Unit 2: Tissue

Question 1

Epithelium

Answer 1

Lining/covering and glandular tissue

Question 2

Connective

Answer 2

Supportive and nutritive tissue

Question 3

Muscular

Answer 3

Contracts to produce movement

Question 4

Nervous

Answer 4

Integration and control

Question 5

Simple squamous

Answer 5

Single row of thing cells. Permits rapid diffusion/transport of substances/secretes serous fluid

Question 6

Simple Cuboidal

Answer 6

Single layer of square/round cells. Absorption/secretion and mucus production/movement

Question 7

Simple columnar

Answer 7

Tall/narrow cells. Absorption/secretion/mucus. May possess goblet cells

Question 8

Stratified squamous

Answer 8

Deepest layers undergo mitosis. Offers protection. Can be keratinized or nonkeratinized.

Question 9

PCCE

Answer 9

Cells touch basement membrane. Secretes/propels mucus. Helps prevent debris from entering by sweeping it back down

Question 10

Transitional

Answer 10

Expands/collapse/protection. Urinary system organs

Question 11

Goblet

Answer 11

Wine glass shaped mucus secreting cells

Question 12

Fibroblasts

Answer 12

Produce fibers and ground substance of matrix

Question 13

Chondroblasts

Answer 13

Cartilage cells that produce the matrix that wraps them

Question 14

Chondrocytes

Answer 14

Cartilage cells that are trapped in cavities

Question 15

Areolar

Answer 15

Loosely organized fibers/abundant blood vessels/empty space

Question 16

Adipose

Answer 16

Cushions organs/insulates/energy. Found in hypodermis

Question 17

Reticular

Answer 17

Found internally in soft bodied organs giving them their shape. Spleen

Question 18

Dense regular

Answer 18

Resists pulling forces. Tendons/ligaments

Question 19

Dense irregular

Answer 19

Collagen fibers that resist forces from multiple directions. Dermis/walls of hollow organs

Question 20

Hyaline Cartilage

Answer 20

Provides rigidity and protects

Question 21

Fibrocartilage

Answer 21

Resist compression and absorbs shock. Menisci of knee/vertebral discs

Question 22

Bone

Answer 22

Cells/fibers/ground substance. Nutrients/support/protection/attachment site

Question 23

Blood

Answer 23

Fluid/transport cells and dissolved matter from place to place

Question 24

Extracellular Matrix

Answer 24

Ground substance and fibers/non living matrix

Question 25

Ground substance

Answer 25

Water stabilized by large organic molecules

Question 26

Fibers

Answer 26

Loose and dense connective tissue

Question 27

Collagen fibers

Answer 27

Fiber in extracellular matrix that’s elongated and made up of collagen glycoproteins

Question 28

Elastic fibers

Answer 28

Mainly connective tissue component in extracellular matrix. Produced by fibroblasts/smooth muscle cells/some chondrocytes

Question 29

Reticular fibers

Answer 29

Fine fibrous connective tissue occurring in networks to make structure and form for soft tissue organs