EXERCISES UNIT 1 “THE ORGANIZATION OF HUMAN BODY”
- Why are bones considered to be organs?
- Which organelle would be more developed in a cell of the salivary glands?
- Which cell has more mitochondria: a spermatozois or ovum?
- Why do you think cells of epithelial tissue are closed together with almost no intercellular matrix between them?
- What is the function of cartilagenous tissue tin the trachea?
- Can you think on other functions that adiposse tissue perform, apart from being an energy reserve?
- True or false? Correct the following sentences:
- Striated muscle tissue allows the skeleton to move
- Smooth muscle tissue is not responsible for the movements of organs such as the stomach or uterus
- Striated muscle tissue contracts involuntarily
- Smooth muscle tissue contracts involuntarily
- Identify an organ that has:
a) Nervous tissue:
b) Connective tissue:
c) Muscle tissue:
- What type of tissue is predominant in the following organs?
- Brain:
- Bone:
- Glands:
- Heart:
- Skin:
- Lung:
- What system will be affected if any the following events happened?
- Fracturing a leg
- Being anaesthestised:
- Cardiac arrest
- Nosebleeds
- What is a biomolecule?
- Give examples of organic biomolecules
