).

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Blood (Cellular components of blood)

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colorless cells with a true nucleus and a cytoplasm. They are less numerous and bigger than red blood cells.

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White blood corpuscles (WBCs) or leukocytes

(Cellular components of blood)

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numerous, small, disc-shaped cells without nuclei in the human blood, but are bigger, oval and nucleated in frog‘s blood.

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Red blood corpuscles (RBCs) or erythrocytes

(Cellular components of blood)

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small and colorless cells without nuclei. These are important in blood clothing.

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Blood platelets or thrombocytes

(Cellular components of blood)

Question 28

(Cellular components of blood)

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•Blood

•White blood corpuscles (WBCs) or leukocytes

•Red blood corpuscles (RBCs) or erythrocytes

•Blood platelets or thrombocytes

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Epithelial Tissues

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 Simple squamous
 Simple cuboidal
 Simple columna
 Pseudostratified columnar
 Stratified squamous
 Stratified columnar
 Transitional

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Connective Tissue

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 Dense
 Elastic
 Bone

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Muscular Tissues

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•Skeletal
•Cardiac
•Smooth

Question 32

Nervous Tissues

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Neurons