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Assignment: Tissue Recognition /30

You will require access to the textbook (Chapter 11) to answer the questions in this
assignment.

Part A: Epithelial Tissue

1. Check which of the following best

describes the appearance of the
epithelium in the image? (1 mark)
 Single layer
 Multiple layers

2. Provide a location and function of simple squamous epithelium? (2 marks)

Found in the cells line heart, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, alveoli in
lungs, and glomeruli in the kidney. Its function is to allow diffusion,
osmosis, filtration, and secretion.

3. What is the name and function of the simple epithelial tissue in

the bronchus? (1 mark)

Pseudostratified columnar. Its function is to secrete mucus,

trap foreign particles, and move substances along the
surface of the tissue

4. Label the diagram from the textbook (p. 177) of the bronchus. (2 marks)

1. Cilia

2. Pseudostratified columnar cell

3.Basment membrane

5. Goblet cell
Part B: Connective Tissue

6. Identify and describe the tissue depicted in this picture. (1 mark)

Loose Adipose. Found wherever there is areolar connective

tissue.

7. What is the function of the tissue that you identified in number 5? (1 mark)

It stores fat as triglycerides, can be used to produce energy, insulate the

body, and protects and cushions organs.

8. Describe the function of dense regular connective tissue in the body and name one
location where it can be found. (2 marks)

Dense regular tissues function is to provide very

strong attachments for connecting muscle to bone
and connecting bone to bone. One of its locations is
in the ligaments.

9. Differentiate between spongy and compact bone using the chart below. (4 marks)

Spongy Bone Compact Bone

Provides support? yes yes

(Yes/No)
Organized? (Yes/No) yes yes

Location Pelvis, ribs, vertebrae, and skull Within blood vessels

Unique Feature Organized in a three-dimensional Under magnification you

latticework of bony processes can clearly see the
called trabeculae system of concentric
circles that form

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10. Label the diagram of compact bone from the textbook (p. 186). (3 marks)

1 1. Osteocytes

2. Lacunae containing osteocytes

3. Ground substances

4. Vein

5. Nerve

6. Artery
2 3 4 5 6

Part C: Muscle Tissue

11. Complete the chart comparing the three types of muscle tissue (6 marks).

Skeletal Smooth Cardiac

Involuntary or Voluntary Involuntary Involuntary

Voluntary?
Number of Multinucleated One One to three nuclei per
Nuclei cell
Function Allows our limbs to Contract or relax Contracts to stimulate
move when stimulated blood thoughout the
by either the body
sympathetic or
parasympathetic
components in
the nervous
system

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Location Connected to our Found within Only in the walls of the
bones walls of hallow heart
structures.
Stomach, uterus,
etc.

Part D: Nervous Tissue

12. The function of neuroglia cells is to protect and support neurons. Complete the chart
regarding the following neuroglial cells. (2 marks)

Schwann Cell Oligodendrocyte Astrocyte

Location PNS CNS CNS

Function Produce myelin Produce myelin Form blood-brain barrier

13. Label the diagram of a typical neuron. (3 marks)

5.
1. Dendrites 3. Direction of signal Schwann’s
cell
6.Axon
2. Cell body 4. Axon
terminals

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14. Complete the chart regarding the location (outside/inside) of grey and white matter in
the following nervous system structures. (2 marks)

Spinal Cord Cerebrum Cerebellum

Grey matter outside outside outside

White matter inside inside inside

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