Tissue Unit Review - Kahoot (Video Notes)

40 flashcards covering tissue types and related Kahoot review questions.

Axon

What part of a neuron sends an electrical impulse away from the cell body?

Endocrine glands

Glands that do not have ducts are called?

Biopsy

The process of surgically removing tissue samples from a patient is called?

Histology

The study of tissues is known as?

Epithelial tissue

What type of tissue covers and protects the surfaces inside and outside the body?

Dense connective tissue

Tendons and ligaments are made of which connective tissue?

Squamous epithelium

Flat and scalelike cells are which epithelial cell shape?

Adipose tissue

Which connective tissue stores fat?

Simple squamous epithelium

Which tissue forms the lining of vessels and air sacs, being flat and thin?

Bone

The hard connective tissue with living cells and mineralized matrix is which tissue?

Columnar epithelium

Cells that are taller than they are wide describe which epithelial shape?

Stratified columnar epithelium

Stratified Columnar epithelium is best described as which tissue type?

Stratified squamous epithelium

The epidermis is composed of which epithelium?

Epithelial tissue

What type of tissue covers surfaces and protects them?

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

Which epithelium lines the trachea?

Transitional epithelium

Which tissue stretches to accommodate the urinary bladder?

Dendrite

Which part of the neuron receives the electrical impulse?

Smooth muscle

Which muscle tissue has nonstriated fibers, central nuclei, and is involuntary?

Blood

Which connective tissue functions in transport of substances in the body?

Organ

A structure composed of two or more tissue types that work together to perform a function is called?

Neuron

The functional unit of nervous tissue is the?

Areolar (loose) connective tissue

Which connective tissue binds underlying organs to the skin?

Dense connective tissue

Which connective tissue forms tendons and ligaments?

Intervertebral discs and menisci of the knee

Fibrocartilage is found in which structures?

Simple squamous epithelium

Which tissue type lines the alveoli of the lungs?

Hyaline cartilage

Which cartilage type forms the ends of joints and the rings of the trachea?

Epithelial tissue

The main glandular tissue is which tissue type?

Simple cuboidal epithelium

Which epithelium lines kidney tubules and many glands?

Simple columnar epithelium

Which epithelium lines the digestive tract and functions in absorption?

Connective tissue

Which tissue is the most abundant in the body?

Skeletal muscle

Striated muscle that is voluntary is which tissue?

Skeletal muscle

Which muscle is multinucleated and forms the skeletal muscles?

Collagen

Densely packed protein fibers found in tendons are primarily which protein?

Epithelium (epithelial tissue)

The tissue that composes most endocrine glands is which?

Cardiac muscle

Which muscle tissue has intercalated disks and is involuntary?

Smooth muscle

Which muscle tissue lines the walls of hollow organs such as the intestines and bladder?

Carcinomas

Cancer cells that originate from epithelial tissue are called?

Sarcomas

Cancer cells that originate from connective tissue are called?

Epithelial tissue

Which tissue type forms most glands?

Simple squamous epithelium

Which tissue type is found in the alveolar sacs and lines blood vessels?