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A&P Ch. 4
Tissues and Membranes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a group of cells with similar structure and function? | Tissue |
| What are the 4 major groups of tissues? | Epithelial, Connective, Muscle, and Nerve |
| What tissue covers or lines the body surfaces? | Epithelial |
| What tissue connects or supports body parts? | Connective |
| What tissue contracts and moves something? | Muscle |
| What tissue carries regulatory impulses? | Nerve |
| Epithelial cells that are capable of secretion are called? | Glands |
| What is single layer of cells called? | Simple |
| What are many layers of cells called? | Stratified |
| One layer of flat cells that are very thin and very smooth is? | Simple Squamous Epithelium |
| Many layers of flat cells, mitosis takes place in the lowest layer is called? | Stratified Squamous Epithelium |
| What secretes thyroxine? | Thyroid Gland |
| What secretes saliva? | Salivary Gland |
| Reabsorption of useful materials back into the blood is ? | Kidney Tubules |
| What secretes juices for digestion? | Lining of the stomach |
| What secretes digestive enzymes? | Lining of the small intestine |
| Epithelial tissue capable of secretion is? | Glands |
| Goblet cells are? | Unicellular |
| Many cells? | Multicellular |
| What has ducts to take secretions away? | Exocrine glands |
| What is ductless? | Endocrine glands |
| What is specialized to contract and bring about movement? | Muscle Tissue |
| what is the movement of the gut called? | Peristalsis |
| Visceral refers to? | Internal organs |
| What generates and transmits impulses? | Neurons |
| What lines body cavities that open to the environment? | Mucous Membranes |
| What is mostly water, lubricant, and traps dust? | Mucus |
| What is between skin and muscles? | Superficial fascia |
| What lines joint cavities; secretes synovial fluid? | Synovial membrane |
| What is the outermost lining of the heart? | Fibrous pericardium |
| What does the cardiac muscle do? | Pumps blood out and then relax to let blood back in after it has circulated through the body. |
| What protects the brain? | Bone |
| What transports oxygen and carbon dioxide? | Blood |