Name: ______________________________________________
Date: ___________
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Tissues Study Guide (ch.5)
1. Define tissues: __________________________________________________________________________
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2. “The study of tissues” is called ____________________________
3. State 4 major types/categories of tissues in the human body. Circle the one that has three variations – smooth,
cardiac and skeletal
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4. Which tissue category above is generally responsible for communication/control of the body? ____________
5. A thin, nonliving layer that anchors epithelium to underlying connective tissue is called
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6. What do cancer cells do to basement membranes (pg. 145)?
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7.
T/F : Epithelial tissue generally lack blood vessels
8. State the two ways that epithelial tissues are classified ________________________________________
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9. List at least 4 general characteristics of epithelial tissues (HINT: pg 144-145)
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10. Distinguish between simple epithelium and stratified epithelium
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11. Name the classification of epithelium that lines the urinary bladder __________________________________
12. Name the classification of epithelium that lines the respiratory passageway (the ‘tubes) and may have cilia for
the movement of mucous/particulate matter _________________________________________
13. Name the classification of epithelium that form the outer layer of skin, has a flattened top layer
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14. Name the classification of epithelium that forms a single layer of thin, flattened cells through which substances
(likes gases) can easily pass _____________________________________
15. State the difference between the secretion action of an exocrine gland and an endocrine gland
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16. List at least 3 general characteristics of connective tissues (HINT: pg 152-153)
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17. Which of the 4 categories of tissue (answer #3) is associated with having extracellular matrix – a non-living
fluid/solid surrounding ________________________________________________________
18. Fibroblasts, the most common type of cell in connective tissues, produce 3 kinds of connective tissue fibers –
name all three and circle the two that are the most abundant in connective tissues
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19. What is “the main structural protein in the body”? _______________________________________
20. Describe adipose tissue? (what is it, function) ________________________________________________
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21. Which of the 4 basic tissue types is cartilage? _______________________________________________
22. Which of the three categories of cartilage (hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic) is:
a. The most common type ____________________________
b. Very tough and a great shock absorber _______________________
c. External ears________________________________
d.
Nose _______________________________
e. How many bones start in an embryo ________________________
f. Found on the ends of bones in many joints ________________________