week 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What are the levels of organisation?
A
Atomic, Molecular, Cellular, Tissue, Organ, Organ system, Organism
2
Q
What is a positively charged ion called?
A
Cation
3
Q
What is a negatively charged ion called?
A
Anion
4
Q
What are the 4 main tissue types?
A
Epithelial, Muscle, Connective, Nervous
5
Q
Main feature of the ephithelial tissue?
A
- covers the body
- protection, absorption, filtration, secretion
6
Q
Main features of connective tissue?
A
- supports and binds
- insulates (locations: fat, bone, blood, tendons etc)
7
Q
Main features of muscle tissue?
A
- allows movement (contraction, extension etc.)
- types = skeletal, smooth, cardiac
8
Q
Main features of nervous tissue?
A
- communication
- types = neurons + neuroglia
