Structural Organization of the Animal Body Review

what are the basic structural and functional units of the animal body?

cells

what are the building blocks of life

cells

what happens to cells as the animal grows

increase in number

what is the primary function of mitosis

develop additional cells

what is the result of mitosis

two identical daughter diploid cells

what is composed of four nucleotide bases

DNA

what are the four nucleotide bases

Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine

when three of the four nucleotide bases pair together what do they form

codon

every codon contains what for a particular amino acid

genetic information

what leads to cells specialization and the visible differences seen in cells

protein

what cells are specifically made for contraction in animal muscles

muscle cells

in muscle cells, actin and myosin fibers utilize what as an energy source to generate contractions

ATP

Neurons contain ___ axon

one

what cells provide support & protection to the nuerons

glial cells

skin is mainly composed of what cells

stratified squamous cells

what cells can slide past each other and are located in the bladder

transitional epithelial cells

nervous tissue is made up of what cells

neurons & glial

what is responsible for responding to stimuli and transmitting signals or nerve impulses from one part of the animal's body to another

nervous tissue

The types of epithelial tissue depend on the what

shape & layer of cells present

epithelial tissue composed of a single layer is called what

simple epithelial

epithelial tissue composed of multiple layers is called what

stratified epithelial

epithelial tissue has several functions in the body which include what

protection, secretion absorption, excretion, filtration, diffusion, sensory recognition

what is adipose tissue

fat tissue

what do osteoblasts do

bone-forming cells

What do osteoclasts do?

break down & reabsorb bone

what do osteocytes do

maintain mature bone tissue

what are groups of tissue all working together to provide a common function

organs

cell differentiation occurs when a cell undergoes changes in what

gene expression

all cells start out with the same ___

DNA

a specific protein is created depending on what, on the amino acid chain

order