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Tissues and Organs Flashcards

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Name 4 types of tissues.

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  • Muscular
  • connective
  • nervous
  • epithelial
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What is the function of the Muscle tissue?

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  • Movement
    contracting and relaxing
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What is the function of the nervous tissue?

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Signal and coordinating things in the body
- sends electrical impulses in the form of action potentials.

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What is the function of the epithelial tissue?

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lines organs for a larger surface area and secretes mucus.

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What is connective tissue?

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Tissues that connect, support, and help bind other tissues.

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Which location is epithelial tissues found in?

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  • Salivary glands of digestive tract
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What are the types of epithelial tissues?

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  • simple (single layers)
  • stratified (many layers)
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What are the examples of epithelial tissues?

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  • Squamous (flattened)
  • Cuboidal (cube shaped)
  • Columnar (tall)
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What is squamous epithelium?

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  • A single layer of cells that are flat.
  • Cells are thin - rapid diffusion.
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What is cuboidal epithelium?

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  • cube shaped cells
  • larger and thicker than squamous
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What is columnar epithelium?

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  • cells are tall and narrow
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What are the three types of Muscle tissue?

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  • Cardiac - heart (involuntary)
  • Smooth - oesophagus (involuntary)
  • Skeletal - (Movement)
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What is the plasma membrane of muscle cells called?

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Sarcolemma

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What is the cytoplasm of muscle cells?

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Sarcoplasm

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What is Cardiac Muscle?

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Makes up thick middle layer of the heart.

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What is skeletal Muscle?

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Skeletal Muscle is attached to bone by a tendon and is required for movement.

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What is smooth muscle?

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helps with digestion and found in the lining of digestive tract.

18
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Function of connective tissue.

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  • insulation
  • protection
  • structural support
19
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What is Areolar connective tissue?

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Its also known as loose connective tissue and it holds organs in place and attaches epithelial tissue to other underlying tissues.

20
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What is adipose tissue?

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A type of specialised connective tissue whose main functions are to store the energy and to protect the organs

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Name the two types of adipose tissue

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  • brown adipose tissue
  • white adipose tissue
22
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What is brown adipose tissue?

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Transfer energy from food into heat.
- high number of mitochondria

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What is white adipose tissue?

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thermal insulator and energy store.

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What is cartilage tissue?

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Is a form of fibrous connective tissue and gives flexible support.

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