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Major function of the Epithelium Tissue - Answer covers the outside of the body and various cavities that are located inside the body. 3 Types of Epithelium tissue - Answer Cutaneous- Dry Mucous- Wet Serous- Wet Cutaneous - Answer Dry, protects the body (skin) Mucous - Answer Wet, line the bodies cavities that opens to the exterior and most secret mucous Serous - Answer Wet, lines the visceral organs and is a part of the double membrane that protects the outside of t...

epithelial tissue - Answer A body tissue that covers the surfaces of the body, inside and out Characteristics of epithelium - Answer Cellularity, specialized contacts, polarity, avascular, and basement membrane simple epithelium - Answer single layer of cells stratified epithelia - Answer multiple layers of cells Squamous - Answer flat cells Cuboidal - Answer cube shaped cells Columnar - Answer tall and column shaped Simple Squamous - Answer single la...

brachial - Answer arm membranous organelles - Answer endoplasmic reticulum (smooth and rough), Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, nucleus, mitochondria and peroxisome non membranous organelles - Answer protectorates, ribosomes, cytoskeleton, microvilli, centrioles, and cilia Golgi apparatus - Answer packages secretions for export. ups center lysosomes - Answer membranous organelle that has digestive enzymes (proteins fats, carbs). it eats away and destroys old structures and...

Human Anatomy - Answer structure of the body and body parts Human physiology - Answer function of the body and body parts atom - Answer the smallest unit of matter that combines to form chemicals chemical - Answer substance with a distinct molecular composition organelle - Answer structural units with in cells that have specific functions cell - Answer the basic structural unit of living organisms tissue - Answer group of cells working together to perform a...

Visceral - Answer Tissue that covers organs Parietal - Answer Tissue that covers an entire cavity Pleura - Answer Tissues found in Thoracic cavity Peritoneum - Answer Tissues that line Abdominopelvic Cavity Endocrine, Nervous - Answer Two systems integral to homeostasis Negative Feedback - Answer Opposes variations from "normal" in body to maintain homeostasis

neuroglia cell in the PNS that maintains the environment around neurons - Answer satellite cell neurotransmitter that plays an important role in sleep and mood - Answer serotonin neurogial cell in teh CNS that makes myelin - Answer oligodendrocyte the neuroglial CNS cell that can help metabolize certain neurotransmitters - Answer astrocyte neurotransmitter always found at the neuromuscular junction - Answer acetylcholine

stored polysaccharide in muscle cells - Answer glycogen muscle that has increased muscle tone - Answer hypertonic contraction of one motor unit in response to action potential - Answer twitch reaction that has these products: water, carbon dioxide, ATP, heat - Answer cellular respiration term used to describe increasing the number of active motor units - Answer recruitment part of the neuromuscular junction that has acetylcholine receptors - Answer motor end plat...

superior - Answer a part is above another part inferior - Answer a part is below another part anterior - Answer toward the front (eyes are anterior to the brain) posterior - Answer toward the back (pharynx is posterior to oral cavity) medial - Answer imaginary midline dividing body into equal right and left halves, closer to midline than other part lateral - Answer toward the side, away from midline bilateral - Answer refers to paired structures, one on eac...

List and describe the 6 levels of structural organization from least to the most complex. - Answer molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, and organelles 2. What is homeostasis? - Answer is the ability to maintain internal stability in an organism in response to the environmental changes. 3. What is the anatomical position? Why is it important? - Answer Anatomical position creates a common point of reference for all who study the human body. 4. Describe the serous mem...

Skeletal and smooth muscle cells are also referred to as ___________. - Answer muscle fibers What is most directly associated with the attachments formed between muscles and bones? - Answer epimysium Which of the following is not found within a skeletal muscle? - osseous tissue - connective tissue proper - nervous tissue - blood vessels - Answer osseous tissue What is the smallest structural unit of muscles? - Answer Myofilament Which of the following structures is in...