Animal Tissue and Organ Systems

Flashcards covering key concepts related to animal tissue types and excretory systems.

The three types of epithelial tissue are __, __, and __.

squamous, cuboidal, columnar

Simple __ epithelium consists of a single layer of flat cells.

squamous

The __ epithelium is made up of cube-shaped cells.

cuboidal

In simple __ epithelium, the cells are taller than they are wide.

columnar

Hyaline cartilage is a type of __ tissue.

connective

The __ is a key excretory organ in many crustaceans.

green gland

A __ is a system of excretory tubules found in insects and spiders.

Malpighian tubules

Cardiac muscle has special structures called __ discs.

intercalated

Osteocytes are the main cell type found in __.

bone

The __ is responsible for filtering blood in many crustaceans.

antennal gland

The two main types of connective tissue are tissue and tissue.

loose, dense

Epithelial cells are anchored to the underlying connective tissue by a __ membrane.

basement

The __ is a structure that helps with muscle contraction in skeletal muscle.

myofibril

Smooth muscle is __ because it does not have striations.

non-striated

An example of a predator from the class Arthropoda is a __.

crab

Cnidarians have a body plan that includes a layer and a layer.

germ, germ

is the process by which wastes are removed from the body.

Excretion

The __ is a multilayered epithelial tissue that appears stratified but is actually a single layer.

pseudostratified epithelium