Lab exercise 4

How many basic types of muscle tissue are there? __________

3

________ are cells that make up the brain and spinal cord and transmit electrical signals from receptor to effectors.

Neurons

Squamous epithelial cells ________.

are thin and flat, like fish scales

This is the most abundant and widely distributed tissue type in the body.

connective

This is the toughest kind of cartilage. It is found in places that receive a lot of mechanical stress

fibrocartilage

Cardiac muscle is found in the ________.

heart

Epithelial tissues are found ________.

lining hollow organs

Two of the four primary tissue types contain excitable cells, cells that receive stimuli and generate electrical signals. One of these is muscle tissue. Name the other.

nervous

Which muscle tissue type is controlled voluntarily?

skeletal

This type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of hollow organs. It has no striations, and its cells are spindle shaped. It is __________.

smooth muscle

This epithelial tissue has many cell layers. It forms the outer layer of the skin.

stratified squamous

Blood is a type of connective tissue.

true