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Tissues
Classification of Tissues QUIZ STUDYING
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Tissue | A large amount of similar functioning cells grouped together. |
| Lines body cavities and covers the body's external surface. | Epithelium |
| Pumps blood, flushes urine out of body, allows one to swing a bat. | Muscular |
| Transmits wave of excitation. | Nervous |
| Anchors and packages body organs. | Connective |
| Cells may absorb, protect, or form a filtering membrane. | Epithelium |
| Most involves in regulating body functions quickly. | Nervous |
| Major function is to contract. | Muscular |
| The most durable type of tissue. | Connective |
| Abundant nonliving extracellular matrix. | Connective |
| Forms nerves. | Nervous |
| Best suited for areas subjected to friction. | Stratified Squamous |
| Propels substances across its surface. | Pseudostratified Ciliated Columnar. |
| Most suited for rapid diffusion. | Simple Squamous |
| Tubules of the kidney | Simple Cuboidal |
| Lines much of the respiratory tract. | Pseudostratified Columnar |
| Stretches | Transitional |
| Lines the small and large intestine. | Simple Columnar |
| Attaches bones to bones and muscles to bones. | Dense Fibrous Connective Tissue |
| Forms your hip bone. | Osseous Tissue |
| Composes basement membranes; a soft packaging tissue with a jellylike matrix. | Areolar Connective Tissue |
| Forms the larynx and the costal cartilages of the ribs. | Hyaline Cartilage |
| Matrix hard; provides levers for muscles to act on. | Osseous Tissue |
| Insulates against heat loss; provides reserve fuel. | Adipose Connective Tissue. |