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Pathophysiology | Questions &
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Overview of Pathophysiology & Cell Biology
Question:
Connective tissue produces:
Two types and their subtypes (4, 3)
Answer:
The extracellular matrix that supports and holds tissues together.
1. Connective tissue proper (loose, adipose, reticular, dense connective tissue)
2. Specialized connective tissue (cartilage, bone, blood cells)
,Question:
Muscle tissue functions to:
3 types?
Answer:
Move skeletal structures, pump blood through heart, contract blood vessels
and visceral organs through contractions.
skeletal, cardiac, smooth
Question:
What produces the muscle contraction?
Answer:
Two types of fibers (thin and thick filaments)
Thin called actin
Thick called myosin.
,Question:
Nervous tissue found:
Used for
Controls:
Answer:
Throughout the body
Communication between peripheral tissues and the CNS.
Body function and for sensing and moving about the environment in
response to internal and external stimuli.
Question:
Two types of nervous tissue:
Answer:
neurons and glial cells
, Question:
Within tissues, cells are held together by:
Answer:
Cell junctions (spaces between cells filled with extracellular matrix.
Question:
What forms intercellular contacts?
Why are intercellular contacts important?
Answer:
Adhesion molecules.
Form the shape of the body and create pathways for communication
Question:
Cell junctions are made mostly of:
Answer:
epithelial tissue