Tissues and membranes

Question 1

Epithelial

Answer 1

They protect, secrete and absorb.

Question 2

Epithelial

Answer 2

secrets substances such as mucus, enzymes and hormones.

Question 3

Connective are used for

Answer 3

Binding and structural support, protection, transportation, insulation and store energy reserves.

Question 4

Muscular

Answer 4

movement

Question 5

Nervous

Answer 5

receive stimuli from inside/outside the body, conduct nerve impulses.

Question 6

Tissues are a combination of

Answer 6

are a combination of cells and intercellular material which function together to perform specialised activity.

Question 7

Endocrine glands

Answer 7

are hormones direct into the bloodstream.

Question 8

Exocrine glands

Answer 8

via the duct or direct to a free surface.

Question 9

Squamous epithelium is a

Answer 9

single layer of flattered cells, forms a smooth and thin surface.

Question 10

Cuboidal epithelium is

Answer 10

actively involved in secretion, absorption and excretion.

Question 11

Columnar epithelium are

Answer 11

Columnar in shape on basement membrane, mucus is secreted from goblet cells.

Question 12

Stratified epithelium

Answer 12

protects underlying structures from mechanical wear and tear.

Question 13

Red blood cells last for

Answer 13

120 days.

Question 14

Glandular epithelium are

Answer 14

specialised cells that produce specialised secretion.

Question 15

Loose connective tissue is under the skin and

Answer 15

fills the space between muscles and bind skin to organs.

Question 16

Adipose are

Answer 16

under the skin and in the spaces between muscles.

Question 17

What do Adipose do

Answer 17

cushion, insulate and store energy.

Question 18

Connective tissue blood are

Answer 18

red, white cells, plasma

Question 19

Connective tissue bone

Answer 19

a living tissue with a blood supply.

Question 20

Types of muscle cells are

Answer 20

skeletal, cardiac, smooth.

Question 21

Nervous tissue

Answer 21

receive stimuli from inside and outside the body and relay it to the brain.

Question 22

Where are nervous tissue found

Answer 22

in the brain, spinal cord and nerves.

Question 23

Types of systems are

Answer 23

circulatory, respiratory, digestive, urinary, nervous, endocrine, reproductive and musculoskeletal.