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what are the four types of tissues |
Epithelial, Connective, Muscular and Nervous |
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Explain epithelial tissue & characteristics |
Covering or lining tissue, e.g mouth lining, skin, inner and outer lining of heart, characteristics: smooth surface because cells that make it up are very close together (can b cube or column shaped) |
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Explain connective tissue & characteristics |
Provides support for body and helps to hold all body parts together e.g ligaments and tendons, bone, cartilage, fat storage tissue characteristics: separated by non cellular material called matrix |
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Explain muscular tissue & characteristics |
Made of long & thin muscle fibres, can respond to stimulus by contracting etc e.g heart muscle, iris, skeletal muscle attached to bone |
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Describe the 3 types of muscular tissue |
Skeletal (voluntary): muscles attached to bones eg.muscles in arms and legs Involuntary(can't contract voluntary) uterus, walls of blood vessels, iris Cardiac: (heart muscle) makes up the heart |
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Explain nervous tissue & characteristics |
made up of neurons e.g spinal cord, nerves, the brain |
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What is the order of how things are structured in the body? |
Cells > Tissue > Organs > Systems |
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What is cellular metabolism |
All the biochemical reactions taking place in an organisms cells. Requires enzymes to occur |
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What are the two types of metabolism? |
Catabolism(breaking down molecules & releasing energy) and Anabolism (building molecules, using energy) |
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What are the 5 necessary nutrients needed for providing energy, building/repairing tissue and regulating metabolic systems? |
proteins (building muscle) carbs (energy) lipids (xtra energy) water (everything occurs in state) & minerals and vitamins(regulate body processes) |
