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Science: Chapter 13-1
What are tissues?
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6th Grade
07/08/2008

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What are a group of cells that look alike and work together?
Definition
tissue
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What are a group of tissues that work together?
Definition
organ
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What are a group of organs that work together?
Definition
organ system
Term
What are a group of organ systems that work together?
Definition
organism
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What are the 4 main kinds of tissues?
Definition
  1. muscle tissue
  2. epitheliel tissue
  3. connective tissue
  4. nerve tissue
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What type of tissue helps your body move?

Definition

 muscular tissue

 

Some muscles are connected to bones.  When the muscle cells shorten, they pull on the bones to make them move.

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What type of tissue covers and protects your body and some organs?

Definition

epithelial tissue

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What type of tissue holds some parts of the body together?
Definition
connective tissue
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Name the 4 kinds of connective tissues.
Definition
  1. bone
  2. ligaments (connect bone to bone)
  3. tendons (connect muscle to bone)
  4. blood
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What kind of connective tissue carries messages?
Definition

nerve tissue

 

(makes up the brain and spinal cord)

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What is nerve tissue made up of?
Definition
neurons (nerve cells)
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