INTRO

Question 1

What are the levels of organization?

Answer 1

• Cells interact to form tissues
• Different types of tissues interact to form the organs & organ
  systems of the body

Question 2

What are the four basic tissues of the body?

Answer 2

1. Epithelia
2. Connective Tissue
3. Muscle
4. Nerve

Question 3

What are the four characteristics of epithelial tissue?

Answer 3

1. Forms barriers
2. Covers exposed body surfaces
3. Lines hollow organs, body cavities and ducts of glands
4. Forms glands

Question 4

Where are the two places that epithelial tissues form barriers with?

Answer 4

1. Between inside and outside world
2. Between compartments within the body

Question 5

What are the four characteristics of connective tissue?

Answer 5

1. Links tissues and organs together
2. Provides structural and metabolic support
3. Stores energy
4. Forms the immune system

Question 6

What are the three characteristics of muscle tissue?

Answer 6

1. Specialized for contraction
2. Generates force, which releases heat
3. Maintains body temperature

Question 7

What are the two ways that muscle tissues generate force?

Answer 7

1. Produce motion of body parts
2. Move substances through blood vessels and hollow organs

Question 8

What are the two characteristics of nervous tissue?

Answer 8

1. Receives, processes and integrates signals from within the body and from external environment
2. Generates and transmits impulses that control and integrate the various functions of the body