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Animal Tissues Lab
Squamous Man
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/14/2014

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What are the 4 types of animal tissues?
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Epithelial, connective, muscle, nervous
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What is the function of epithelial tissue?
Definition
Cover and enclose, line cavities, form specialized secreting units
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What are the 2 kinds of epithelial tissue?
Definition
Squamous and columnar
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Where is stratified squamous found?
Definition
Skin
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Where is simple squamous found?
Definition
Lungs
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What is the function of columnar epithelium?
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Secrete to absorb
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Where are columnar epithelium found?
Definition
Intestines and respiratory tract
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What are the 4 kinds of connective tissue?
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Loose fibrous, cartilage, adipose, bone
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What does a tendon bind?
Definition
Muscles to bones
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What does ligaments bind?
Definition
Bone to bone
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What is the function of cartilage?
Definition
Support
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What is the function of adipose tissue?
Definition
Energy reserve, insulation
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What is the center of the ring in bones?
Definition
Central canal
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The central canal provides blood to what around it?
Definition
Osteon
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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
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Skeletal, smooth, cardiac
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What does skeletal muscle control?
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Voluntary muscle
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What do smooth muscles control?
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Involuntary muscles such as the intestines
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What are the differences of cardiac and skeletal muscle?
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Tubular fibers of cardiac muscle are branched
Cardiac muscle are ind cells, not tube
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What are glial cells in the nervous tissue?
Definition
Support cells for nervous system
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What parts of the nervous cell extend?
Definition
Dendrites and axons
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