Exam 28: Animal Tissues and Organ Systems

Excessive UV light exposure damages ____.

Why is epithelial tissue more likely to become cancerous?

Which cells make up nervous tissue?

Match the description with the appropriate muscle type. -cells with tapered ends and no striations

As certain cells in the body wear out, such as skin and blood cells, they are continually replaced by new cells that arise from ____.

Adhering and tight junctions are found at the ____.

Human skin is primarily composed of which type of epithelium?

If its cells are striated and fused at the ends so that the cells contract as a unit, the tissue is ____.

One surface of an epithelium faces the environment or a body fluid. The opposite surface is glued to an underlying tissue by ____.

Fibroblasts are present in which tissue type?

Cytoplasmic extensions that project from the neuron cell body receive and send ____.

What type of an extracellular matrix does blood have?

What are the three types of muscle? How do they differ?

Which epithelial tissue is best suited for diffusion?

Which system is involved with body movement?

Which organ arose as an outpouching from the gut in bony fish?

Match the structure to the correct description. -loose connective tissue

Stem cells produce successive generations of stem cells through the process of ____.

Four of the five answers below pertain to smooth muscle. Select the exception.

The protein that helps make vertebrate skin abrasion-resistant and waterproof is ____.