Tissues

Question 1

Name the four types of tissues

Answer 1

Nervous, muscle, epithelial, connective

Question 2

Nervous Tissue

Answer 2

sense stimuli and send electrical impulses through the body. Made up of neurons and glial cells

Question 3

Neurons

Answer 3

building blocks that generate and conduct electrical nerve impulses. Consists of cell body, dendrites and axon

Question 4

Cell body

Answer 4

has nucleus, mitochondria and DNA. Neuron’s life support

Question 5

Dendrite

Answer 5

Collect signals from other cells

Question 6

Axon

Answer 6

carries messages to other neurons, muscles and cells

Question 7

Glial cells

Answer 7

provide support, insulation and protection

Question 8

Muscle tissue

Answer 8

contract and move. Well vascularised.

Question 9

Skeletal tissue

Answer 9

pull on bones and skin to make you move

Question 10

Cardiac tissue

Answer 10

forms wall of heart, propels blood through circulatory system.

Question 11

Smooth tissue

Answer 11

lines walls of blood vessels and some organs.

Question 12

Epithelial tissue

Answer 12

organises your body

Question 13

Proper epithelium

Answer 13

covers and lines your inner and outer body

Question 14

Glandular epithelium

Answer 14

forms your glands and secrets hormones and other substances

Question 15

Squamous cells

Answer 15

flat, fast absorption and diffusion.

Question 16

Cuboidal cells

Answer 16

absorb nutrients and produce secretions

Question 17

Columnar cells

Answer 17

cushion underlying tissues. Absorb nutrients and produce secretions

Question 18

Endocrine glands

Answer 18

secrete hormones right into your bloodstream or to nearby cells

Question 19

Exocrine glands

Answer 19

secrete their juices into tubes or ducts that lead to outside the body

Question 20

Four types of connective tissue

Answer 20

Proper, cartilage, bone and blood

Question 21

Immature (blast) cells

Answer 21

stem cells still forming