Bio 200 - Lecture Exam 1 (SCSU) Practice
Questions and Answers (100% Pass)
Define tissue - ✔️✔️-makes up organs and other body parts
- ~200 distinct cell types
-groups of cells are organized into tissue
Histology - ✔️✔️microscopic study of cells
What is the four types of tissues? - ✔️✔️-Epithelial
-Connective
-Muscle
-Nervous
Location and functions of epithelial cells - ✔️✔️Location
-Lining of GI tract organs/hollow organs
-Skin surface (epidermis)
Functions
-secretion, selective absorption, protection, transport, and sensing
Location and functions of nervous tissue - ✔️✔️Location
-Brain
-Spinal Cord
-Nerves
Functions
-sensory input, integration, control of muscles and glands, homeostasis, and mental activity.
Location and functions of muscle tissue - ✔️✔️Location
-Cardiac, smooth, and skeletal muscle
Functions
-posture and body support, locomotion and heat production.
Location and functions of connective tissue - ✔️✔️Location
-Fat and soft padding tissue
-Bone
-Tendon
Functions
- binding and supporting, protecting, insulating, storing reserve fuel, and transporting
substances within the body.
What tissue does basal and apical polarize and define both terms? - ✔️✔️Located in epithelium
-apical: exposed surface
-basal:surface attaches to underlying body structures
Define Cell junction (epithelium) - ✔️✔️connection b/w adjoining cells
Define basal lamina (epithelium) - ✔️✔️layer of extracellular matrix secreted by the epithelial
cells
Define basement membrane (epithelium) - ✔️✔️composed of two layers, the basal lamina and
the underlying layer of reticular connective tissue
Define avascular (epithelium) - ✔️✔️-nutrients by diffusion or absorption
-capable of rapidly replacing damaged and dead cells
What is the 3 basic types of cell junctions? - ✔️✔️-tight
-gap
-anchoring
Define the 3 basic cell junctions (tight, gap, anchoring) - ✔️✔️-tight: no movement of
substances b/w cells
-gap: passageway for movement of small molecules and ions b/w cells
-anchoring: stabilize tissue
Is the repair rate of epithelial tissue fast or slow? - ✔️✔️Fast
Three main shapes of epithelial tissue? - ✔️✔️-squamous: thin and flat
-cuboidal: small cubes in cross section
-columnar: tiny columns
Simple vs Stratified epithelial tissue - ✔️✔️-simple: single layer of cells
-stratified: several layers of cells
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