BIOD331 / BIOD 331 Module 1 (Latest Update 2025 / 2026) Pathophysiology | Questions & Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - Portage Learning
Question:
List the 4 types of tissue found in the body. Pick 2 and give a description and example of each.
Answer:
The 4 types of tissue found in the body are epithelial, connective, muscle, and nervous.
Epithelial tissue covers the body's outer surface, lines the inner surfaces, and forms glandular tissue. It does not have blood vessels and gets oxygen and nutrients from the capillaries it rests on. The epidermis is an example of epithelial tissue.Muscle tissue functions to move the skeletal structures, pump blood through the heart, and contract blood vessels and visceral organs. An example would be smooth muscle tissue.
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Question:
What term means "cell eating" and engulfs and then kills microorganisms or other particulate matter?
Answer:
Phagocytosis
Question:
What term means "cell drinking," and engulfs small solid or fluid particles, as seen with proteins and electrolytes?
Answer:
Pinocytosis
Question:
Give one function of a membrane potential:
Answer:
Generate nerve impulse, muscle contractions, or cause hormone secretion
Question:
What is the diffusion of water called?
Answer:
osmosis 2 / 3
Question:
What is the most studied active transport system in the human body?
Answer:
Sodium-potassium ATPase pump
Question:
What is the term to describe when cells use energy to move ions against an electrical or chemical gradient?
Answer:
active transport
Question:
What is the term that describes a transport protein to help lipid soluble or large molecules pass through the membrane, that otherwise would not be able to get through?
Answer:
facilitated diffusion
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