The HBH&D CH 4 Quiz Flashcards

What are some examples of cardiac muscle tissues?

Forms at walls of the heart, and the regular but involuntary contractions of cardiac muscle produce the heartbeat

Structure: Branching, interconnected cylinders with faint striations

Locations: Wall of heart

Function: Contraction of heart

What is the epithelial tissue?

Forms sheets that cover the body and many of its parts. It also lines various parts of the body and forms ducts or tubes,

An example of muscle tissues

Muscle cells are the movement of specialists of the body.

EX:

• Skeletal Muscle Tissue

• Cardiac Muscle Tissue

• Smooth Muscle Tissue

• Nervous Tissue

Nerve tissue

Controls body functions and the coordinates rapid communication between body structures. Consisting of two kinds of cells which are neurons (impulse conducting units of the system), and glia (special connecting and supporting cells).

Types of Connective tissues

Fibrous: Loose fibrous and adipose (white and brown)

Reticular

Dense fibrous: Regular, irregular

Bone: Compact and cancellous

Cartilage: Hyaline, fibrocartilage, elastic

Blood (matrix fluid)

Hematopoietic tissue

Skeletal tissue

Sometimes called the straited voluntary muslce. Characterized by many cross-stripes called stratation.

Structure: They are long, threadlike cells with multiple nuclei and striations.

Locations: Muscles attached to bones, Eyeball muscles, Upper third of esophagus

Function: Maintenance of posture, Movement of bones, Produces body heat, Eye movements, Involved in first part of swallowing