Muscle and Tissue Types Review

These flashcards cover fundamental concepts regarding muscle types, nervous tissue, epithelial tissue, and connective tissue, which are vital for understanding human anatomy and physiology.

What are the three types of muscle tissue?

Cardiac, smooth, and skeletal.

What type of muscle tissue is under voluntary control?

Skeletal muscle.

Which system controls skeletal muscle?

The nervous system.

What does cardiac muscle control?

The heart.

What is the purpose of the heart?

To pump blood and pressurize it for circulation.

Where is smooth muscle found?

In internal organs, including the intestines and blood vessels.

Which muscle tissues are involuntary?

Cardiac and smooth muscle.

What is peristalsis?

The contraction of smooth muscle in the intestines to move food.

What are the two main cell types in nervous tissue?

Neurons and glial cells.

What part of the neuron sends information away from the cell body?

The axon.

What tissues make up epithelial tissue?

Epithelial tissue consists mostly of cells and a basal layer known as the basement membrane.

What is the extracellular matrix?

A mixture of protein fibers and ground substance found outside cells.

What is one function of connective tissue?

To bind structures together.

Name the three types of connective tissue.

Connective tissue proper, supportive connective tissue, and fluid connective tissue.

What are the two categories of connective tissue proper?

Loose and dense.

What type of cartilage is found between vertebrae?

Fibrocartilage.

What are the major types of epithelial tissue based on cell shape?

Squamous, cuboidal, and columnar.

What do we call a single layer of cells that may appear stratified?

Pseudostratified epithelium.

How do you classify epithelial tissue?

By cell shape and number of layers.

What is the ground substance of blood?

Plasma.

How does epithelial tissue receive nourishment?

Through diffusion from nearby tissues, as it is avascular.

What kind of connective tissue is areolar connective tissue?

Loose connective tissue.