Friday, February 28, 2014

Tissues Worksheet:

A. Matching.

1. Epithelium tissue  forms membranes.
2. Muscle tissue  allows movement of limbs and for organ movements within the body.
3. Connective tissue function is to support cells.
4. Nervous tissue function is to communicate.
5. Epithelium tissue is to protect and line.
6. Nervous tissue uses electrochemical signals to carry out its functions.
7. Connective tissue supports and reinforces the body organs.
8. Epithelium tissue cells of this tissue may absorb and/or secrete substances.
9. Nervous tissue basis of the major controlling system of the body.
10. Muscle tissue its cells shorten to exert force.
11. Epithelium tissue forms endocrine and exocrine glands.
12. Connective tissue  surrounds and cushions body organs.
13. Muscle tissue function is to contract and move body.
14. Connective characterized by having large amounts of extracellular material.
15. Muscle tissue allows you to smile, grasp, swim, ski, and throw a ball.
16. Connective tissue is widely distributed; found in bones, cartilages, and fat deposits.
Nervous tissue forms the brain and spinal cord.

B. Rewrite the following sentences/questions and include your response either within the sentence or after the question.

1. A tissue is a collection of cells.

2. The four major tissue types are epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous.

3. The inside of blood vessels is lined with squamous epithelium.

4. The urinary system is lined with traditional epithelium.

5. Where is the simple columnar epithelium found? In the lining of the small intestine.

6. Stratified epithelia consists of several layers of cells.

7. Transitional epithelium allows the bladder to stretch.

8. Stratified squamous epithelium does NOT OCCUR in the lining of the stomach.

9. The surface cells of stratified squamous epithelium are continually being shed from the surface.

10. Which of the following are NOT connective tissues? Saliva does not consists of any connective tissue.

11. Which of the following muscle has branched fibers intercalated discs between adjacent cells and contract automatically? The cardiac muscle.

12. Which of the following muscle tissues has long fibers and nuclei on the surface? Striated voluntary muscle.
Which muscle tissue moves bones? The striated voluntary muscle.

13. Which muscle tissue is found in blood vessel walls, in the gut wall and in the glands? The smooth involuntary muscle.

C. Rewrite these sentences and fill in the blanks with the correct answer.


1. Connective Tissue consists of many cells with little intercellular substances.

2. Epithelial Tissue is penetrated by blood vessels.

3. Connective Tissue does not cover body surfaces or line passageways and cavities; but is more internally located; binds, supports, and protects.

D. Rewrite these sentences and fill in the blank with connective tissue types elastic, fibrous, hyaline.

1. Fibrous Connective Tissue is found where strength and rigidity are needed, as in discs between vertebrae and the symphysis pubis.

2. White, glossy cartilage covering ends of bones, covering ends of ribs, and giving stregth to nose, larynx, and trachea, is known as Hyaline Connective Tissue.

3. Elastic Connective Tissue provides strength and flexibility, as in external part of the ear.

E. Rewrite these sentences and fill in the blanks with the muscle tissue types cardiac, smooth, or skeletal.

1. Tissue forming the walls of the heart is Cardiac Tissue.

2. Skeletal Tissue is attached to bones.

3. Spindle-shaped cells with ends tapering to points are Smooth Tissue.

4. Cardiac Tissue contains intercalated discs and gap junctions.

5. Smooth Tissue is found in the walls of intestine, urinary bladder, and blood vessels.

6. Skeletal Tissue cells are multinucleate.

Tissue Lab:

This slide represents an epithelium pseudo stratified with a columnar cell shape. The picture appears to have cilia on top of a basement membrane.

B. This slide shows an epithelium tissue with a stratified squamous shape of the cells as well as a basement membrane on the bottom.

C. This slide represents muscle tissue because of the single nucleus and straight muscle cells.

D. This slide shows connective tissue due to the large presence of extracellular fluid and little nuclei.

E. This slide shows nervous tissue and the dendrites that carry signals towards the cell body.


Bone Basics Lab:


Microscopic Bone Anatomy

Write the function for these bone tissue structures.

1. The function of the Bone Canaliculi is to carry nutrients, oxygen, and CO2 towards and away from Osteocytes.

2. The function of the Central Canal is to transport blood vessels, nerves, and lymph through the bone and rungs parallel to the length of the bone axis.

3. The lamellae function is for strengthening and reinforcing bone and tissue.

4. The function of the Lacune is to contain cartilage and bone cells.

Define these terms.


Osteoclast- A bone cell that resorbs boney tissue, used in the maintenance and repair of bones.

Osteoblast- Cells with single nuclei that synthesize bone

Osteocytel- A star shaped cell found in mature bone to maintain structure as well as carry nutrients.




Skeleton Palpating



    Zygomatic bone and arch


 Mastoid Process


 Temporomandibular


Mandibular Angle

















Your personal bones.


I guess I didn’t realize until now that I am mostly unfamiliar with all my bones. I broke my clavicle once and then re fractured it a few weeks later so I am slightly familiar with that bone. I know that it is a long thin bone that runs along the top of the shoulder. I am pretty sure it is attached to the rib cage and it is also attached the the scapula. I learned in this assignment that it attaches to the sternum. The bone helps to rotate the shoulder. I know that it is a hard bone to treat when broken because it is a hard spot to put a cast over so I just had to wear a sling until it healed.

A bone or groups of bones that I am unfamiliar with and would like to learn more about is the spine and skull. I have heard a bit about the skull from my chiropractor. From what I remember the the skull has plates that can shift around and are known as the temporal, frontal, parietal, and occipital lobe. There is also a couple bones called the zygomatic and sphenoid that sit basically in the middle of the head and can even be moved through a procedure called bilateral nasal specific. I believe that the skull attaches to the spine by a bone called the cranium.






1 comment:

  1. You wrote an outstanding lab report. Also, the formatting is straight and easy to read :-).

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