Bio 104 quiz 8

What is the role of the epithelium tissue?

Covers exposed body surfaces

Describes cells that are cube-shaped with a single, central nucleus. Commonly found in glandular tissues

Cuboidal epithelial

In human embryos, the skeleton starts out as cartilage and is later replaced by bone.

True

Cardiac muscle

contains bands like skeletal muscle, but its contractions are involuntary like smooth muscle.

Main function of Muscle Tissue is

generate force and perform work

Which of the following is not a type of tissue? q

heart tissue

Bone is composed of

living cells that secrete a surrounding matrix

Divides the body exactly in the middle, making two equal right and left halves

midsagittal plane

To maintain constant internal conditions, an animal

must gain and lose equal amounts of heat, solutes, and water.

Divides the body into right and left portions

sagittal plane

Negative feedback

slows down or shuts off a process when a set point is reached.