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Flashcards by Bilal Khan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bilal Khan
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| Question | Answer |
| What are tissues? | A cellular organizational level intermediate between cells and a complete organ. |
| What are organs? | A organ is a differentiated part of the body made up of tissues and adapted to perform a specific function or group of functions. |
| What are organ systems? | Group of organs that work together to perform one or more functions. |
| 4 main types of tissues. | |
| Epithelial tissue | Tissue that covers other tissues and organs. |
| What is epidermis? | The upper or outer layer of the two main layers of cells that make up the skin. |
| Connective tissue | Connective tissue supports and binds other tissues of the body. Examples of connective tissue include adipose, cartilage, bone, tendons, and blood. |
| Muscle tissue | Muscle tissue is composed of cells that have the special ability to shorten or contract in order to produce movement of the body parts. |
| 3 types of muscle tissues | cardiac, smooth, and skeletal. |
| Cardiac muscle tissues | Cardiac muscles are the muscles of the heart. |
| Smooth muscle tissues | Found in the walls of hollow organs (liver, small intestine, stomach,ect). |
| Skeletal muscle tissues | Produces movement, maintains posture, stabilises joints and generates heat. |
| Nerve tissue | Sends electric signals around body. |
| Functions of tissues in heart | |
| What does vascular mean? | Relating to blood vessels. For example, the vascular system in the body includes all of the veins and arteries. |
| What is vascular tissue? | Vascular tissue is a complex conducting tissue, formed of more than one cell type, found in vascular plants. |
| The 2 vascular cells in a plant | Xylem and Phloem. |
| What does Xylem do? | Carries water from roots |
| What does Phloem do? | Carries glucose from leaves to other plants. |
| Photosynthesis diagram | |
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