The Nervous System

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Which tissue provides support in the body?

Epithelial tissue

Nervous tissue

Muscle tissue

Connective tissue (correct)

What invention allowed scientists to study tissues under a microscope?

Stains and dyes

Microscopes (correct)

Sliced tissue samples

Lenses in a tube

Who is considered the Father of Microbiology?

German anatomist

Hans and Zacharias Jansen

Joseph von Gerlach

Anton van Leeuwenhoek (correct)

What breakthrough allowed scientists to see individual cells in a tissue sample?

Stains and dyes Signup and view all the answers

Which type of muscle tissue has striations and branching structure with intercalated discs?

Cardiac muscle Signup and view all the answers

Which type of muscle tissue has uninucleate cells and no striations?

Smooth muscle Signup and view all the answers

Which type of muscle tissue has long cells with striations and multiple nuclei?

Skeletal muscle Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is true about amoebas?

Amoebas take in and digest their food, and reject their waste, all within a single cell. Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between amoebas and humans in terms of cell organization?

Amoebas do everything in the same place, while humans compartmentalize their bodies. Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of tissues in the human body?

Tissues perform a common function. Signup and view all the answers

Which type of tissue forms the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system?

Nervous tissue Signup and view all the answers

What are the two main functions of nervous tissue?

Sensing stimuli and sending electrical impulses Signup and view all the answers

What are the two different cell types that make up nervous tissue?

Neurons and glial cells Signup and view all the answers

Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of the heart and propels blood through the circulatory system?

Cardiac muscle tissue Signup and view all the answers

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Which tissue provides support in the body?

What invention allowed scientists to study tissues under a microscope?

Who is considered the Father of Microbiology?

What breakthrough allowed scientists to see individual cells in a tissue sample?

Which type of muscle tissue has striations and branching structure with intercalated discs?

Which type of muscle tissue has uninucleate cells and no striations?

Which type of muscle tissue has long cells with striations and multiple nuclei?

Which of the following is true about amoebas?

What is the main difference between amoebas and humans in terms of cell organization?

What is the function of tissues in the human body?

Which type of tissue forms the brain and spinal cord of the central nervous system?

What are the two main functions of nervous tissue?

What are the two different cell types that make up nervous tissue?

Which type of muscle tissue is found in the walls of the heart and propels blood through the circulatory system?

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